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Armed bandits attack Nigerian Defence Academy killing two officers and abducting another

NIGERIA'S ongoing security crisis has took an unprecedented step for the worse this morning when armed gunmen had the effrontery to attack the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Kaduna killing two officers.

 

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UK diasporan shot dead along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in front of her three children

MEMBERS of the St Theresa's College Ibadan Old Girls Association in the UK are mourning the loss of one of their members Bolanle Aworetan who was murdered in cold blood last week while on a brief trip to Nigeria.

 

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11 Super Eagles playing in Britain could miss World Cup qualifier due to Covid-19 restrictions

NIGERIA may not be able to field her British-based players for the forthcoming World Cup qualifier against Cape Verde next month next month because of Covid-19 restrictions which place the country on the UK's red list.

 

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10 tasks the new Olu of Itshekiri should set himself over the next decade

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] Attract international investors to come and take over the Aladja Steel Company. Get it employing at least 500 staff and producing about 10,000 tonnes a year 

[2] Get the Warri Refinery and Petrochemicals Company located at Ekpan, upgraded into a major research and development facility of global repute 

[3] Try and raise the literacy rate among the Itshekiri to about 95%

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Nigerian diasporans remit over $65bn back home between 2018 and 2020 according to World Bank

NIGERIAN diasporans remitted $65.34bn back home over the three year period between 2018 and 2020 according to a recent report from the World Bank which showed that remittances accounted for 4$ of gross domestic product (GDP) last year.

 

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Abuja high court orders DSS to release four of Sunday Ighoho's aides arrested in Ibadan

AN Abuja federal high court has ordered the immediate release of four of Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo's aides from the custody of the Department of State Security (DSS) after they met all the bail conditions set for them.

 

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NMA and health experts slam Nigerian leaders for ignoring Covid-19 protocols at Buhari's son's wedding

NIGERIAN health professionals have condemned the recent mammoth gathering in Kano State to celebrate the wedding of President Muhammadu Buhari's son saying it poses a risk to the public and is a flagrant abuse of Covid-19 guidelines.

 

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Tiv Youth Organisation vows to fight plans to establish gracing site the way it opposed Dan Fodio

SOCIO-cultural body the Tiv Youth Organisation (TYO) has vowed to defend its land with every last drop of blood in the wake of recent decision by the Nigerian federal government to establish 368 grazing sites across 25 states of the country.

 

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Team Nigeria end U20 athletics championship in third place with four gold and three bronze medals

NIGERIA has won a record four gold medals at an international athletics tournament after the U20 team at the recently-concluded junior championships in Kenya finished third with a total of seven medals.

 

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Up to 50% of Nigeria’s problems could have been solved this weekend if all those who gathered for President Buhari’s son’s wedding had signed a Bichi Declaration

Ayo Akinfe

[1] As from henceforth, we pledge that all future such parties and gatherings will take place in Nigeria. We will ask the National Assembly to pass a bill making it illegal for public officials to throw parties abroad

[2] Everyone of us here pledges never to seek medical attention abroad again. Rather than enrich foreign hospitals, we will invest that money in local healthcare. If we end up paying with our lives for this, it is a sacrifice worth making for the nation

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