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‘They chose morphine while praying for a miracle’ - Tinubu on Nigeria’s past leaders
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- ‘They chose morphine while praying for a miracle’ - Tinubu on Nigeria’s past leaders
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- 1:06
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
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- Nigeria was like a sick patient who receives the terrible news that he has cancer. His doctor explains that the treatment will be difficult and painful, but that it offers a strong prospect of recovery. The patient has a choice. He can begin treatment, endure its discomfort and fight the disease. Or he can ask only for morphine, dull the pain and leave the cancer to spread.
For too long, Nigeria's leaders chose morphine while praying for a miracle that never came.
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- From reform to prosperity: What Tinubu told Nigerians on 66th Independence Anniversary
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- 18:38
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- "The emergency treatment is over. The foundation has been repaired. The central economic task before us has changed. For three years, our overriding purpose was to correct our nation's course."
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- 2027: PCC rallies Northern artists for President Tinubu's second Term
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- 1:04
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has appealed to northern-based professionals in the creative industry to support the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the interest of fairness and the unity of the Nigerian project.
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- FG arraigns Adeyemi for forgery, impersonation over fake federal agency scandal
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- 0:34
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- The federal government on Wednesday arraigned Adeniyi Adeyemi, the man accused of creating and operating the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC).
He pleaded not guilty to all eight charges read to him before Judge Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja.
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- Why Super Eagles lost 3-0 to Guinea Bissau- Eric Chelle
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- 3:06
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- Abbas welcomes Tinubu back, expresses hope for stronger action
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- 0:30
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
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- The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has welcomed President Bola Tinubu back to Nigeria following his one-month vacation.
Abbas expressed hope that the President’s period of rest would usher in renewed vigour, action and hope as he continues to lead the country.
The Speaker made the remarks while welcoming Mr Tinubu back from his vacation.
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- President Tinubu on arrival in Lagos: I'm here, ready to work, and ready to go
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- 0:25
- Date posted
- 4 days ago
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- President Bola Tinubu tried to assuage concerns about his health on Tuesday, saying he was healthy and "ready to work."
Mr Tinubu, while responding to a journalist's question, described the concerns about his health as a rumour, saying "rumour will always be emanating from politics."
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- Shettima Returns To Nigeria After Leading Delegation At UNGA 81
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- 0:39
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
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- Aliko Dangote addresses officials during Ruto's tour of Dangote Petroleum Refinery
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- 2:25
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
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- Aliko Dangote, president/CEO of Dangote Industries Limited, addresses officials during Kenya President William Ruto's tour of Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Lagos on Friday
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- Road crashes are killing Nigerians, politicians are buying SUVs
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- 2:42
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
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- Between 2011 and 2026, over N90 billion was approved for cars and utilities for Nigerian lawmakers, but the country lacks functioning Ambulance vehicles/system
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- UNGA 81: Tinubu urges world leaders to end wars, reject rising nationalism
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- 13:58
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
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- With urgent moral clarity, he warned that the global order hangs in the balance, while fiercely rallying the international community to dismantle unilateral aggression, resurrect the foundational principles of the United Nations Charter, and forge an unyielding, unified front through a recommitted era of global multilateralism.
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- US patients sue Ozempic, Mounjaro makers over vision loss
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- 1:41
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
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- Dozens of patients have filed lawsuits in the United States against the makers of popular GLP-1 drugs, including Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro, alleging that the medicines caused a rare form of sudden vision loss.
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- UNGA 81: Nigeria, Italy Join Forces In Massive $5bn Global Education Funding
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- 1:20
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
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- Nigeria and Italy have strengthened collaboration to implement the proposed Global Partnership for Education (GPE) financing campaign targeted at mobilizing $5 billion for education financing worldwide.
This is just as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said the GPE vision aligns with Nigeria’s agenda which aims at improving educational outcomes by investing in access as well as capacity building for teachers.
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- VIDEO: Defence minister, terrorists not yet defeated
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- 4:35
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
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- Paradoxically, as the minister was making this offensive assertion, mass abductions occurred during the attack on mosques and villages in Borgu, Niger State, which is notorious for harbouring terrorist cells. About 500 people were kidnapped on 21 August, forcing the president to order the military and other security personnel to move to the area to rescue the victims.
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- Shettima joins world leaders at UNGA 81 opening
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- 1:21
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- 10 days ago
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- Vice President Kashim Shettima on Tuesday joined world leaders at the United Nations Headquarters in New York for the opening of the General Debate of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) .
VP Shettima, who is representing President Bola Tinubu and leading Nigeria’s delegation to the global gathering, had earlier attended a welcome breakfast hosted by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres for Heads of Delegation and their spouses.
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- Shettima arrives at 81st UNGA, says Nigeria will be guided By national interest
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- 1:18
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
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- Vice President Kashim Shettima has arrived in New York, United States, to represent President Bola Tinubu and lead Nigeria’s delegation to the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly, UNGA.
VP Shettima said Nigeria’s engagements at the global gathering will be guided by the country’s national interest, commitment to multilateralism and President Tinubu’s consistent advocacy for reforms of global institutions to reflect contemporary economic and demographic realities.
