SPECIAL REPORT: ’We Are All Seen As Beggars’: The Tragedy of Sokoto Children With Disability

Special ReportSPECIAL REPORT: ’We Are All Seen As Beggars’: The Tragedy of Sokoto Children With Disability

Beloved John (Staff Writer)April 5, 2022

The sun was scorching and Hauwa, a blind girl, needed shade to rest. After a long walk around her community in Bodinga Local Government, Sokoto State, the 16-year-old, accompanied by a younger girl, decided to settle at the community filling station to catch her breath. Hauwa was standing in one corner of the station when an irritated attendant yelled at her to leave the premises. The defenseless girl who spends her time on the street...

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Anambra Governor, Prof. Soludo Officially Declares End To Monday Sit-At-Home In The State

NewsPoliticsAnambra Governor, Prof. Soludo Officially Declares End To Monday Sit-At-Home In The State

PilotnewsApril 4, 2022

By Emmanuel Chigbata, Staff Reporter AWKA — Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has informed Anambarians that today, Monday, April, 4th, 2022, officially marks the end of Monday Sit-At-Home in the state Governor Soludo disclosed this on his official Facebook page on Monday. According to him, “we have prayed to God, admonished our people, and made a commitment to ensuring that everyone concerned gets expeditious justice. “Following the unanimous agreement of our leaders across the...

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Soludo Blames Security Crises On FG’s Handling of Nnamdi Kanu’s Case

Human Rights & FreedomNewsPoliticsSoludo Blames Security Crises On FG’s Handling of Nnamdi Kanu’s Case

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 4, 2022

The Anambra State Governor, Prof Charles Soludo has blamed the insecurity bedeviling the South East on how the Federal Government is handling the case of Nnamdi Kanu, who is the leader of the proscribed secessionist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Soludo stated that the sit-at-home declared by IPOB was in protest against the alleged maltreatment of Kanu, who is being detained and prosecuted by the government. According to the governor, who spoke on Channels...

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Yahaya Bello Declares For Presidency, Targets Making 20m Nigerians Millionaires By 2030 Inbox

NewsNigeria ElectionsYahaya Bello Declares For Presidency, Targets Making 20m Nigerians Millionaires By 2030 Inbox

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 3, 2022

ABUJA — Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Saturday formally declared to run for President in 2023 under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Governor made the declaration at Eagles Square in Abuja. Bello while reeling out some of the plans he has for the country said the 2023 presidential elections are about the survival of Nigeria, adding that he would build on the legacy of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari...

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Ike Ekweremadu Advocates For Extra State For South East, Calls For Equity And Fairness.

NewsPoliticsIke Ekweremadu Advocates For Extra State For South East, Calls For Equity And Fairness.

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)April 2, 2022

Senator Ike Ekweremadu on Saturday reiterates the need for an extra state to be created for the South East region of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The former Deputy Senate President stated this at Open Square, a program aired on Channels Television. “The South East deserves an extra state to match up with other regions in the country, especially in the areas of governance and distribution of resources.” He decried the ratio of lawmakers from...

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Five-Storey Building Collapses In Oba Community Of Anambra, Records No Casualty

Local GovernmentNewsNigeriaFive-Storey Building Collapses In Oba Community Of Anambra, Records No Casualty

PilotnewsApril 2, 2022

By Emmanuel Chigbata A five-storey building yesterday, Thursday night collapse at Oba in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. The building was still under construction when it collapsed. Speaking, The Executive Secretary, Anambra State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Paul Odenigbo, refuted local media report that people were trapped in the collapsed structure. The local media reported that “many people were trapped” in the rubbles. Confirming the incident, Mr Odenigbo said nobody was trapped....

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Nigerian music icon, Innocent Idibia calls for the resignation of all political office holders

EntertainmentNewsNigeriaPoliticsNigerian music icon, Innocent Idibia calls for the resignation of all political office holders

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 2, 2022

In a post shared on his Instagram story, the artiste said that since every political office holder blames Buhari for being solely responsible for the problems in Nigeria, they should all resign — from the state governors to the traditional rulers. According to him, the blame game shows they are not contributing any quota to national development. Hence, they are not needed since they have left the responsibility for Buhari. He wrote, “Everybody na great...

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El-Rufai Vows To Hire Foreign Mercenaries To Fight Terrorists, Calls For Bombing Of Forest Hideouts

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPoliticsEl-Rufai Vows To Hire Foreign Mercenaries To Fight Terrorists, Calls For Bombing Of Forest Hideouts

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 2, 2022

The Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has vowed to bring in foreign mercenaries to fight terrorists following the Monday night attack on a Kaduna-bound train, if the military fails to tackle the terrorism head-on. El-Rufai, who spoke with journalists shortly after briefing the president on the recent killings in Kaduna State including Monday’s bomb explosion on the Abuja-Kaduna rail line which claimed nine lives with a yet-to-be known number of people abducted, said...

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Muslims Commence the Observance of Holy Month of Ramadan

NewsNigeriaMuslims Commence the Observance of Holy Month of Ramadan

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 2, 2022

Muslims in Nigeria have joined their counterpart across the globe in observing the Holy month of Ramadan. This followed the confirmation of sighting of the moon in some parts of the country by the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar who is also the President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA). Sultan Abubakar, in a live broadcast on Friday, announced that the Ramadan fast will begin today Saturday, and charged Muslim faithful...

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Two local governments Are Still Under Boko Haram – Hon. Lawal

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaPoliticsTwo local governments Are Still Under Boko Haram – Hon. Lawal

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 2, 2022

The Speaker of Borno State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abdulkarim Lawan, has lamented that Guzamala and Kukawa local government areas are still held by the terrorist group. Lawan was speaking at the official flag off ceremony for distribution of Phase IV Scholarship worth N5 million to 446 indigent students of Guzamala, displaced by insurgents in the last six years, studying at various tertiary institutions. The occasion which took place at the Kashim Ibrahim College...

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