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30765 british passport officers to embark on strike for 5 weeks

British passport officers to embark on strike for 5 weeks

By Ifunanya / March 17, 2023

Most of Britain’s passport office workers will go on strike for five weeks starting in April in a pay dispute, […]

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Nigerian Army organizes Quranic recitation competition in Borno

By Ifunanya / March 17, 2023

The Sector 111 of Operation Hadin Kai and Multinational Joint Task Force in Monguno town of Borno, has hosted a […]

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Governors have paid thugs, electoral officials to rig, cause crises in S/East – IPOB

By Ifunanya / March 17, 2023

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has disclosed that some politicians and state governors have paid security agents and electoral […]

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Guber polls: PDP plans to stage come-back in Niger politics

By Ifunanya / March 17, 2023

The contest for the governorship seat in the Saturday, March 18, governorship and State house of Assembly elections is between […]

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Don’t turn polling units to danger zones, PWDs foundation warns

By Ifunanya / March 17, 2023

PWDs. Photo Credit: Getty Images The Albino Foundation Africa has appealed to political parties to avoid making polling units designated […]

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JUST IN: Appeal Court rejects Abba Kyari’s associate’s request for bail

By Ifunanya / March 17, 2023

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed an appeal by Assistant Commissioner of Police, Sunday Ubua wherein he sought […]

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Election: Police order restriction of movement, bar security aides from Polling Units in Sokoto 

By Ifunanya / March 17, 2023

The Police in Sokoto State had ordered the restriction of movement from 12:00 am on Friday to 6:00 pm on […]

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Naira scarcity: Poultry farmers lose over N30bn eggs – Association

By Ifunanya / March 17, 2023

The Poultry Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, said its members lost more than N30 billion worth of over 15 million […]

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March 18: PDP raises alarm over resurgent attacks in Kaduna

By Ifunanya / March 17, 2023

The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Kaduna State has raised concern over the implication of the resurgent attacks in Southern […]

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Southern Kaduna attackers trying to suppress voters – PDP

By Ifunanya / March 17, 2023

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State has said the killers in Atyap Chiefdom, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area, […]

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Cross River YPP’s deputy guber candidate kidnapped

By Ifunanya / March 17, 2023

The deputy governorship candidate of the Young Progressives Party, YPP, in Cross River State, Prince Agbor Onyi, has been kidnapped. […]

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BREAKING: Rivers gov candidates protest at police headquarters, accuse Wike of intimidation

By Ifunanya / March 17, 2023

Governorship candidates of some political parties in Rivers State on Friday stormed the State Police headquarters, protesting alleged intimidation by […]

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Police confirm Oyo APC, PDP members clash, begin probe

By Ifunanya / March 17, 2023

Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Adebowale Williams The Oyo State Police Command on Friday confirmed the clash between supporters of […]

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Vigilante who killed Anambra man disarmed, arrested — Police

By Ifunanya / March 17, 2023

Nigerian Police Force logo The Anambra State Police Command has dismissed the report making the rounds that security agents from […]

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6 Africans develop stroke every minute, every hour – Expert

By Ifunanya / March 17, 2023

Prof. Kolawole Wahab of the Department of Medicine, University of Ilorin (Unilorin), has postulated that about six indigenous Africans develop […]

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March 18: We will resist attempt to militarise elections, Cross River PDP threatens

By Ifunanya / March 17, 2023

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Cross River has said that it will resist any attempt by the All Progressives […]

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Kaduna Speaker calls for investigation of PRP’s Muhammad Ali over unfounded allegations

By Ifunanya / March 17, 2023

The Speaker, Kaduna State House of Assembly and Chairman Northern Speakers forum, Ibrahim Yusuf Zailani, has expressed concern about what […]

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30701 naira fuel scarcity to push 24m nigerians into poverty

Naira, fuel scarcity to push 24m Nigerians into poverty

By Ifunanya / March 17, 2023

A survey by a group known as Cadre Harmonise, CH, has disclosed that no fewer than 24 million Nigerians, including […]

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Thieves steal equipment worth millions from Ogun hospital

By Ifunanya / March 17, 2023

Suspected thieves reportedly broke into the newly inaugurated 100-bed Mother and Child Hospital in Iperu, Ikenne Local Government Area of […]

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30693 singer seyi vibez loses mother

Singer Seyi Vibez loses mother 

By Ifunanya / March 17, 2023

Popular Nigerian singer, Balogun Afolabi, popularly known as Seyi Vibez, announced the death of his mother late Thursday. Seyi Vibez […]

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