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- 10,000+ diphtheria cases in Nigeria, but awareness remains low
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- 4:54
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
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- We asked residents of Abuja about Diphtheria, and these are their responses.
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- "Our government is a fake product", residents lament over fake product factories in the FCT
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- 7:15
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
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- The prevalence of fake or counterfeit products in Nigerian markets and circulating reports over the past weeks have pushed many to seek accountability from NAFDAC, while residents of Abuja urge the FCT authority to survey the environment.
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- Shettima to lead Nigeria’s delegation to 81st UNGA
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- 0:45
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
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- President Bola Tinubu has mandated Vice President Kashim Shettima to represent him and lead Nigeria’s delegation to the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly, UNGA, in New York, United States.
Mr Shettima will lead a high-level delegation comprising Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State; Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State; ministers and other senior government officials.
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- 2027: Atiku offers to help Tinubu with policy ideas to reduce hardship faced by Nigerians
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- 1:59
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
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- “If your government requires policy ideas or technical input on how to bring relief, I am prepared to make mine available. Nigerians do not have to wait for another administration before they benefit from an idea that can help them today.”
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- Sanusi urges CBN to leverage Fintech Data for savings, insurance
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- 2:49
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
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- “If I were in the Central Bank today, I would call in MoneyPoint and OPay and say, ‘Guys, you have all this data. You are transferring money. Let me know how you can build pension products on top of this. How can you build savings for us on top of this?”
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- Three trucks, car involved in crash at Otedola Bridge, Lagos
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- 0:49
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
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- Tinubu mourns State House media official, says death leaves ‘difficult vacuum’
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- 1:49
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
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- President Bola Tinubu has mourned the death of Peter Onwubuariri, an assistant director of information and public relations at the Presidential Villa, describing his passing as a major loss to the presidency and the State House media department.
The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, conveyed the president's condolences on Monday when he led presidential media aides and members of the Media and Public Relations Department on a condolence visit to the family of the late official in Abuja.
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- APC GOVERNORS FORUM: We will not support any candidate that is not an APC candidate - Uzodinma
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- 1:10
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
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- BRICS Summit: Nigeria urges reform of UN, global financial institutions
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- 4:47
- Date posted
- 19 days ago
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- The Nigerian government has called for reforms to the global political structure and international financial institutions to reflect the changes individual states pursue.
Vice President Kashim Shettima made this demand at the ongoing 2026 BRICS Summit in New Delhi, India.
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- BRICS: Shettima meets with Okonjo-Iweala, reaffirms Nigeria's support for WTO, multilateralism
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- 1:05
- Date posted
- 20 days ago
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- Nigeria has reaffirmed its commitment to the World Trade Organisation and the multilateral trading system, saying no country can prosper in isolation from the global community.
Specifically, Vice President Kashim Shettima, who restated the nation's position, assured that Nigeria would continue to support the WTO in strengthening multilateralism and promoting a global system built on cooperation rather than isolation.
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- INTERVIEW: How we erroneously employed sodomy convict as lecturer - AUN President Dwayne Frazier
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- 14:55
- Date posted
- 21 days ago
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- You know, we might be having a different conversation if everybody knew everything from the beginning and said, ‘Well, this is not the right place for you, or this is the right place for you, but let's do this and that.’ And then it wouldn't have been such a surprise, because when things are a surprise to your employer and it makes them look like they were caught in the headlights in some way, that's not good for anybody: not good for the candidate, it's not good for the employee, it's not good for the university or even the leadership. So, I say all of that in the most loving way I can, because the truth is everybody deserves their day in court.
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- BRICS: Shettima arrives India
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- 1:05
- Date posted
- 22 days ago
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- Vice President Kashim Shettima has arrived in New Delhi, India, to represent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the 18th BRICS Leaders’ Summit.
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- Fuel subsidies: Sifting through the federation accounts
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- 3:15
- Date posted
- 22 days ago
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- Shettima condoles with Gumel Emirate
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- 1:13
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
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- Vice President Kashim Shettima described the death of the Emir of Gumel, HRH Alhaji Dr. Ahmed Muhammad Sani II, CON, as a profound loss to Jigawa State and Nigeria.
He stated that the late monarch represented a generation of traditional rulers whose influence extended beyond the palace to peacebuilding, education, community development, and national cohesion.
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- What Nigerian law says about Tinubu’s vacation in Europe, transfer of power to Shettima
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- 2:05
- Date posted
- 29 days ago
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- Kwankwaso exchanges pleasantries with muslim faithful at Port Harcourt Mosque after Juma’at Prayer
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- 0:31
- Date posted
- 29 days ago
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- 30 years after Atlanta glory, Uba Sani honours Amokachi, Babayaro, Lawal
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- 0:33
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Thirty years after helping Nigeria secure its first Olympic football gold medal, three Kaduna-born members of the historic 1996 “Dream Team” have finally received recognition from their home state.
