Thisday Newspaper News Today Monday 6th May 2019
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target=_blank>Sultan Declares Today as First Day of Ramadan
Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto has declared Monday as the first day of Ramadan fast in Nigeria. Abubakar announced the citing of the new crescent in Sokoto on Sunday in a radio and television broadcast. He said the new moon was sighted in various places across the country which indicates that Sunday
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target=_blank>Justice Key to Ending Boko Haram Insurgency, Says Amnesty International
Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri The key to solving the decade-old Boko Haram crisis is the proper administration of justice, Amnesty International (AI), has said. Speaking in Maiduguri on Saturday during a solidarity visit to about 2,000 women, whose husbands were allegedly detained by the military since over three years ago in connection with Boko Haram insurgency,
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target=_blank>Gunmen Invade Nasarawa Commissioner’s Residence, Kill 400-level Student
Igbawase Ukumba in Lafia Unknown gunmen in the early hours of yesterday invaded the residence of the Nasarawa State’s Commissoner for Higher Education, Chief Clement Uhembe, and killed a 400-level student of the Federal University, Lafia, Terlumum Hemba. The incident was reported to have occurred at Kaduna Koro area, a suburb of Lafia, the state capital,
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target=_blank>Another Nigerian Stabbed to Death in South Africa
The President of the Nigerian Citizens Association South Africa (NICASA), Mr. Ben Okoli, has confirmed that a Nigerian, Mr. Okechukwu Henry, from Imo State, was stabbed to death by unknown South African robbers. The NICASA president said this in a letter to the Consul-General, Nigerian Consulate Johannesburg, South Africa. A copy of the letter was
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target=_blank>Jonathan, Saraki, Atiku, Others Eulogise Yar’Adua
Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja Many Nigerians, including the immediate past president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, have paid tribute to late President Umaru Yar’Adua, nine years after his death. Yar’Adua was born on August 16, 1951, and died May 5, 2010. He was the 13th leader of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He won the 2007 presidential election
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target=_blank>PDP Blames Banditry on APC’s Political Mercenaries
Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has blamed the deteriorating state of insecurity in the country, especially kidnapping and banditry on thugs allegedly smuggled into the country by the All Progressives Congress (APC) with which it unleashed violence to facilitate its rigging of the 2019 general election. To this end, the main opposition
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target=_blank>Gunmen Abduct Permanent Secretary in Taraba
Wole Ayodele in Jalingo The Permanent Secretary, Taraba State Ministry of Water Resources, Mrs. Suzzy Nathan, was yesterday abducted from her home in Jalingo by unknown gunmen. The gunmen stormed her residence at Kasuwa Bera area of the town at about 2.00 a.m. and shot sporadically for over an hour before gaining entrance into her house
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target=_blank>SIM Card Data Verification a Continuous Exercise, Says NCC
Emma Okonji The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has re-assured Nigerians of the continuous exercise of the Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card data verification, which it said, remained a global practice. In an interview with journalists at the weekend in Abuja, the Executive Commissioner, Stakeholder Management at NCC, Mr. Sunday Dare, said the subscriber data so
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target=_blank>Ekweremadu Charges Lawyers on Rule of Law, Judicial Independence
Davidson Iriekpen The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has called on lawyers to stand up for the rule of law as any nation not bound by the fine principle of democracy was bound to fail. Senator Ekweremadu, who expressed concern over the judiciary, urged lawyers to also defend the independence and unity
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FG Deepens Universal Health Coverage through BHCPF
Raheem Akingbolu The flag off of the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) in Osogbo, Osun State, recently is a signal that the Buhari administration is committed to massive delivery of health care reform in Africa, a statement issued by the Federal Ministry of Health has said. According to the statement, the move, which guarantees […]
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