Academic Scandal: Arrest Tinubu Now, Civil Society Petitions Police Chief

From Kayode Lawal, Abuja A civil group, Center for Reform and Public Advocacy has given the Inspector General of Police IGP a 48- hour ultimatum to arrest and initiate criminal prosecution of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu for allegedly supplying false academic qualifications to secure nomination. The…

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Refugees/IDPs’ Resettlement: Zulum’s Working Group Reports to Osinbajo

Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, yesterday, Thursday, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, submitted his technical working group’s report to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. The technical working group was set up by the Presidential Committee on Repatriation, Return and Resettlement of displaced persons in the North-East, which Osinbajo chairs.   President Muhammadu Buhari had, in…

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Global Environment Facility approves $18 million to support FAO-led projects in Africa and Latin America

Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has welcomed the decision of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to approve three FAO-led projects in five countries, totalling $18 million in funding. The three new projects – in Nigeria, Venezuela and a regional initiative encompassing Malawi, Mozambique, and Uganda – will improve the…

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Trading with Boko Haram, ISWAP Fuels Terrorism, Hunger in Northeast

The Theatre Commander, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), Maj-Gen. Christopher Musa has warned against trading with Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in the Northeast. According to him, trading and other economic activities with the insurgents consolidate terrorism in the region. The 13-year insurgency has killed about 40, 000 people with $9.4…

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