Author: SGTV
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Reps Candidate Charges FG On Climate
United Kingdom-based climate activist, Iliya Yame Kwache, has challenged the government of Nigeria, to take fighting climate change seriously, by engaging public servants, in tree planting exercise. Iliya, the labour party candidate for Michika-Madagali Federal Constituency seat in the national assembly, made the call after leading the planting of 10,000 trees in Adamawa State through…
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Bandits Release Seven More Abuja-Kaduna Train Passengers
Bandits that attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train passengers on March 28, have released another seven hostages, including a family of six and a woman. The identities of the released family of six are Abdubakar Idris Garba, his wife, Maryam Abubakar Bobo, and their eldest son, Ibrahim Abubakar Garba, who’s 10 years old. Others include Fatima Abubakar…
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Military Confirms Arrest Of Suspects Behind Owo Massacre
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, has said those behind the Owo attacks have been arrested. Some gunmen had stormed St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, killing no fewer than 40 worshippers. The Federal Government, however, said the Islamic States of West Africa Province terrorists were behind the attack. During a parley…
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Sokoto State Govt Distributes 4billion Loan To Farmers.
The Sokoto State government has started the distribution of N4 billion loans to rice, tomatoes, and wheat farmers in the state. This was made known by The state governor, Aminu Tambuwal, while launching the 2022 wet season fertilizer sales and distribution of other inputs to farmers in the state, held at Kasarawa, a suburb in…
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Former Imo State Governor, Denies Calling Peter Obi “crafty”
former governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha, has denied talking down on the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi. Some reports on Monday had claimed that Ihedioha had called Obi ‘crafty’, and had asked Igbos to wait till 2031 for Presidency. However, a statement by Ihedioha’s media aide, Chibuike Onyeukwu, had asked the public to…
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Director Of Blood Sisters, Biyi Bandele, Reported Dead
Biyi Bandele, a Nigerian novelist, playwright, director of Half of a Yellow Sun and co-director of Blood Sisters, a Nigerian series, is dead. This was made known in a statement released via his Facebook page by his daughter, Temi Bandele late Monday. The statement read, “As Biyi’s Daughter, I am heartbroken to share the sudden…
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Airlines Records Rise In Passengers Demand- IATA
The International Air Transport Association’s passenger data for June 2022 shows that the recovery in air travel remains strong with a 103.6 per cent rise. According to the IATA, total traffic in June 2022 which was measured in revenue passenger kilometers was up 76.2 per cent compared to June 2021. The report states that the…
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Do Not Allow Public Officers Gag Social Media – Sanwo- Olu
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has called on politicians and public office holders not to gag the media as press freedom is important in a democracy. The governor made this call on Thursday in Lagos during a workshop organised by the Nigerian Guild of Editors, themed, ‘Journalism and digitalisation: The imperative of good corporate…
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Court Sentence Killer Of Akwa Ibom Job Seeker To Death By Hanging
Akwa Ibom State High Court has sentenced Uduak Akpan, the first accused in the murder of Akwa Ibom job seeker, Iniobong to death by hanging. The convict was sentenced to death by hanging and life imprisonment in the two charge of murder and rape preferred against him. Akpan attempted to escape shortly after the sentence…
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IPOB Warns Monarch Over Selling Of Land To Fulanis
The Indigenous People of Biafra has warned all the traditional rulers and president-generals in communities across the South-East not to succumb to the pressure of ceding any land in the region to Fulani herdsmen for any purported agricultural purposes. The group claimed the “marauding” Fulani herdsmen were not coming for any agricultural business, but rather…