Governor Uba Sani on Tuesday awarded former Super Eagles stars Daniel Amokachi, Emmanuel Babayaro, and Garba Lawal with plots of land and street names in Kaduna.
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- Shettima returns to Nigeria after AU Summit in Angola
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- 0:28
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Vice President Kashim Shettima has returned to Nigeria following his participation at the 21st Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) in Luanda, Angola.
VP Shettima represented President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the high-level summit, where Nigeria called for stronger African-led mechanisms for conflict prevention and resolution, as well as urgent continental action against recurring xenophobic and Afrophobic attacks on Africans and other nationals in South Africa.
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- Xenophobia: Nigeria urges AU to take stronger action against South Africa
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- 1:36
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- President Bola Tinubu has formally reported the recurring xenophobic and Afrophobic attacks against Africans and other nationals in South Africa to the African Union, warning that the incidents undermine the continent's solidarity, unity and peaceful coexistence.
Specifically, he requested prompt collective action from the continent's leaders, including the placement of this matter on the agenda for the 40th Ordinary Session of the Assembly.
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- Tinubu begins three-week leave, Presidency mum on Shettima as acting president
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- 1:04
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- The presidency has announced that President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja today for Europe to begin a "three-week vacation as part of his annual leave."
"His first stop will be London, United Kingdom," presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga wrote in a Sunday statement.
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- AU Extraordinary Summit: Shettima arrives Angola
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- 2:13
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- AU SUMMIT: Shettima departs Abuja for Angola
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- 0:51
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- 2027: APC governors will deliver their states to Tinubu - Uzodinma
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- 2:15
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- EDITORIAL: Osun election, the rise of civic action, and 2027
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- 4:11
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State was re-elected for a second term in the 15 August governorship contest. It was an off-cycle election like no other before it, in the build-up, with its eerie elements of tension, violence and resultant deaths.
Also, while there was a general public scepticism about the integrity of the electoral processes, informed by events in the recent past, a number of stakeholders have pointed out that the administration of the election appeared fairly better on the technological front than INEC’s disastrous outing in the 2023 general elections.
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- Gusau defends NFF record, reveals why he resigned
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- 2:42
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Ibrahim Gusau has defended his administration's record and explained his decision to resign as President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), bringing his three-year, 11-month tenure to an end.
Gusau announced his resignation at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday amid months of pressure over Nigeria’s disappointing international performances and growing concerns about the administration of the country’s football.
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- 40-60 million Nigerians sacrifice their mental health to meet up
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- 5:31
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- According to studies, 40 to 60 million Nigerians suffer from a mental health crisis driven by economic crises. To meet daily needs, many neglect sleep, family time, and their shrinking health.
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- VIDEO: Vote APC or leave Kuje Area Council - Shekwolo
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- 0:41
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- In a widely circulated video, Danjuma Shekwolo, Chairman of the Kuje Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), issued a warning to residents, asking them to either vote for the All Progressive Congress (APC) or leave the council area ahead of the FCT Youth Network leadership election scheduled for Saturday, August 29, 2026.
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- 2027: I will bring back petrol subsidy, Atiku insists
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- 1:44
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- "On the question of subsidy, my position has not changed and will not change: I will restore it! A nation as blessed as ours has no business abandoning its citizens to hardship. Nigeria is rich enough to look after her own," the former vice president wrote.
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- COP17: Nigeria’s Climate Council DG Reveals What Nigeria is Doing in Mongolia
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- 1:20
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Director-General of Nigeria's National Council on Climate Change (NCCC), Omotenioye Majekodunmi.
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- Why you most likely get environmental diseases in Abuja
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- 8:33
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Nigeria is plagued with environmental diseases, many which have claimed millions of lives, more than even the most deadly viruses. The federal capital territory, Abuja, is expected to lead in the control and protection of its environment, unfortunately it continues to tolerate and harbor dirts, feces, dirty drainages, and other environmental pollutants.
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- Cross River gov’t seeks $25m international support for landslide, flood recovery at COP17
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- 3:01
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- 1 month ago
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- The appeal was presented as the Cross River delegation joins governments, development partners, financial institutions and environmental organisations at COP17 to discuss land restoration, climate resilience and financing.
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- NEW THINKING: NAHCON to reposition Hajj operations
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- 1:39
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- The Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Ambassador Ismail Abba Yusuf, says the Commission is restrategising its operations to keep pace with Saudi Arabia’s rapid advancement in Hajj management and digital technology.
Abba Yusuf stated this on Saturday in Abuja at the Independent Hajj Reporters’ Speech and Awards Night, saying NAHCON would reposition itself to align with emerging trends in Hajj administration and improve service delivery to Nigerian pilgrims.
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- Tinubu suspends 3 permanent secretaries over fresh fake agency, orders alleged promoter's arrest
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- 2:22
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- President Bola Tinubu has ordered the suspension of three permanent secretaries over the discovery of a new fake agency.
The phoney agency, known as the National Brands Development and Made in Nigeria Special Project Office, was said to be operating within the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
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- "I came to thank Tinubu" - Gov, Ademola
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- 0:28
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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