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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO PROBE ALLEGED KILLINGS BY SOLDIERS IN ENUGU STATE.

The House of Representatives, says it would investigate an allegation of the gruesome murder of Nigerians by soldiers in Enugu State following a motion by a member Cyriacus Umeha Umeha alleged that on June 29, 2023, licensed local vigilantes operating under the Enugu State Neighborhood Security Guards responding to a distress call about banditry and kidnapping, were shot dead at close range, by soldiers of the Nigerian Army, 82 Division […]

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PRESIDENT TINUBU CALLS FOR PATIENCE TO REMEDY SUBSIDY REMOVAL.

President Bola Tinubu has beseeched Nigerians to be patient as the framework for palliatives to remedy the effects of fuel subsidy removal was being worked out, assuring that the decision was in the best interest of the country, especially in guaranteeing future prosperity. Tinubu, who received 18 governors who served with him, Class of 1999, at the Presidential Villa, appealed for more patience from Nigerians, while the government will increase […]

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NPL CHAMPION DUMPED OUT OF NAIJA SUPER 8 TOURNAMENT.

New Nigeria Premier League champions NPL, Enyimba have been eliminated from the Naija Super 8 tournament after losing 2-1 to Katsina United at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan, Lagos, last night. The Peoples’ Elephant failed to record a win in three games in the competition, leaving Finidi George’s bottom of Group A with one point from three games. Ibrahim Yahaya opened the scoring for Katsina United in the 54th minute […]

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KIDNAPPED CATHOLIC PRIEST REGAINS FREEDOM IN EBONYI STATE.

A Catholic priest Joseph Azubuike who was kidnapped in Ebonyi State has been freed. A spokesman for the state police command said Azubuike who regained freedom at about 6 pm yesterday was rescued unhurt, hal,e, and hearty as a result of the concerted efforts of the Operatives of the Command. The cleric and three other persons in Ebonyi State were kidnapped by Gunmen. Azubuike was abducted on Monday in ISU, […]

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ASK NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES COMMISSION TO SUSPEND HIKE IN TUITION FEES.

The House of Representatives has advised the National Universities Commission NUC to suspend the implementation of an increase in the tuition fees of universities.   This was contained in a motion by Aliyu Sani Madaki, who listed that the universities that hiked their fees included Bayero University, Kano; the University of Nigeria Nsukka; the University of Uyo; University of Maiduguri; Micheal Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike; and Federal University, Dutse, among others.   The […]

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PRESIDENT TINUBU CONDEMNS KILLINGS AND VIOLENCE IN PLATEAU STATE.

President Bola Tinubu has directed security agencies to fish out the perpetrators of the killings and violence in Plateau State. Tinubu in a statement through his spokesman Dele Alake strongly condemned the recent internal killings in the Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau and parts of Benue State, stressing that the country must break the cycle of violence. He said it was most unfortunate that an innocent eight-month-old baby in […]

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LABOUR PARTY GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE ACCUSES REC OF BLOCKING ACCESS TO BIVAS LABOUR PARTY.

The gubernatorial candidate of the Labor Party for the 2023 election in Enugu State Chijioka Edeoga has petitioned the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Mahmoud Yakubu alleging that the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, Chukwuemeka Chukwu, denied his team access to inspect electoral materials, especially the Voter Accreditation Systems BVAS. Edeoga in a petition he issued to Yakubu lamented that the REC refused to allow his legal team […]

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PRESIDENT TINUBU RETURNS TO NIGERIA AFTER EMERGING CHAIRMANOF ECOWAS.

President Bola Tinubu is back in Abuja after a two-day trip to Guinea Bissau for the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States, Ecowas, in Bissau. At the summit, which was Tinubu’s first meeting with the sub-regional authority he emerged as the new Ecowas Chairman after President Muhammadu Buhari who previously held the position in 2018. The […]

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