Controversial Catholic Church preacher Father Ejike Mbaka Wednesday said Nigeria’s secret police was not involved in his supposed disappearance. Supporters of the fiery Catholic preacher went on a rampage in Enugu on Wednesday in protest, thinking he may have been arrested by the Department for State Services for his recent criticisms of President Muhammadu Buhari. But Mbaka said he was …
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Lawmakers have been notified of a possible attack by Boko Haram insurgents on the National Assembly complex and other public buildings in Abuja, The PUNCH has learnt. Several members of the House of Representatives, on Wednesday, confirmed to our correspondent that they had been notified of the imminent attack by the terrorist group. One of them, who is from a state in …
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Facebook’s independent oversight board on Wednesday upheld the platform’s ban on former US President Donald Trump while ordering a further review of the case, in a decision with a potentially far-reaching impact on the regulation of online speech. The board, whose decisions are binding on the leading social network, said Trump “created an environment where a serious risk of violence …
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Canada on Wednesday approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in children aged 12 years and up, becoming the first nation to do so. “This is the first vaccine authorized in Canada for the prevention of Covid-19 in children and marks a significant milestone in Canada’s fight against the pandemic,” Health Canada chief medical advisor Supriya Sharma told a …
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it registered 34 new cases of COVID-19 in three states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) The centre disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday. It stated that the 34 new cases were recorded in Enugu (19), Lagos (13), Kaduna (1) and FCT (1). The NCDC noted that the …
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The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has indicated its willingness to suspend its planned strike billed to commence on Friday, May 7. NARD dropped this hint after a meeting with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila on Tuesday, in Abuja. In a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Speaker, Lanre Lasisi, …
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One of the students kidnapped at Greenfield University in Kaduna, Aaron Attahiru, has been reunited with his family after regaining freedom from their abductors. Mr Attahiru and 21 others were kidnapped late April. While five of them have been killed by the bandits and with Mr Attahiru released, 16 of the students remain in captivity. PREMIUM TIMES gathered that Mr Attahiru …
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The Chairman, Board of Commissioners, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Adeolu Akande has stated that the full deployment of 5G technology in the country would have positive impact on the nation’s digital economy. Speaking on Wednesday in Abuja, at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the NCC and the Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NigComSat), on the full …
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Seven weeks after their abduction, 27 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, have been released, an official told PREMIUM TIMES Wednesday evening. The students are on their way to Kaduna, an official of the state government who does not want to be quoted told this newspaper. The official noted that a press briefing will be held …
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Say President busy addressing the problem Members of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in the Senate have frowned on the statement by the minority National Assembly caucus threatening to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari over his failure to curb the worsening insecurity in the country. The minority Peoples Democratic Party lawmakers in the National Assembly had on Tuesday made the …
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