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The rainy season, especially the peak of it like the months of July-September brings in its wake, severe damages to lives and properties. It is also the season that some of the country’s principal rivers, especially Niger and Benue overflow their banks, causing severe destruction in the process. It has
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Nigeria witnessed the death of two high profile criminals within a spate of the last two weeks. They were Terwase Akwaza alias Gana in Benue state, and Honest Diagbara in Rivers. In all, while many were relieved with their death since they were considered as nuisance to the society, the
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Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation is in danger of facing food crisis and this is official. The World Bank, last week, raised the alarm in Abuja that the nation’s food crisis had assumed a frightening dimension, blaming the development largely on poor policies of successive administrations in the country.It regretted
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An executive bill sent to the Senate recently seeking to concentrate the control of water resources in the hands of the Federal Government is generating controversies among National Assembly members and the rest of Nigerians. Sadly, the bill has divided the National Assembly members along regional , religious and ethnic lines. While senators
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After five months of closure as a result of COVID-19 pandemic, Nigeria’s airspace was last Saturday re-opened to international commercial flights with planes from various countries in Africa and Europe arriving the nation’s airports. The Murtala Mohammed International Airport, (MMIA), Lagos made history on Saturday, when it received its first
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Nigeria recorded a milestone as a nation when one of her illustrious citizen, Akinwumi A. Adesina was re-elected to serve a second five-year term as President of the African Development Bank Group. His re-election took place on Thursday, August 27, 2020 by the Board of Governors of the Bank in
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What began like a mutiny in the military on August 18, ended up a full blown coup d’état in Mali the following day as the country’s Military officers announced they had seized the reigns of government. The Military officers detained the President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and ended his new government, which
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Nigerian traders in Ghana recently came under the full weight of the country’s authorities as many of them had their shops and other business premises closed. Ghanaian authorities implementing a new investment policy, reportedly shut Nigerian- owned businesses for alleged non-compliance with the rules. At least 100 shops were reportedly
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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom recently raised the alarm over an alleged plan by the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, the umbrella body for Fulani Herdsmen in the country, to destabilise his state. In a widely circulated statement, the Governor alleged from information available to his administration, that Miyetti Allah was embarking on a smear
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed September 19, for election of a new Governor for Edo state. Since the guidelines were released a few months ago, the electoral umpire has commenced the processes towards the elections. The various political parties have successfully completed their primaries to nominate candidates for the
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