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Suspected bandits stormed the Madaka market in Niger state on Thursday, killing a minimum of 21 individuals, together with village head Umaru Bako. The assault, which passed off round 3 p.m., reportedly began with a gunfire that despatched entrepreneurs fleeing. Witnesses described the scene as complete chaos, with flames engulfing about 50 properties and companies. A…
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The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has led the Nigerian delegation to the 148th Meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva, Switzerland. The Nigerian contingent arrived in Geneva, Switzerland on Friday. A press release by the Particular Assistant on Media to the Senate President, Jackson Udom, indicated that Akpabio was accompanied on the journey by…
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Two feminine college students of Nasarawa State College (NSUK) had been killed early on Friday morning in a stampede whereas struggling to take part in Governor Abdullahi Sule's palliative rice distribution. An eyewitness account revealed that some college students invaded the varsity's Convocation Sq. earlier than the governor's arrival…
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The Federal Authorities generated N2,326,148 trillion final month in February and distributed N1,152,756 trillion to Federal, State and Native Authorities Councils from the proceeds. On the February assembly of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), chaired by the Minister of Finance and the Coordinating Minister of Financial system, Wale Edun, on Thursday in Abuja, of the mentioned…
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Governor of Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti, on Thursday highlighted the invoice handed by the state Home of Representatives on Tuesday that halts the fee of pensions to former governors of the state and their deputies. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Kazie Uko, made this recognized in an announcement on Thursday. He said that the signed…
