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The United States killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter, the CNN reported on Monday. Zawahiri, who just turned 71 years old, had remained a visible international symbol of the group, 11 years after the US killed Osama bin Laden. At one point, he acted as bin Laden’s personal …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said his government is implementing reforms and legislation to sustain the gains recorded in the fight against human trafficking, especially in the rehabilitation and resettlement of returning illegal migrants. The governor said this in commemoration of this year’s World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, with the theme, ‘Use and Abuse of Technology.’  Noting …

* Reaffirms opposition to APC’s Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to live up to his constitutional responsibility of protecting the lives and property of citizens and defending the sovereignty of Nigeria.  Addressing a press conference on Sunday in Kaduna, …

The Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, has reiterated the commitment of the federal government to commence operation in some of the newly constructed smart schools by January 2023. He gave the assurance, when a team of Korean experts led by Dae Joon Hwang of UBION Consortium, paid him a courtesy visit at the …

The crisis over the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) deepened last week as some members on Friday vowed to campaign and vote against the party in the 2023 general election over the issue. They declared that position at the APC Northern Christian Leaders Summit convened by a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, …

The vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed has reacted to the latest ranking of Global Innovative Economies where Nigeria dropped to 118 in the world. . According to global innovation index (GII) published by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on Sunday, Nigeria which was 114 and 117 in 2019 and 2020 respectively plummeted to 118 in …

The Federal Government, has condemned the killing of a Nigerian, Alika Ogorchukwu, in Italy. The Spokesperson, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Francisca Omayuli, in a statement issued in Abuja said the Federal Government is deeply concerned and strongly condemned the gruesome murder of Ogorchukwu in Civitanova, Marche Province of Italy, by an unnamed Italian man, on 29 July 2022. “The Federal …

The leader of pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Ayo Adebanjo, has disclosed that the group backed Peter Obi of the Labour Party to prevent the continuity of the “incompetence” of the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. In a tweet posted on Friday, Mr Adebanjo said the group is opposed to the candidacy of Bola Tinubu, a Yoruba man, who is …

“Macbeth does murder sleep – the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the ravell’d sleave of care, the death of each day’s life, sore labor’s bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature’s second course, chief nourisher in life’s feast.”—William Shakespeare Wednesday, July 28, 2022: Chinonye woke up with a start! She wasn’t sure if it was a dream or reality. …

Northern Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abubakar Ahmad Gumi, has advised the Federal Government not to use its failure to end the insecurity in the country to blackmail the media. Gumi was reacting to the position of the government in an investigative documentary by the BBC Africa Eye that exposed the genesis of the insecurity in the country, its politics and how …