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The Senate President, Godswill Akpiabio, has dismissed reports on his alleged collapse at an event to mark his 61st birthday in Abuja. Reports emerged earlier on Friday that the former Akwa Ibom governor collapsed at a colloquium marking his birthday on Thursday in Abuja. Akpabio, who addressed journalists at a news conference in on Friday in Abuja on Friday, said …

The newly elected Chairman of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), FCT Council, Mr Jama Medan, has promised to push for the interest of its members at the federal and state levels. Addressing newsmen on Sunday, after taking the oath of office on Saturday, Medan said he will ensure better remuneration for nurses and midwives as they …

The remaining four abducted students of Federal University Dutsinma (FUDMA) in Katsina State have regained their freedom. Gunmen suspected to be bandits abducted five female students of the institution at their rented apartment in Dutsinma on October 3. The Katsina State police command confirmed on November 20 that one of the abducted students had escaped from their abductors. READ ALSO: …

It’s a new dawn for the North-east region as NEDC is up against under-development. SADIQ ABUBAKAR reports.  The North East Development Commission (NEDC) is saddled  with the responsibilities to, among other things,  develop and transform the six states of the region affected by humanitarian crisis arising from Boko Haram insurgency.  It is also to boost security infrastructure and sustainability  through …

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Enyimba face elimination from the African Football League after they went down to a 1-0 defeat against Wydad Athletic Club of Morocco. Wydad Casablanca took control of the quarter-final contest in the opening minutes. Captain Yayha Jabrane scored the winning goal for the Red Castle from the spot eight minutes before the break. Read Also:Lookman Scores 3rd Serie A Goal …

Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji on Thursday killed three suspected terrorists and rescued six kidnapped victims in Sokoto State. The Nigerian Army confirmed the development in a statement posted on its verified X handle on Friday. The statement read: “The offensive clearance operation which took place on the 14th December 2023 at Bauni village and Bauni forest in the state …

In some Igbo communities, there is a custom known as the Osu caste system that dates back to the pre-colonial era. The African Traditional Religion predominated before colonial times, which led to the foundation of Christianity in Southern areas of Nigeria (ATR). There were freeborn people in pre-colonial Igboland known as Nwadiala, who were considered to be masters, and Osu, …

Tyson Fury has boasted that Anthony Joshua doesn’t have what it takes to confront him and Oleksandr Usyk in the heavyweight fight. Fury made this known on the backdrop of Joshua’s outstanding display, where he knocked down former UFC fighter, Francis Ngannou in the second round in the early hours of Saturday in Saudi Arabia. While impressed with the knockout, …