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A plumber, Mr Desmond Igbo, on Tuesday dragged his wife, Rosemary, before a customary court in Jikwoyi, accusing her of giving birth to two children for another man. The petitioner, who resides within the jurisdiction of the court, said this in a divorce petition he filed against his wife in court. “My wife is having…
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed its state councils and political commission to picket Labour Party (LP) offices across the country. NLC gave this charge in a communique dated Tuesday, March 19, 2024 even as the tussle between the Labour union and the leadership of the LP worsened. The letter was signed by the…
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Waking up to a gunman shining a light around his house, Nigerian Yusuf Thomas took his chance to escape when his would-be kidnapper told him to lie still and walked away to make a call. He was lucky. More than 80 residents from his village in northwest Nigeria’s Kaduna State were snatched after gunmen marched…
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The Federal government has assured the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) that it has set aside funds to pay counterpart funds for implementing the FGN-IFAD support programme. The Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Aliyu Abdullahi, while speaking at the sidelines of the ‘FGN-IFAD Cooperation Portfolio Review’ and Exhibition held in…
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The deficit of off-campus housing plaguing Nigerian tertiary institutions is expected to reduce as the Federal Government has kickstarted the process of constructing 36 state-of-the-art hostels across the country in 2024. This is even as the government has indicated its willingness to construct more hostel accommodations once these first sets are completed. Executive Secretary, Tertiary…