Rivers offers 100 scholarships as Wigwe varsity takes off

Rivers offers 100 scholarships as Wigwe varsity takes off

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has awarded a scholarship to 100 students of the Wigwe University, Isiokpo, in the Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state. This came as the institution founded by former Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Limited, the late Dr Herbert Wigwe, commenced academic activities eight months after his demise. Dr Wigwe, his wife, Chizoba and his first son, Chizzy, died on February 9, 2024, after […]

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Israel raids on Gaza after killing Hamas chief

Israel conducted raids on Gaza Friday, pressing its year-long war to crush Hamas after dealing it a massive blow with the killing of its leader, Yahya Sinwar. Hailing the killing of Sinwar, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the war sparked by Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack was not over, but added that it was “the beginning of the end”. He called the death of Sinwar, mastermind of the deadliest […]

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N712m stolen crude recovered, 96 terrorists killed in one week — DHQ

The Defence Headquarters has said troops, during operations in the Northern parts of the country, killed 96 terrorists and arrested 227 suspects. The DHQ noted that among those arrested was a terrorist commander identified as Usman Maisaje. In a statement on Friday, the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major Geneneral Buba Edward, said Maisaje was a close associate of a wanted high-profile terrorist leader known as Kachalla Boka. He added […]

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FG unveils 150 million-litre jet fuel depot

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has unveiled the Joint User Hydrant Installation 2 (JUHI-2) with a storage capacity of 150 million litres of Jet A1 fuel. The facility is described as the largest airside jet fuel depot in Nigeria, having the capability of delivering a minimum of 150 million litres of ATK supplies monthly to airlines, implying that it can deliver 20 per cent of the […]

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Kaduna farmers count losses as herdsmen ravage farmlands

Some farmers in Manchok community of Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State said they had lost crops worth millions of naira after herdsmen allegedly ravaged their farmlands. The farmers, who cried out for help, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Manchok on Friday, that the sad development has predisposed them to hunger. One of them, Mrs Martina David, a mother of four, said she invested nearly N1.3 million […]

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PDP crisis: Damagum camp, anti-Wike govs may clash today

The 13 state governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party are headed for a possible showdown today (Monday) as they meet to discuss the party’s internal crisis, which took a deeper turn on Friday following the emergence of a factional PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Yayari Mohammed. Friday’s development marked a new twist in the clamour to remove the PDP acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, who is an […]

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Mentally ill man arrested for burning grandma to death

The Jigawa State Police Command has arrested 26-year-old Nura Mas’ud, a resident of Mu’azu village of Sule Tankarkar LGA, for allegedly setting his 60-year-old grandmother, Zuwaira Muhammad, ablaze.

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WSCIJ hosts AI, investigative journalism conference

The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism will on Wednesday, October 30, 2024, host a conference titled ‘AI, Free Press, and Civic Space: Tools, Challenges, and Future of Investigative Reporting’ and launch the second edition of its Journalism and Civic Space report, in Abuja. According to a statement by the Executive Director/CEO of WSCIJ, Motunrayo Alaka, on Monday, speakers at the conference will discuss the impact of artificial intelligence on […]

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France to adopt new immigration law 2025

The French authorities want to adopt a new immigration law next year, a spokeswoman said, as the new right-wing government seeks to crack down on immigration. “There will be a need for a new law,” government spokeswoman Maud Bregeon told broadcaster BFMTV on Sunday. The government’s plan to tighten immigration policies and border controls is emblematic of the rightward shift in French politics following this summer’s legislative elections that resulted […]

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