Diplomacy, not ground standing will restore democracy in Niger – Bwala

NewsNigeriaWest AfricaDiplomacy, not ground standing will restore democracy in Niger – Bwala

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 11, 2023

As the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) met on Thursday in respect of the Niger crisis, Daniel Bwala, a lawyer and spokesperson of Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has said that diplomacy rather than ground standing will restore democracy in Niger. The lawyer in an interview on Thursday said that ECOWAS opted for threats before initiating diplomacy. Bwala said, “When you’re leading and nobody is following, you are simply taking a walk....

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Teaching in mother tongue improves literacy in North East Nigeria

EducationNewsNigeriaTeaching in mother tongue improves literacy in North East Nigeria

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 11, 2023

Learning is no longer difficult for thousands of Kanuri-speaking elementary school kids in North East Nigeria as they now get to receive instructions in their mother tongue rather than Hausa, the widely-spoken language in the region, and the English language. Children in Nigeria are failing to master basic literacy and numeracy skills. Nigeria accounts for one in five out-of-school children globally. And although most of these children are in the northern states where barriers to...

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Men of Operation Farauta Torture 17 Year Old To Death In Adamawa 

NewsNigeriaPoliticsMen of Operation Farauta Torture 17 Year Old To Death In Adamawa 

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 11, 2023

Men of Operation Farauta in Yola, Adamawa State has tortured to death a 17 years old Abdullahi Tukur Abba Popularly called Abdallah, resident of Wuro-Dole ward in Yola South local Government area over allegedly stealing cellphone (i-Phone 7). The security outfit comprises Soldiers, Civil Defence, Police, and other voluntary organisations was set up in 2019 by Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri with a mandate to fight banditry, kidnapping and other criminal activities of Shilla group armed...

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Conventional Myths Remain World’s Most Notable Controversies

ColumnsDon OkoloNigeriaOpinionConventional Myths Remain World’s Most Notable Controversies

PilotnewsAugust 10, 20232

And we believe in all of them…except the last one on this list. The one I figured out. _________________________ I will be called out, castigated, roped, and dragged through a stony terrain to be thrown off a ten-thousand cliff, that is if you read on and arrived at the very last haymaker of the controversy of all controversies. First, here is the list of all the major arguments humans have swallowed hook, line, and sinker....

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Southern, Middle Belt leaders tell Tinubu to settle Niger crisis peacefully, urgently

National SecurityNewsNigeriaSouthern, Middle Belt leaders tell Tinubu to settle Niger crisis peacefully, urgently

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 10, 2023

The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) has told President Bola Tinubu to settle the Niger crisis peacefully and urgently. The Forum in a press statement on Wednesday signed by Chief Dr. E. K. Clark, Leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, Leader, Afenifere, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, President-General, Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, Dr. Pogu Bitrus, President, Middle Belt Forum and Senator Emmanuel Ibok Essien, National Chairman PANDEF, noted that it  observed that for the past two weeks, the nation and...

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Ondo Amotekun partners Edo to tackle inter-border kidnapping

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaOndo Amotekun partners Edo to tackle inter-border kidnapping

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 10, 2023

To tackle insecurity, Ondo State Security Network, also called Amotekun Corps has sought the cooperation of security agencies in Edo State to comb the various communities for criminals and check inter-border kidnapping. Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, Corps Commander disclosed this to journalists on Wednesday in Akure, the Ondo State capital, while fielding questions during a programme, Platform, organised by the correspondents’ Chapel of  the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the state. Akogun stated that some...

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Black Heritage Day: Oyo government to collaborate with Brazil

Arts & CultureNewsNigeriaBlack Heritage Day: Oyo government to collaborate with Brazil

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 10, 2023

Ahead of the Black Heritage Day, the Oyo State government is set to collaborate with the Brazilian custodian of culture, Oba Awurela, Kabiyesi Sangokunle Adekunle Alayande. Dr. Wasiu Olatunbosun, the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism while receiving Oba Awurela in his office, on Tuesday, declared the Oyo State government’s readiness to parley with Brazil on promotion of culture and tourism. Dr Wasiu Olatunbosun lauded Oba Awurela for his plans to expand the frontiers of tourism...

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UNICEF charges Bauchi govt, others  on conducive environment for breastfeeding mothers

HealthNewsNigeriaUNICEF charges Bauchi govt, others  on conducive environment for breastfeeding mothers

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 10, 2023

The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), has called on the Bauchi State government and employers to create a conducive environment for working mothers to carry out six months exclusive breastfeeding of their newborn babies. Dr Tushar Rane, the UNICEF Chief of Field Office Bauchi State, made the call during the 2023 World Breastfeeding Week Media Dialogue with theme “Enabling Breastfeeding: Making a difference for working parents” which held at Jamil Hotel in  Azare, headquarters of...

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Jandor confident of victory at Lagos election petition tribunal

NewsNigeriaPoliticsJandor confident of victory at Lagos election petition tribunal

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 10, 2023

Dr. Olajide Adediran, popularly called Jandor, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 governorship election in Lagos State, has expressed confidence that he’ll have victory at the election tribunal sitting in Lagos. The PDP candidate is seeking the disqualification of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and candidate of the Labour Party, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour. He noted that he would win because everything that he submitted at the...

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VP Kashim Shettima Says Nigerian Government Losses $7bn To Floods

NewsNigeriaPoliticsVP Kashim Shettima Says Nigerian Government Losses $7bn To Floods

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 10, 2023

The Nigerian Government has said over 600 lives were lost as a result of floods in 2022 and the direct economic damage caused by the disaster is amounting to $7bn. Vice President Kashim Shettima who disclosed this on Tuesday at an event of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in Abuja, described the situation as the worst effect of climate change in Nigeria. Represented by his Deputy Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Hassan, Vice...

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