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A Group, the Kogi Conscience Liberation Movement, KCLM, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to move all sensitive materials from the State to Abuja where the Tribunal have relocated. During a news conference in Abuja, the National Secretary, Kogi Conscience Liberation Movement, Comrade Okpanachi Jacob pointed out…
In line with the on-going 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV), the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Zone D, tasks the governors of the North Central States, as well as the FCT Administration, to be proactive in the fight against GBV. The Association says this can be…
The Minister of State for Education, Dr. Yusuf Tanko Sununu, has said that the Student Loan Scheme that was approved by President Bola Tinubu in June is on track to commence in January 2024. Sununu reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment during an appearance on Arise TV on Thursday morning. The…
A Russian teenager on Thursday shot dead a classmate and injured five others before killing herself in a school in Bryansk near the Ukrainian border. The Investigative Committee disclosed this on Thursday in a statement. “A 14-year-old girl brought a pump-action shotgun to school, which she used to shoot her…
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will visit Russia on Thursday, for talks with Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said, as the two countries strengthen economic and military ties in the face of Western sanctions. “I can confirm. There will be Russian-Iranian negotiations on December 7,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on…
The Supreme Court has dismissed an application by Emeka Ihedioha, of the Peoples Democratic Party seeking to remove Hope Uzodinma from office as Imo state governor. The applicant was praying to the court to give a consequential order to the Independent National Electoral Commission to issue a certificate of return…
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Pate, has urged radiologists in the country to guard against the leakages of patients’ information to prevent litigation. Pate said this on Monday at the sixth Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of the Association of Radiologists in Nigeria and…
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum and Regulatory Commission has said the Federal Government is planning to revoke unused oil exploration leases that companies were granted but have not been able to carry out any exploration activities on them. The Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, Gbenga Komolafe told Reuters…
A former Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, has urged President Bola Tinubu to embark on a quarterly town hall to reach political stakeholders and community leaders in the six geopolitical regions. Shittu, an erstwhile minister in the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari, made the appeal in an exclusive interview…
A final year student of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Joseph Agabaidu, has been stabbed to death by some assailants while trying to steal his mobile phone. PUNCH Online learnt that the deceased is a 500-level Geology student of ATBU who hails from Ankpa Local Government Area of Kogi…
