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A former National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Cardinal John Onaiyekan has cautioned politicians using “warlike language” to insist on winning the 2023 elections. The archbishop and member of the National Peace Committee said candidates who are insisting on winning the…

The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan-Kukah has said that despite the many lofty promises of President Muhammadu Buhari, he is leaving Nigerians “far more vulnerable” than when he assumed office on May 29, 2015. The fiery cleric also said…

The National Human Rights Commission has urged the House of Representatives to pass the Electoral Offences Commission bill. The statement released by the Deputy Director Public Affairs of the NHRC, Fatimah Mohammed, noted that the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Chief Tony Ojukwu…

The Federal Capital Territory Administration on Wednesday demolished the Durumi Internally Displaced Persons camp. Also demolished were a number of shanties the government explained were causing security challenges. The Executive Secretary, Federal Capital Development Authority, Shehu Ahmad, said the IDPs camp was a dual…

The organised labour under the auspices of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has blamed governors and 10 state Houses of Assembly of Jigawa, Kebbi, Zamfara, Borno, Yobe, Taraba, Gombe, Plateau. Kwara, Imo, Ebonyi, Oyo, Sokoto and Ondo states are scuttling efforts to…

THE stage is set for the sale of five power plants, the Director-General (DG), Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr. Alex Okoh, said in Abuja yesterday. This followed the agreement reached by the federal and the 36 governors on the proposed plan to…

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has cleared the air over last week’s accident of the Abuja-Kaduna Train which crushed a woman driving on the rail line along Chikapere in Kubwa, an Abuja suburb. The deceased woman, Selimota Idowu, was a staff of the…