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You can’t force us to be part of Ogoja State – C’River leaders

Prominent leaders in Cross River State have kicked against proposition to create Ogoja State by a group which responded to the request from the House of Representatives Committee on Constitutional Review. The proponents had said that their proposal represents the interests of the people of the Northern and Central Senatorial Districts of Cross River State, […]
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TENSION LOOMS JOS RESIDENCE AS HYENE ESCAPE’S PARK

There was tension within Dong Community in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State on Monday following the escape of a hyena at the state owned wildlife park. It was learnt that the hyena escaped from its confinement at the park located in the Dong community of Jos North LGA on Sunday, thereby causing […]
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Uncultured Student Back Suspension From University

The University of Calabar, Calabar Nigeria has suspended one Livinson Arikpo a student of the department of fisheries and aquaculture from academic activity for acting against the university matriculation oat. According to the suspension letter address to the affected student and signed by the university registrar, Mr Gabriel Egba, Livinson Arikpo has acted in a […]
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FG opposes Agbakoba’s PIA repeal

Olisa Agbakoba, a senior advocate in Nigeria and a former chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, has demanded that the Petroleum Industry Act be repealed, claiming that its drafters committed grave mistakes. In contrast to the prominent Nigerian lawyer’s opinion, the federal government’s oil and gas regulatory bodies—the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission and the […]
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Akwa ibom congressman wants farming areas to have good roads to enhance food production

Legislator Moses Essien of Akwa Ibom State has argued that farmers should have easier access to metropolitan markets, which would increase food production, and has therefore pushed for the building of highways in farming villages to facilitate the evacuation of food. According to Essien, who represents the mostly rural Ibiono Ibom State Constituency, farmers in […]
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The US and UN both condemn the bombing in Borno, and Tinubu says he will crush B’Haram

On Sunday, the United Nations and the United States of America denounced Saturday bomb strikes in Tashan Mararaba, Gwoza town, and Borno State, claiming at least eighteen fatalities. Suspected female suicide bombers launched their attacks on a funeral, a hospital, and a wedding in Gwoza, a town close to the Cameroon border. Three explosions occurred […]