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Publisher of Blueprint Newspapers, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, on Sunday bagged Jagaba kakanda chieftaincy title in Muye, Lapai Local Government Coucil of Niger state. The title was conferred on him by the Amana of Kakanda in […]
Boko Haram Wednesday night invaded Magumeri community located in Magumeri Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno state and set houses belonging to individuals and those meant for public use. Blueprint Correspondent reports that houses burnt […]
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state is optimistic of victory at the tribunal in the suit instituted against his election by All Progressives Congress Emmanuel Jime. The APC and its candidate are challenging his re-election […]
The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH), Bauchi recorded another feat on Friday following the successful total hip replacement surgery carried out on a female patient. The woman named Rabiatu Usman was said to […]
The revelation last week by the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, that Nigeria has spent about N2 trillion on constituency projects in the past 19 years without commensurate development at the […]
The emergence of Boris Johnson as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom last week does not only offer a renewed hope and vigour for meeting the October 31 deadline for Brexit but also opens […]
The recent disclosure by the Chief Field Officer of the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) Bauchi, Bhanu Pathak, that Nigeria loses an estimated N1.42 trillion to violence against children yearly should serve as a clarion […]
The recent revelation by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to the effect that the bulk of an estimated USD90 billion leaving Africa through illicit financial flow annually comes from Nigeria […]
Today, Nigeria joins the rest of the global community to commemorate the 2019 Mandela International Day also known as Mandela Day, a day set aside by the United Nations to honour the iconic figure that […]
New Chief Justice of Nigeria Justice ( CJN) Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad (middle) after his confirmation by the Senate at National Assembly, in Abuja Wednesday Photo: Ayuba Raji
The admonition by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to Nigerians on the indiscriminate use of pesticides to eliminate insects in their homes is very necessary. The agency’s Director-General, Prof. […]
The current agitation by the Governor of Cross River state, Professor Ben Ayade, for the review of the 2012 Supreme Court decision which transferred ownership of 76 oil wells from the state to neighbouring Akwa […]
A recent report indicated that the 11 Power Distribution Companies (DisCos) in the country require recapitalisation as well as the injection of $4.3 billion (about N1.556 trillion) into their networks to enable them function efficiently. […]
The recent warning issued by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency that about 29 states of the federation are at the risk of flooding this year is likely to be taken by Nigerians as one of those […]
The appointments of Mr Mele Kolo Kyari and Dr Thomas John as the new Group Managing Director and the acting alternate chairman of the Governing Board, respectively, of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) by […]
Recently, the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) declared that about 90 per cent of lunatics undergoing treatment in various psychiatric hospitals in the country were victims of illicit drugs. Deputy Commandant of the agency, […]
A recent report to the effect that Nigeria’s 36 state governors, especially 12 of them, who are first timers, face a debt burden of N3.9 trillion that may hurt their ambitious plans for their states […]
Although the 2019 general elections may have been mired in some controversies, considering the plethora of litigation, hovering around 800, arising therefrom, the elections, no doubt, attained a significant milestone in not just the active […]
The United Nations World Food Programme Executive Director, Mr. David Beasley, recently raised an alarm that hunger had grown from 778m people in 2015 to 815m in 2016, noting that about 60 per cent of […]
The recent appeal by the All Progressives Congress (APC) Women Aspirants Forum to President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint women into key positions as he plans to form a new cabinet to steer the affairs of […]
The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Cardinal John Onaiyekan’s admonition to Nigerian leaders at all levels to change their system of governance in order to address the numerous challenges facing the country and its people is […]
The emergence, on Tuesday, of Ahmad Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as Senate President and House of Representatives Speaker, respectively, portends a good omen for the nation’s evolving democracy. […]
Nigeria once again took the centre stage of global reckoning last week with the election of Professor Tijjani Muhammad-Bande as 74th president of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Muhammad-Bande is the second Nigerian to […]
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