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No fewer than 2,167 repentant insurgents have graduated from the Operation Safe Corridor’s (OPSC) Deradicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) programme, organised by the Federal Government, an official has said. Mr Audu Ayuba, the Assistant Director of Planning, Research and Strategy, National Orientation Agency (NOA), disclosed this on Friday at a capacity-building workshop for staff members of the agency. The workshop …

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has again asked President Muhammadu Buhari to release Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The President-General of Ohanaeze, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, disclosed this on Thursday in Oguta Local Government Area, Imo State, during the flag-off ceremony of Oguta/Orashi Rivers dredging project which was broadcast live on Channels TV, a Lagos …

President Muhammadu Buhari has saluted former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rted), for the wisdom of setting up the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), in 1973, which he said has truly achieved the goal of national integration, by providing opportunities for cross cultural interactions, and establishing a bridge for improved understanding. According Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi …

The electoral umpire appealed to Nigerians to scrutinise the list, particularly, any aspirant who participated in his/her party’s primaries with reasonable grounds to believe that the information provided by the candidate is false can challenge the nomination at the Federal High Court. It also revealed that while 18 political parties have nominated candidates for Kogi governorship, 17 parties nominated for …

New York (AP) — The Republicans in the audience laughed when former President Donald Trump mocked a woman who accused him of rape. They cheered when he defended his role during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. And they applauded again after he said he was “honored” to “terminate Roe v. Wade.” Trump’s defiant performance at the …

… civil society groups insist on prosecution of culprits as Obaseki recommits to repositioning state-owned varsity Ambrose Alli University (AAU) Special Intervention Team set up by the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, to advance the government’s vision to reposition the institution to meet global standards, has unraveled a N2bn tax fraud and other corrupt practices by the management and …

*Community condemns claim, calls on Gov Obaseki, Oba of Benin to rescue BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Orhionmwon, Edo Nigeria – The Duke (Enogie) and people of Orhogho Community in Orhionmwon local government area of Edo State have frowned at the position of some individuals from Eku town in neighbouring Delta State allegedly claiming to be indigenes of Iwevbo, an Urhobo speaking …

The first baby born in the United Kingdom with DNA from three parents was born after doctors performed a revolutionary IVF procedure designed to prevent rare but dangerous mitochondrial diseases. The news that “less than five” children have been born in the U.K. through this process as of late April was first reported by The Guardian. This is the first time the …

NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s primetime return to CNN Wednesday for the first time since 2016 felt like a throwback: Trump with the long, twisting answers; the interviewer at times struggling to fact-check him or return his focus to the question at hand; and then, eventually, both talking over each other as Trump flings insults her way. Wednesday’s town hall in New …

Nnamdi Kanu’s Senior Counsel, Mike Ozekhome has told the Supreme Court that he is scared that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) might die in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). Ozekhome, during the hearing on Thursday, told the apex court that Kanu’s health issues have deteriorated and he needs a surgical operation. The …