A Kano State governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Redemption Party, Gali Sule, has said that the two major political parties in the country, the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party, have failed Nigerians. Sule, who made the disclosure during a press conference on Tuesday in Kano, stressed the need for
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Gunmen suspected to be terrorists on Tuesday night, April 19, ambushed convoy of newly elected member representing Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Musa Agah Avia. The federal lawmaker alongside his wife and children as well as aides were said to be returning home from a thank you tour at about 9pm
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Canada announced on Tuesday that it would place sanctions on 14 associates of the Russian government, including President Vladimir Putin’s two daughters. Mélanie Joly, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that they would answer for their crimes.
“We will continue to impose severe costs on the Russian regime in coordination with our allies
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A former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani, on Tuesday, said that the terrorists who attacked the passengers on the Abuja-Kaduna rail tracks abducted a “white man” and killed several others.
He also said the terrorists targeted the Business Class coach of the train. Subsequently, the Nigerian Railway Corporation on Tuesday also announced the suspension of train opreations
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The unemployment rate in South Africa soared to its highest level on record in the final quarter of last year, official data showed Tuesday, as the impact of the pandemic continues to be felt. The unemployment rate rose from 0.4 per cent to 35.3 per cent in the final three months of 2021, compared to
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The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya, has ordered troops to intensify the search for victims of the Kaduna-Abuja train attack, and also hunt down the attackers. The army boss gave the order when he visited the scene of the Kaduna-Abuja train attack on Tuesday.
This was contained in a statement by the Director,
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The African Democratic Congress has berated the Federal Government over its delay in resolving the current ASUU strike. This was contained in a statement issued by the Forum Chairman and Chairman, Delta State Chapter of the Party, Prince Joe Chukwu, in Asaba on Tuesday.
He noted that the forum of the ADC Chairmen in the 36
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Bashir Ahmad, the Personal Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Digital & New Media, has received heat for an ''insensitive" tweet he shared after the attack on an Abuja-Kaduna train.
Bashir did not release any tweet to address the death and kidnap of passengers on the train, instead he tweeted about a dialogue that Buhari will
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A 24-year-old man who was declared missing last week, has been found dead in an uncompleted building in Delta State. Frank Egbepade was last seen on March 7 after he paid a visit to some friends.
His decomposing body has now been found in an uncompleted building in Ughoton, in the Okpe Local Government Area of
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20-year-old Amina Umar, has been remanded in prison custody after she admitted to killing her 3 day old baby boy. Amina gave birth to a baby boy on March 14 and by March 17, she gave the child a pesticide to drink, resulting in the child's death. She was arrested and then confessed to the
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