FG to establish bola tinubu university 

          Another university may be added to the pool of existing ones following the passage for first reading on Thursday, by the House of Representatives of a bill to establish the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Federal University of Nigerian Languages. The bill, sponsored by the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, and eight others,…

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price of egg to hit N10,000, says Pan

  Poultry farmers in Nigeria have raised alarms over a looming increase in egg prices, with projections suggesting a hike from the current N5,500 to as much as N10,000 per crate. The Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) attributes the potential surge to rising transportation costs following fuel subsidy removal and the sharp increase in feed…

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How 26-yr-old man set grandma on fire

  The Jigawa State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a 26-year-old man, Nura Mas’ud, who allegedly set his grandmother ablaze. The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Lawan Adam, confirmed the suspect’s arrest in a statement on Saturday. He said, “On October 8, 2024, at about 1600hrs, the command was notified of a sad…

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 NDLEA intercepts N22.7billion worth contraband

In a fresh wave of interdiction operations fresh wave of interdiction operations targeting transnational drug cartels, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos have arrested a Thailand returnee Oguejiofor Nnaemeka Simonpeter for importing 13.30 kilograms of heroin worth over N3.192billion just as their counterparts…

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Former governor’s son dies in Kaduna

Faisal Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, the eldest son of former Kaduna State Governor, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has d!ed He was involved in an accident, which occurred along Kaduna-Zaria highway on Saturday evening, October 12. He was taken to an undisclosed hospital where he was declared d£@d. His father, who was at the hospital, immediately arranged for…

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Nigeria no longer working – youths lament

  Northern youths, under the aegis of Coalition of North Group, have decried the impact of the recent devaluation of the naira, inflation, petroleum subsidy removal, increase in electricity tariffs, and insecurity, among others, on the conditions of living in northern Nigeria. Saying that the country “is no longer working”, the youths lamented that the…

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