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Kaduna gov warns against sale of forms for palliatives
The Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, on Friday, warned criminal elements allegedly selling forms in communities across the state to residents before becoming beneficiaries of palliatives and other interventions being provided by the government to desist from the act. He gave the warning in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Muhammad Lawal Shehu.
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Spain supports ECOWAS to protect democracy in member states
Spain has pledged support to the Economic Community of West African States to protect democracy in member states. Some military officers led by Gen. Tchiani Abdourahmane, overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum on July 26, 2023 leading to a flurry of sanctions imposed on Niger by ECOWAS to compel them to restore the ousted president to power.
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BREAKING: Ex-interior minister, Bello Yusuf, dies at 76
A former minister, Alhaji Bello Maitama Yusuf is dead. Yusuf, a former senator from 1999-2007 died in the early hours of Friday in Kano at the age of 76. A family friend of the deceased, Alhaji Hussaini Dalhatu, who confirmed the death, said that the funeral prayer of the Sardauna Dutse would take place after
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Man, 89, refused divorce by India’s top court after 27-year case
India’s top court has denied an octogenarian man the right to divorce his wife of six decades, 27 years after he first applied to dissolve their marriage. Divorce remains taboo across much of India with only one in every 100 marriages ending in dissolution, often owing to family and social pressure to sustain unhappy marriages.
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Medics refusing to leave northern Gaza – Reports
A spokesperson for the Palestinian Red Crescent in Gaza City, Nebal Farsakh, said there is no way one million people could be safely moved from northern Gaza within 24 hours. Farsakh said, “What will happen to our patients? We have wounded, we have elderly, we have children who are in hospitals.” She added that many
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‘We need to destroy Hamas’
As the United Nations calls for Israel to take back an order for civilians to leave Gaza City, a survivor of the Kibbutz Kfar Aza massacre who believes an Israeli ground invasion is now justified, said Hamas must be destroyed. The 22-year-old Neta Portal had five bullets removed from her left leg and one from
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Certificate saga: Why Tinubu won’t personally respond to Atiku, Obi – Coalition
The Coalition of Civil Society Organisation and Political Parties for Good Governance has explained why President Bola Tinubu may not personally engage the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and his counterpart in Labour Party, Peter Obi over the controversy that trailed his Chicago State University academic credentials. The allegation of certificate forgery levelled
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Israel-Hamas war: US Secretary of State Blinken arrives in Jordan
The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has arrived in Jordan, as he continues his extensive tour of the Middle East. Blinken is meeting Jordan’s King Abdullah as well as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Amman, BBC reports. Abbas, based in West bank, is a political rival to Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Blinken has
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Operatives rescue 18 persons kidnapped in Kebbi
Security operatives have rescued 18 persons abducted from their homes at Kanya in Danko Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State on Wednesday. Alhaji Ahmed Idris, media aide to Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, stated on Friday in Birnin Kebbi that the council chairman, Alhaji Hussani Aliyu-Bena, confirmed the rescue of the victims on Thursday.
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My mother’s death, deepest pain I’ve ever felt in my life- Wizkid
Afrobeats star, Ayo Balogun, also known as Wizkid has revealed that his mother’s death was the deepest pain he had ever felt in his life. Wizkid’s mother, Jane Dolapo Balogun, died on August 18, 2023 in London. The Afrobeat star said the pain of losing his mum ‘hurts deeply’. He said, “The pain is profound.
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