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UNICEF: Flooding Disrupted 2.2m Nigerian Children In 2024

UNICEF: Flooding Disrupted 2.2m Nigerian Children In 2024

The report released by the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund, (UNICEF) has disclosed that in 2024 flood displaced 2.2 million pupils across Nigeria, significantly disrupting academic activities nationwide. UNICEF’s Chief of the Kano Field Office,…

Stampede: Reps Mourn, Call For Urgent Safety Measures

Stampede: Reps Mourn, Call For Urgent Safety Measures

On Sunday, the House of Representatives expressed profound grief over the tragic loss of lives, including children, in three separate stampedes that occurred during a funfair in Ibadan and two charity events in Okija and…

Stampede: Obi Laments Recurring Incidents, Mourns Victims

Stampede: Obi Laments Recurring Incidents, Mourns Victims

The former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has expressed profound sorrow over the recent stampedes in Ibadan, Abuja, and Okija, Anambra State, which claimed over 60 lives within days. In a statement issued via his…

Tinubu Cancels Lagos Events To Honour Abuja, Anambra Stampede Victims

Tinubu Cancels Lagos Events To Honour Abuja, Anambra Stampede Victims

President Bola Tinubu has expressed deep sorrow following the recent stampedes in Maitama, Abuja, and Okija, Anambra State during palliative collections. The tragedies, which also bear a disturbing resemblance to a similar incident in Ibadan,…

Obasanjo: Nigerians Need Leaders That Will Manage Economy

Obasanjo: Nigerians Need Leaders That Will Manage Economy

Nigeria’s former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has called on Nigerians to pay attention to the country’s leadership recruitment process, saying we need leaders that will manage the country’s economy. Obasanjo who made this plea in an…

Nigerians Are More Loyal To Their Ethnic Groups Than To Nigeria – Jonathan

Nigerians Are More Loyal To Their Ethnic Groups Than To Nigeria – Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that despite 100 years of amalgamation, Nigerians have yet to appreciate the benefits of unity. According to the former President during a forum in Effurun, Delta State, this decision…

Tinubu To Receive Indian PM In Abuja Sunday

Tinubu To Receive Indian PM In Abuja Sunday

President Bola Tinubu will on Sunday received the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi for a State visit at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. This was disclosed in a statement issued President Tinubu’s Special Adviser on…

US Govt Evacuates Binance Executive, Gambaryan From Nigeria In Medically Equipped Aircraft

US Govt Evacuates Binance Executive, Gambaryan From Nigeria In Medically Equipped Aircraft

Following the release of the embattled Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan from the Correctional centre in Abuja, the United States (US) government has sent a medically equipped aircraft to evacuate him from Nigeria. Saturday Telegraph had…

CJN Olukayode Ariwoola Retires At 70

CJN Olukayode Ariwoola Retires At 70

Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, the 22nd Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), has retired from service after attaining the mandatory retirement age of 70. Justice Ariwoola was born on August 22, 1954, and he as had a…

Why Nigeria Fail To Move Forward – Obasanjo

Why Nigeria Fail To Move Forward – Obasanjo

Nigeria’s former President, Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday opined that Nigeria has failed to move forward because of the calibre of leaders in the country. Obasanjo who spoke as a Special Guest of Honour at the…