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Protests have erupted in Kano following the recent dismissal of Governor Abba Yusuf by the Appeal Court. The court's decision, which upheld the earlier ruling by the tribunal, declared 165,663 votes of Yusuf as invalid due to a lack of signatures or stamps by the Independent National Electoral...
Retired Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Theophilus Danjuma, expressed a shift in his perspective on female leadership, citing a past female minister of petroleum whom he accuses of excelling in corruption. While inaugurating the Goodwill Medical Centre in Enugu, Danjuma refrained from naming...
Image Credit: Trevor cokley Hamas senior official, Osama Hamdan, has invited U.S. billionaire Elon Musk to visit the Palestinian Gaza Strip and witness the aftermath of Israeli bombardment. Hamdan extended the invitation during a press conference in Beirut, urging Musk to assess the destruction...
Rhoda Jatau, a healthcare worker from Bauchi State, faces an extended period of incarceration, now surpassing 18 months, after her no-case submission was dismissed by a High Court in Bauchi on Monday. Jatau's arrest in May 2020 by the State Security Service stemmed from her condemnation of the...
In a disturbing incident caught on camera, a Nigerian man has confessed to assault, coercion, and rape, triggering widespread outrage. The video has sparked intense reactions across Nigeria, with many expressing hope that justice prevails for the victims.
A self-proclaimed 'good governance advocate,' Shehu Gazali Sadiq, has sparked controversy by asserting that the majority of unintelligent voters in Nigeria are women. In a statement on November 28, he claimed this is due to women's financial dependency on men, asserting that men shield women...
In the aftermath of Obafemi Awolowo University's (OAU) Wash-a-thon event, controversy has erupted as student Subair Enitan, who aimed to set a new Guinness World Record for handwashing, refutes reports of being hospitalized. Enitan addressed the allegations in a video posted via the official X...
Image Credit: C. S. Goldsmith and A. Balish In a routine flu screening test at a GP surgery in North Yorkshire, health officials have identified the first case of the A(H1N2)v infection in a human. The individual, who fully recovered from a mild illness with respiratory symptoms, has no known...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the World Bank to suspend loans to Nigeria's 36 states, citing allegations of widespread mismanagement of public funds, including loans from the institution. In a letter dated November 25, 2023, SERAP urged World Bank...
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