Category: Community
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NRC: 146 Abuja-Kaduna Train Victims Unaccessible
One hundred and forty-six of the 362 passengers on the ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna train are unreachable six days after the train was attacked by terrorists. The Managing Director of Nigerian Railway Corporation, Mr Fidet Okhiria, made this known in a statement obtained on Monday. He, however, said the number of safe passengers had risen to 186.…
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US Tasks Nigeria To Promote Science And Technology
The United States of America had explained the need for Nigeria to shift from a theoretical knowledge-based education to a practical-oriented education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics if the country shall progress. The Public Affairs Officer of the US Consulate General, Stephen Ibelli, gave the advice during the closing and mid-year report of the…
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Convention: APC Stops Political Appointees From Voting
The All Progressives Congress has stopped political appointees from voting at its national convention holding on Saturday. This was made known by the party in a press statement on Thursday.The statement was titled, ‘Attention to political office holders who were elected as delegates’. It read, “The National Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of…
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Super Eagles Player Welcomes Baby Boy
Nigerian footballer, Shehu Abdullahi welcomes first child with Kannywood actress wife, Naja’atu Muhammad Suleiman. The Super Eagles defender announced the good news via his Instagram page on Thursday as he revealed that his wife gave birth to baby boy. 167
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Family Seeks Governor, Anambra state Help Over Abduction Case
family of the abducted Labour Party governorship candidate, Obiora Agbasimalo appeals to the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, to unravel the mystery behind his disappearance. The 40-year-old, who contested the governorship election, was kidnapped during a campaign rally of the party in Azia, in the lhiala Local Government Area, on September 18, 2021, prior…
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Couple Take Pre-wedding Shoot In BRT Bus
A man on Twitter known as Lola Okunrin has shared some pre-wedding photoshoots he with his fiancee. They had organised it inside a popular Lagos state BRT bus. The lovers posed in the aisle and entrance of the mass transit. The man says the idea of the photoshoot was to show where their love first…
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Standstill As Fire Razes Popular Market In Lagos
On Wednesday fire gutted shops under the Apongbon section of the Eko Bridge in Lagos State. The fire incident caused standstill and crippled commercial activities around the Lagos Island area of the state. Though the cause of the fire incident could not be ascertained at the time of filing this report, it was learnt that…
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Herders Clash: Yoruba Organization Condem Organized Law Backing Non-Natives As Indigenes
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, warned the National Assembly against thrusting any clause conferring indigene status on non-natives anywhere in Nigeria. In a statement on Sunday by the organisation National Publicity Secretary, Mr Jare Ajayi, said this could worsen herders-farmers clash in the country. The group supports residency rights for non-natives instead of conferring indigene…
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Oluwo Of Iwo Gushes Over Bride
Oluwo of Iwo Land, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, gushes over new bride, Olori Firdaus Abdullahi Akanbi. Oluwo had tied the knot with Firdaus on Saturday, march 19, 2022, in Kano state. Oluwo had shared a picture on his official Instagram page, captioned “We belong together and it starts now with my soulmate that I finally found”…
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Fire Razes Modern Market In Markurdi
Fire has razed goods worth millions of naira at large Market in Makurdi, the Benue State Capital. The cause of the fire is yet to be known, as It was learnt that the fire broke out on Saturday night. More details later……….. 204