A Kaduna State High Court has declared as illegal the Religious Regulatory Bill passed by the House of Assembly, saying it infringed the fundamental rights of pastors to propagate Christianity in the state. Specifically, Justice Hajara Gwadah ruled that the plan by the government to issue licences to the pastors …
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The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) of the United Kingdom has cautioned British nationals against travelling to 21 states in Nigeria. In a statement on its website “updated June 17, 2019” and “still current at June 18, 2019,” the FCO listed the states as: Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Gombe, “riverine areas …
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As the Muhammadu Buhari administration marked the newly-agreed Democracy Day, June 12, the other day, against the backdrop of expectations of truly representative democracy which Nigerians have, it can be said that the Nigerian state actors have not delivered on the promise of democracy. There is therefore a sense in …
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More than 27,000 people have been killed in attacks in northeastern Nigeria since 2009, the United Nations said. “The humanitarian crisis in northeast Nigeria is one of the most severe in the world and is first and foremost a protection crisis,” Edward Kallon, the UN humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria, said …
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30 persons have been confirmed killed and 42 others seriously injured when three bombers detonated Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Mandarari community of Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State.The Director of Search, Rescue and Operations of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Usman Kachala, who confirmed the killings …
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Amid raging insecurity across the country, Fulani leaders have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to, as a matter of urgency, listen to the advice of former President Olusegun Obasanjo on how to restore peace and stability.They spoke under the aegis of the Gan Allah Fulani Development Association of Nigeria (GAFDAN). Their …
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The Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, promised that the new leadership of the Senate would do everything possible to ensure the actualisation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ‘Next Level’ agenda. He also said he would not begrudge any of his colleagues over the incident involving him in the 8th …
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All Progressives Congress’ stakeholders in Kogi State have called on the National Working Committee of the APC to ensure that the party’s candidate for the November 16 governorship election in the state emerges from a direct primary poll. The stakeholders made the call at a meeting attended by 17 out …
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The 6 Division of the Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt has confirmed the killing of a notorious cultist and illegal oil bunkering kingpin, Korobo Menele, by its troops. Menele, who was popularly known as Mene and Oil Minister, was reportedly shot on Sunday, few hours after a group of hoodlums …
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Internet users in Nigeria increased marginally to 119,506,430 million in April 2019, the Nigerian Communications Commission has said. The NCC made this known on Monday in its Monthly Internet Subscribers Data for April posted on its website. The data showed that overall internet users increased to 119,506,430 in April from …
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