Author: Alex Enemanna
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Burkina Faso loses seven soldiers in fresh terror attack
Seven soldiers were killed and others wounded or missing after their patrol was ambushed in northern Burkina Faso, the centre of a five-year-old jihadist insurgency, security sources said on Thursday. The troops were attacked on Wednesday between Tin Akoff and Beldiabe in Oudalan province, which borders Mali and Niger, one source said. “The provisional toll…
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Ortom loses Health Commissioner
Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom has lost his Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Emmanuel Ikwulono. Dr Ikwulono died Wednesday afternoon after spending three months as Commissioner. He was sworn in on August 5, 2020, after his predecessor, Dr Sunday Ongbabo resigned his position as a member of the State Executive Council. Though no…
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We’ll dislodge terrorism from Nigeria, US Secretary of State vows
United States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, on Wednesday, says the US government will use all tools at its disposal in the fight against terrorist elements in Nigeria and West Africa. Pompeo made this known after the virtual meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS co-hosted by Nigeria on Tuesday, PUNCH reports. According to…
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Kabba/Bunu APC Campaign Council salutes Gov. Bello on Confluence University in Kogi
The Director General, Moses Olorunleke Campaign Organisation in the upcoming local government election in Kogi, Omoluabi Bode Adeyemi has congratulated the state governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello for making the establishment of Confluence University of Science and Technology in the state a reality. Omoluabi who doubles as the Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Political…
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UNILAG VC reinstated as FG dissolves governing council
Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has reinstated Oluwatoyin Ogundipe as the vice-chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Guardian reports. “The removal of Professor Oluwatoyin T. Ogundipe as the Vice-Chancellor did not follow due process,” spokesman to the education ministry Ben-Bem Goong said quoting Buhari in the report of the presidential visitation panel. “Mr. President after…
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Why I’m leaving PDP for APC — Umahi
The Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, told the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party in Abuja on Tuesday that he was leaving the party. He said he would join the ruling All Progressives Congress which according to him would protect the interest of the South-East in the 2023 elections, Punch reports. Umahi told…
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‘One election’ won’t reverse EU-US shift: EU chief
An EU Chief, Von der Leyen has offered warm congratulations to US president-elect Jose Biden and his vice-president-elect, Kamala Harris. Von der Leyen emphasised that the Western alliance built on US-European cooperation still endured, “based on shared values and history”. “It is time for a new trans-Atlantic agenda,” she told EU ambassadors in a videolink…
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Uzodinma charges Imo doctors on effective service delivery
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, has appealed to medical doctors on the state payroll, to join hands with his administration, to ensure that hospitals are functional and serve the medical needs of the citizenry, a Vanguard report says. The Governor made his feelings known, when he received in audience, members of Nigeria Medical Association,…
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Man who created, circulated Buhari’s fake wedding video lands in court
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arraigned one Kabiru Mohammed, for creating and sharing a fake wedding video between President Muhammadu Buhari and Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq. The Nation reports that Mohammed, 32, who was arraigned at a Chief Magistrates’ Court at Nomansland in Kano on Tuesday,…
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Edo deputy governor’s younger brother abducted
A younger brother of the Deputy Governor of Edo State identified as Frederick Shaibu has been kidnapped by gunmen while taking his kids to school in Irhiri, Benin. As of the time of filing this report, it was gathered that the kidnappers are yet to make contact with the family. A family source told newsmen…