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EntertainmentLifestyleMusicNigeriaBurna Boy’s Love, Damini Takes No.1 Spot in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya on Apple Music

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 30, 2022

Burna Boy’s latest album, Love, Damini, is the most streamed album in Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya. This is according to the list of the top albums and songs for 2022 released by Apple Music, a music streaming platform, on Tuesday. The album is the most streamed on Apple Music Nigeria, Apple Music Ghana, and Apple Music Kenya, and the third most streamed album on Apple Music South Africa in 2022. Asake’s Mr Money With the...

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National SecurityNewsAIG Yaro Visits Ugwuanyi, Commends State Community Policing Outfit

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)November 30, 2022

Commending the community policing employed in Enugu State, the new Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG, in charge of Zone 13, AIG Abutu Yaro, on Wednesday expressed hope that the recurrent crisis between herders and farmers in the state will minimalize in years to come. AIG Yaro said this at the Government House Enugu when he and his team paid a courtesy visit to the Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi. “The issue of farmers/herders clash...

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NewsNigeriaRegionsEnugu State Govt. Allocates 36 plots of Land to 2015/2016 NPFL Winners

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)November 30, 2022

Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi also approved a waiver of all land charges and immediate issuance of certificate of occupancy of the allocated plots of land to the players. The Ministry of Lands and Urban Development, Enugu calls on all the year 2015/2016 winners of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) to collect their respective allocation letters to a plot of land each as approved by the State Government. The 36 Enugu Rangers International Football Club players...

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National SecurityNewsNigeriaISWAP top commander killed in airstrike

Beloved John (Staff Writer)November 30, 2022

A top commander of the Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP), Muhammed Malik, was killed by troops of the air task force in the Lake Chad region. According to Zagazola Makama, a publication focused on the Lake Chad region, Malik died on November 29 from the fatal injuries he sustained during the attack. Nigerian troops reportedly launched a coordinated intelligence-led aerial and ground operation and targeted the jihadist group’s location in the Sabon...

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NewsNigeriaRegionsIbadan Poly Bans Pregnant Students, Nursing Mothers from Staying in Hostels, Bringing Babies to Classroom

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 30, 2022

The Polytechnic, Ibadan, also known as Poly Ibadan, has banned pregnant female students and nursing mothers from residing in the school hostel and nursing mothers from bringing babies to the classrooms. According to a notice signed by the institution’s governing council on behalf of the management on Tuesday, defaulters would be suspended for one semester. The school management also banned students from hugging publicly, sitting on the opposite sex’s laps in public and driving tinted...

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ColumnsOpinionPoliticsHow to Evaluate a Lawmaker’s Performance

PilotnewsNovember 29, 2022

Apparently, evaluating a lawmaker’s performance is one of the most difficult things for Nigerians to do. It appears most Nigerians do not know just how to say if a lawmaker has done well or has failed. The reason is that the expectations from an average lawmaker, state or National Assembly, are so high and often outside the scope of duty of lawmakers. Why the expectations are high is directly connected to the many needs of...

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Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaPolice react to sentencing, says IGP unaware of court order

Beloved John (Staff Writer)November 29, 2022

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has said Usman Baba, the inspector-general of police (IGP), was unaware of a previous court order on the reinstatement of a former police officer. Earlier on Tuesday, a federal high court in Abuja sentenced Baba to three months in prison for disobeying a court order directing the reinstatement of Patrick Okoli, a former officer who claimed he was unlawfully and compulsorily retired from the NPF. The presiding judge, Mobolaji Olajuwon...

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Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaGunmen kill Labour Party LGA women leader in Kaduna

Beloved John (Staff Writer)November 29, 2022

Victoria Chintex, the women leader of the Labour Party (LP) in Kaura LGA of Kaduna state, was killed by gunmen on Monday. She was reportedly killed after gunmen invaded her residence in Kaura and shot her. This incident was announced in a statement issued by Edward Buju, publicity secretary of the LP in southern Kaduna senatorial zone, on Tuesday. Buju disclosed that Victoria’s husband was also sustained gunshot injuries and is currently receiving treatment at...

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LifestyleNigeriaPeopleChimamanda Adichie Makes Second Appearance on Marie Claire Magazine

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 29, 2022

After making her debut appearance on the cover of Marie Claire Brazil magazine in 2019, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has again been featured on the cover for this month’s issue. Photographed at the Dior Gallery in Paris, with pieces from the Cruise 2023 Collection, the Nigerian writer shared her views on human rights and the importance of representation with Marie Claire. In a feature story titled: Chimamanda: icon of black feminism talks about democracy, police violence...

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NewsNigeriaPoliticsUnited Kingdom“Don’t Travel to US, UK to Avoid Being Robbed”, FG Advises Nigerians

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 29, 2022

The federal government has raised alarm over the high rate of theft of valuables, including passports of Nigerians in the United States, United Kingdom and Europe. “It has come to the attention of the government that Nigerian travellers to the US and some countries in Europe are having their belongings, especially money and international passports, stolen at an increasingly high rate,” the minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed, said at the fifth edition of...

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