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DAKUKU PETERSIDE: Hunger Republic
By DAKUKU PETERSIDE
Every day, ordinary Nigerians from Maiduguri to Oyorokoto-Andoni in Rivers State, Okerenkoko-Delta to Wamako in Sokoto State make difficult decisions. They are...
What removal of Nigeria from religious violation watchlist means
By GARBA SHEHU
The removal of Nigeria from the religious violators watchlist by the Biden-led US administration in the run-up to the visit of Anthony...
NCDC registers 45 cases of COVID-19 infections in five states, FCT
Nigeria recorded 45 new COVID-19 infections in five states and the FCT on Saturday.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) gave the update on...
U.S., Nigeria to sign $2.17bn agreement as Secretary Blinken visits Abuja
The Governments of the United States and Nigeria will this week sign a $2.17 billion Development Objective Assistance Agreement.
U.S. Secretary Antony J. Blinken, who...
FG hails U.S. for removing Nigeria from religious freedom blacklist
The Federal Government has hailed the United States for removing Nigeria from its list of countries with religious freedom concerns, calling the decision fair...
U.S. removes Nigeria from religious violators’ list
Nigeria has been removed from the United States' list of religious violators.
This is as the American government blacklisted Russia, China and eight other countries...
Amnesty Int’l: Why rape cases keep rising in Nigeria
Amnesty International has explained why rape cases in Nigeria keep rising in Nigeria.
It blamed the development on Police over their failure to investigate sexual...
We’ve fed more than nine million pupils – Minister
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Umar, has declared that more than nine million pupils across the country have...
NBS: Nigeria’s inflation declines for 7th month, births at 15.99%
Nigeria’s headline inflation declined for the seventh consecutive month to 15.99 per cent in October, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said.
Statistician-General of...
Insecurity: Niger State govt spends N5bn on 151,380 IDPs
The Niger State Government has spent over N5 billion in the maintenance of 151,380 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) currently taking refuge in about 50,584...
