December 2023
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Former Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has expressed hope that President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government will release Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Abaribe expressed hope that Tinubu’s government would release Kanu in the interest of national unity and cohesion. Kanu has been locked up since he was arrested in…
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The Ministry of Defence got the highest allocation – N1.3tn in the approved 2024 budget. An increased appropriation Bill was passed by both chambers of the National Assembly on Saturday. The parliament increased the budget submitted by President Bola Tinubu by the sum of N1.2 trillion. The Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation, Abubakar Bichi, told…
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Operatives of the Kogi State Police Command, in collaboration with the military and local vigilantes, have rescued 24 victims kidnapped on Friday, 29th December, 2023 within Adogo axis, under Ajaokuta Local Government Area of the State. The Commissioner of Police in the State, Mr Bethrand Onuoha, disclosed this in a statement signed by the Police…
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Alex Otti, the Governor of Abia State, has expressed sadness at the death of the former Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, who he described as his “personal lawyer”. MEZIESBLOG reports that Akeredolu died on Wednesday, December 27, 2023, at 67. Otti, in a statement issued on Saturday, said the late Akeredolu was a courageous…
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The Inter Party Advisory Council, IPAC, has told the people in the current administration that they were elected to solve problems for the good of the masses and not to make flimsy excuses of overwhelming baggage inherited from their predecessors. The Council also said that the tasks ahead were enormous and would require exceptional patriotism,…
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The Allied Peoples Movement, APM, has noted that poor leadership and ill-conceived policies have been the bane of Nigerian governments since independence in 1960. The party, however, is hopeful that in 2024, Nigerians will take their destiny in their hands and hold governments at all levels accountable in renewed effort to build a better society.…
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Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa has promised to sustain the legacies of his predecessor, the late Oluwarotimi Akeredolu.Aiyedatiwa stated this during a candlelight procession organised by members of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Ondo State chapter, in honour of the late Akeredolu, at the Government House, Akure, on Friday night. He described Akeredolu as a…
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Every girl and boy deserve an equal chance to survive and thrive. As the leading expert on childhood, Save the Children has been championing equal rights for every child for over 100 years – in fact, we invented the concept. Today, we are the leading champion for the human rights of the world’s 2.2 billion…
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Gender refers to the characteristics of women, men, girls and boys that are socially constructed. This includes norms, behaviours and roles associated with being a woman, man, girl or boy, as well as relationships with each other. As a social construct, gender varies from society to society and can change over time. Gender is hierarchical…
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Maine disqualified former US President Donald Trump on Thursday from appearing on the state’s 2024 Republican primary ballot, becoming the second such state to do so under a part of the US Constitution that bars insurrectionists from holding public office. The decision by Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows came in response to three challenges…
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Palestinian resistance group Hamas on Wednesday denied Iranian claims that its Oct. 7 attacks against Israel were in revenge for the killing of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in 2020. Soleimani was assassinated in a US drone strike in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, in January 2020. Ramadan Sharif, a spokesman for Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary…
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There is “no difference” between what Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu is doing in the months-long attacks on Gaza and what Nazi leader Adolf Hitler did decades ago, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday. At a science awards ceremony in the capital Ankara, Erdogan said: “How do you (Netanyahu) differ from Hitler? These (actions)…
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Buoyed by the successful launch of a reconnaissance satellite and at least five intercontinental missiles, North Korea has described the outgoing year as one of “great turn and great change.” In a report to the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea, which began a key meeting on Tuesday, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said 2023 was…
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Azerbaijan on Tuesday declared two French diplomats persona non grata for activities incompatible with their diplomatic status. The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it summoned French ambassador Ann Buayon to protest the behavior of the employees of the French mission. Buyanon was informed that the expelled diplomats have to leave Azerbaijan within 48…
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The UN special rapporteur on Palestine slammed Tuesday Israel’s decision to deny visa to UN staff, saying “baseless attacks” on the organization proves “moral cowardice.” “Baseless attacks agst the UN only proves moral cowardice. The UN has been weakened by decades of ISR impunity for breaches of Intl Law, incl colonisation of occup.territory & Pal.…
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Venezuela’s Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez has accused the UK of provocation after London announced that it will send a warship to Guyana. “A warship in waters to be delimited? And then? What about the commitment to good neighborliness and peaceful coexistence? And the agreement not to threaten and use force mutually under any circumstances?”…
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