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Sudan conflict: Nigerian govt explains spending $1.2m on hiring buses for evacuation of citizens

By Ifunanya / April 30, 2023

The Federal Government has explained that the sum of 1.2 million dollars allegedly spent in hiring buses for the evacuation […]

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NFF to install VAR in regional stadiums – Gusau

By Ifunanya / April 30, 2023

The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF has concluded arrangements to install Video Assistant Referee, VAR, in regional stadiums in the country […]

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Nigerian govt approves Eagle Square for May Day parade

By Ifunanya / April 30, 2023

The Federal Government has approved the use of Eagle Square for the annual May Day parade for workers in the […]

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Zimbabwe: Rights Defenders Condemn Jacob Ngarivhume’s Four-Year Jail Sentence

By Ifunanya / April 30, 2023

The Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (Southern Defenders) has condemned the conviction and four-year prison sentence imposed on opposition […]

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Nigeria: Nigeria’s Ese Brume Shines At Botswana Golden Grand Prix

By Ifunanya / April 30, 2023

Brume won the women’s Long Jump event at the star-studded Meet and she did that in style with a world-leading […]

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Nigeria: Govt Appeals for Patience Over Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Reconstruction

By Ifunanya / April 30, 2023

Work within OPIC area between Kara Bridge and Long Bridge completed, to be opened to traffic Sunday. As the reconstruction […]

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Accept defeat over election you lost woefully, FG tells Obi, Atiku

By Ifunanya / April 30, 2023

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has told the opposition parties to stop their griping over the 2023 […]

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SERAP sues INEC over failure to probe govs on election violence

By Ifunanya / April 30, 2023

INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against the Independent National Electoral Commission over […]

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Abducted Imo Catholic priest regains freedom

By Ifunanya / April 30, 2023

A Catholic church priest, Rev Fr. Micheal Asomugha, who was kidnapped recently has regained his freedom from his abductors. Asomugha […]

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Presidential election tribunal: Why I miss Justice Oputa, Esho, Anyagolu – Charly Boy

By Ifunanya / April 30, 2023

Veteran Nigerian singer, Charles Oputa, aka Charly Boy, has said he misses his dad, Justice Chukwudifu Oputa, ahead of the […]

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Naming Calabar street after late council chair will encourage tribalism – Jalingo

By Ifunanya / April 30, 2023

Social activist, Agba Jalingo has called on the Cross River State government not to name the historical Goldie Street after […]

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SDGs: Enugu govt trains 793 residents

By Ifunanya / April 30, 2023

Seven hundred and ninety three (793) residents of Enugu State, who underwent a six-week free training on skill acquisition programme […]

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172 killed in Benue, Kaduna in one month

By Ifunanya / April 30, 2023

No fewer than 172 people have been killed in Benue and Kaduna states in one month. Findings by Sunday revealed […]

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Man speaks out after spending five years in prison for helping neighbour

By Ifunanya / April 30, 2023

Samuel Akibinu has narrated how he spent five years in prison after assisting his friend and neighbour, Isaac Micheal. He […]

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Relief for residents as ASEPA commences evacuation of refuse heaps in Umuahia

By Ifunanya / April 30, 2023

Abia State Environmental Protection Agency, ASEPA has commenced the evacuation of mountains of refuse dumps in Umuahia and its environs. […]

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Enahoro: Encounters with a media wizard

By Ifunanya / April 30, 2023

He was no digital native. That was the self-deprecating joke he often cracked — to lament a certain alienation from […]

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Borno Assembly Speaker hails Buhari for postponing census

By Ifunanya / April 30, 2023

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) The Speaker of the Borno State House of Assembly, Abdulkareem Lawan, has praised […]

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Two killed in strike on Russian village

By Ifunanya / April 30, 2023

Ukrainian servicemen prepare a tank, at a position near the frontline city of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, on April 29, 2023, […]

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Workers’ Day: Civil servants lament hardship under Buhari govt

By Ifunanya / April 30, 2023

As Nigeria joins other nations of the world to mark the 2023 International Workers’ Day on May 1st, some citizens, […]

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Our experience in Libya hellish – Returnees

By Ifunanya / April 30, 2023

Some Nigerian returnees from Libya tell EMMANUEL OJO about their ordeals in the North African country What state are you […]

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