Nigerian Army partners social media bloggers to eradicate fake news

The Nigerian Army says it is engaging social media bloggers and online journalists in the country to combat the fake news syndrome. The Chief of Civil Military Affair, Maj.-Gen. Markus Kangye, stated this at the 15th Edition of Social Media Influencers Seminar for social media bloggers and online journalists in Kaduna on Monday. Kangye, who was represented by Brig.-Gen. Emmanuel Egbe, …

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Gumi: Clergymen should talk to Igboho, IPOB like I do to bandits

Controversial Islamic scholar and preacher, Sheikh Abubakar Gumi, has called on clergymen to talk to Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, and the Indigenous People of Biafra just as he does to bandits. Gumi has recently been calling for negotiation with bandits, saying it will end kidnapping and other criminality across the north and other parts …

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JAMB stops varsities, others from directly admitting candidates on distance learning, part-time programmes

By Joseph Erunke The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has stopped universities and other tertiary institutions in the country running degree programmes from directly admitting candidates on their sandwich, distance learning, part-time and other programmes. The board insisted that henceforth, all admissions to the various programmes in the nation’s higher institutions must be processed through it, warning the institutions …

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Jubilation as Jonathan ‘Jango’ Ogboffa graduates after 10 years in UNIJOS

There was wild jubilation as a popular student, Jonathan Ogboffa finally graduated from the University of Jos (UNIJOS). Better known as Senior Comrade or Aluta Jango, he was in the institution for more than a decade. Though Ogboffa gained admission into the Department of History Education about five years ago; he had been in the school community years prior. Jango …

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Insecurity: Declare bandits terrorists, end Nigeria – Sheikh Gumi warns Buhari FG

Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has warned the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government against declaring bandits terrorists. Gumi warned that Nigeria would stop existing as a sovereign and united entity if the Federal Government declared bandits as terrorists. The Islamic cleric disclosed this in a Facebook post, on Sunday night. He, however, admitted that the devastation caused by bandits …

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Colombia’s priority to extradite drug lord Otoniel to US

Colombia’s priority is to extradite the captured drug lord Dairo Antonio Usuga, known as Otoniel, to the United States, government and security sources said on Sunday. Otoniel, 50, was caught by Colombia’s armed forces during an operation in a rural area of Colombia’s Uraba region, Antioquia province, officials said on Saturday.  Otoniel faces extradition orders from the United States. Colombia …

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CDHR Holds Annual General Conference, Elects New Executives

The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), on Saturday, 23 October, rounded off its Annual General Conference which held at the national headquarters of the global civil society in Ikeja, Lagos. The 33rd annual conference themed: ‘A Call To Service In A Troubled Nigeria’, held between 22nd and 23rd, October, 2021.  Speaking at the conference, Comrade Osagie Obayuwana …

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Aregbesola Gives Update On Attack On Oyo Custodial Centre, Says Situation Under Control; Warns Escaped Prisoners

The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, assured Nigerians that the attack on Abolongo Custodial Centre in Oyo, Oyo State has been brought under control, telling members of the public to go about their businesses.  The Minister who was reacting to the incident via a statement by his Media Aide, Sola Fasure, stated that he has been briefed by the …

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Obasa: A Fresh Honour For Lagos Speaker

By Eromosele Ebhomele The Oranmiyan Hall of the Lagos Airport Hotel was filled by colourful, beautifully dressed journalists in the cool evening of Friday, 22 October. It was the end of a weeklong celebration tagged Lagos Press Week organised by the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Lagos branch, and meant to celebrate men of the pen profession. Dr. Mudashiru Ajayi …

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Nigeria Needs Military And Non-Military Solutions To End Conflicts —Ambassador Buratai

Grand Patron of the National Association of Online Security Reporters, NAOSRE, and Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of Benin, His Excellency, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai has advocated the adoption of civil and military strategies to end the numerous conflicts in Nigeria. The former Chief of Army Staff stated this on Friday in Adamawa State at the 24th, 25th and …

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