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A Jesuit-run middle school in Massachusetts could lose its Catholic designation if it ignores the local bishop’s call to stop flying Black Lives Matter and gay pride rainbow flags outside its building. The Nativity School of Worcester, in Worcester, Massachusetts, has been displaying the flags for more than a year, the Boston Globe has reported, but Bishop Robert McManus of …

…40 injured, terrorists raze three armoured vehicles, seize arms …Ansaru terrorists taxing, kidnapping people in Birnin-Gwari Emirate – BEPU …Terrorists aiming to paralyse Nigeria, says COAS ...Adds, security architecture being reviewed to bridge gaps, bolster fighting will of troops Terrorists, suspected to be the Ansaru arm of the Boko Haram sect, on Monday attacked a military base at Polewire in …

The zoning committee of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, contrary to the expectation of its southern members, has recommended an open race for the party’s 2023  presidential ticket. The party’s 37-person zoning committee, which took the decision at the Benue State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja, on Tuesday, cited ‘exigency of time’ for its recommendation. One of our correspondents learned the …

Subscribers shared their frustration offline and online about how they realised they could not make calls despite connecting their phone numbers to their National Identity Numbers, NINs. Phone companies on Tuesday barred several phone lines linked to National Identity Numbers, as the government-ordered enforcement targeting those yet to connect their lines to NINs began on a chaotic note. Subscribers shared their …

Nigerian women, on Tuesday, called on all education stakeholders and the Academic Staff Union of Universities to return to the classroom and save the future of Nigerian children, who are forced to stay home and delay their educational advancement. The newly elected President, National Council for Women Societies, Lami Adamu, said this in Abuja during the council’s convention. She said …

In climes cracked by dysfunction and areas ripped apart by anomalies, words usually acquire new, twisted meanings, even as deep-running and defining games altogether come to be tainted with brushes that do not exactly flatter, mostly in service of extraordinary guile, gullibility or even blistering hypocrisy. Many Nigerians are convinced that politics is a dirty game. They argue that because …

Russian forces have doubled their tactics in a concentrated assault on the eastern part of Ukraine, having retreated from the north Kyiv. As the Ukrainian army recaptured territories of Kyiv and Chernihiv, the onslaught persists in other areas particularly in Donbas east of the country. Here are some updates on the war in Ukraine. – ‘Act immediately’ – Ukrainian President …

•Nigeria exceedingly troubled, says Okowa  •Govs, speakers meet Friday  •LCCI tasks FG to halt descent into lawlessness, anarchy The Senate yesterday reiterated the need for President Muhammadu Buhari to, as a matter of urgency, declare total war on terrorists. The upper chamber stated this at plenary, when it also observed a minute’s silence for those killed in a recent attack …

By Okhide Em’ya David Edo State Independent Electoral Commission has extended the date for the conduct of party primaries for the local government elections by two days. The Commission, however, said the extension will not affect the April 19 date earlier scheduled for the council polls. In a statement, EDSIEC Secretary, P. O. Ojo said the extension is as a …

Kim Yo Jong, the sister of leader Kim Jong Un, on Tuesday, said North Korea opposes war but would use nuclear weapons if South Korea attacks. Kim Yo Jong, who is a senior official in the government and the ruling party, said it was a “very big mistake” for South Korea’s minister of defence to make recent remarks discussing attacks …