190 Nigerians Back Home as United Arab Emirates Ends Travel Ban

NewsNigeriaPolitics190 Nigerians Back Home as United Arab Emirates Ends Travel Ban

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 17, 2024

One hundred and ninety Nigerians have returned home after being repatriated from the United Arab Emirates, UAE, on Tuesday, 16th July 2024. According to a tweet by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the returnees arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja at exactly 5:59 a.m. “The Federal Government has repatriated one hundred and ninety (190) Nigerians from the United Arab Emirates,” the agency tweeted. The returnees were received by NEMA and other...

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NAF, U.S Officials Hold Management Review Program On Attack Helicopters

Foreign PolicyNational SecurityNewsNigeriaNAF, U.S Officials Hold Management Review Program On Attack Helicopters

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)July 16, 2024

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) and the United States (U.S) officials have held an inaugural programme management review on AH-IZ attack helicopters purchased by the Federal Government, with an assurance that the delivery date remains on track. The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, represented by the Chief of Policy and Plans, Air Vice Marshal Sayo Olatunde met with officials of the United States Government and Bell Textron Company in the first...

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Zamfara Clinches Top Position In NECO Exams For Gifted Students

EducationNewsNigeriaZamfara Clinches Top Position In NECO Exams For Gifted Students

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 15, 2024

Despite activities of bandits that have been ravaging Zamfara State for some time, the state has emerged as the top-performing Northern state and second in the entire nation in the National Examination Council (NECO) entrance exams for gifted students. Recall that last week, the national examination body released the 2024 Gifted Results for Admission into the Federal Government Academy, Suleja. The Federal Government Academy Suleja is a training ground for molding Nigeria’s gifted and talented...

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Tinubu Condemns Attack On Former US President, Donald Trump

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTinubu Condemns Attack On Former US President, Donald Trump

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)July 15, 2024

President Bola Tinubu has condemned the assassination attempt on former United States President, Donald Trump. The President expressed  displeasure over  the assassination attempt on Sunday through his X handle, formerly Twitter, describing it as going beyond the democratic norms. His words, “The attack on former President Donald Trump is distasteful and goes beyond the pale of democratic norms. Violence has no place in democracy. “I extend my sympathies to the former President and wish him relief. I...

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Information Minister Receives Freed Kidnapped Journalists

NewsNigeriaPoliticsInformation Minister Receives Freed Kidnapped Journalists

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)July 14, 2024

…Lauds NSA, Others Alhaji Mohammed Idris, the Minister of Information and National Orientation has lauded the release of two-Kaduna based journalists who were abducted from their homes in the outskirts of Kaduna last weekend. The Minister who spoke when he received the two journalists, AbdulGafar Alabelewe of The Nation newspapers and AbdulRaheem Aodu of Blueprint newspapers, from the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the minister commended security agencies for the speedy recovery of...

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LP Caucus of SE Assembly Asks Tinubu to Release IPOB Leader, Kanu

NewsNigeriaPoliticsLP Caucus of SE Assembly Asks Tinubu to Release IPOB Leader, Kanu

PilotnewsJuly 14, 2024

The Labour Party caucus of  South East Houses of Assembly have urged the Federal Government, led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. They said his release would help check criminal activities in the  South East region that has persisted in the guise of genuine agitation. Mr Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, has been held in detention despite Court rulings ordering his release. Speaking in Awka, the...

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Federal Government Arraign Eight Chinese Nationals For Illegal Mining

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaFederal Government Arraign Eight Chinese Nationals For Illegal Mining

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 13, 2024

Eight Chinese nationals have been arraigned in court by the Federal Government for illegal mining activities in the Lokpaukwu community, Umuchieze, within the Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State. Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Segun Tomori in a statement said the suspects, including eight (8) Chinese nationals and one Nigerian, were recently apprehended by the Mining Marshals, codenamed “Operation Hayakin Kogo,” of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence...

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Federal Government Renames National Theatre After Wole Soyinka

NewsNigeriaFederal Government Renames National Theatre After Wole Soyinka

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 13, 2024

The National Theatre in Iganmu, Surulere has been renamed by the Federal Government as The Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Creative Arts. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu announced the change of name of the theatre in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale to congratulate Professor Wole Soyinka on his 90th birthday. President Tinubu wishes Professor Soyinka many more years in good health and creative...

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Over 10,000 Abians To Benefit From One Billion Free Interest Loan

NewsNigeriaPoliticsOver 10,000 Abians To Benefit From One Billion Free Interest Loan

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 13, 2024

Over 10,000 nano and micro business operators drawn from the 184 electoral wards in Abia State are to benefit from a one billion naira interest-free loan under the state cooperative support scheme. Abia State Governor Dr. Alex Otti while officially launching the disbursement of the fund held at the International Conference Centre in Umuahia, the state capital, said the beneficiaries were selected from among traders, farmers, and artisans and said the essence is to create...

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Breaking: Over 22 Students Dies, 132 Injured In Collapse School Building

NewsNigeriaBreaking: Over 22 Students Dies, 132 Injured In Collapse School Building

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 13, 2024

Over twenty-two students died and one hundred and thirty-two persons were injured following the collapse of a two-story building at Saint Academy, a secondary school around the Bussa Buji area of Jos, the Plateau State capital. According to a statement issued by the Plateau State Government in Jos, the incident occurred around 10: am on Friday when Junior Students of the Academy were writing their third term examinations when the two-story buildings suddenly collapsed affecting...

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