THE first Nigeria’s Franco-British University, which is both British and French in academic style, Franco-British International University, Kaduna, will kick-start academic activities in October 2024. This was revealed in a chat with journalists by the Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Abdullahi Muhammad Sabo, on Monday. According to the Vice-Chancellor, the university will start […]
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Top officials of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria have been arrested by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission over alleged mismanagement or diversion of the N90bn released by the Federal Government to subsidize the 2024 Hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. The officials were nabbed in their offices and taken to […]
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Poland has denied that its nationals who were arrested by security operatives in Kano, Nigeria, waved the Russian flag. The detained Poles were arrested on August 6 in Kano for allegedly displaying Russian flags during the #EndBadGovernance protest held by some Nigerians against economic hardship in the country. Also arrested were six Spanish nationals. […]
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Envoys of Côte d’Ivoire, Poland, Britain and the U.S. diplomatic missions have commended Nigeria’s strategic approach to the recent nationwide protests. The envoys disclosed this in separate remarks on Wednesday in Abuja when foreign affairs minister, Yussuf Tuggar briefed Heads of Diplomatic Missions on the protests. Ambassador of Côte d’Ivoire, Kalilou Traore commended Tuggar for […]
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Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar has said that the Nigeria will not accept any foreign interference in the aftermath of the violence that trailed the Hunger protests that has dotted the country since August 1, 2024. The Minister said this on Wednesday when he met with members of the diplomatic corps in […]
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The Russian Federation has distanced itself from Nigerian protesters holding its flags and other symbols of the Russian state to show their anger against the policies of President Bola Tinubu amid the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protests that hit Nigerian cities from August 1. Some analysts have said the flag is that of the Nigerian Armed Forces, […]
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In Day One of the Hunger Protest Thursday against fuel subsidy removal, inflation and naira crash, 14 persons were said to have been killed as the protest turned violent in Niger, Kano, Borno and Yobe States. It was essentially peaceful in Plateau and largely Lagos, among others. THE United States Mission in Nigeria has […]
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Chinese President Xi Jinping has invited Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to pay a state visit to China in September. China’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chen Xiaodong delivered the invitation to Tinubu at the Aso Villa on Thursday. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, made this known in […]
Continue ReadingNO fewer than 30 Nigerians died during the just-concluded hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, the Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Mallam Jalal Arabi, has said. Arabi, who disclosed this at a post-hajj press briefing in Abuja, on Monday, explained that about four victims passed away as a result of the heat […]
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In separate travel advisories, the three countries cautioned their citizens to avoid areas where confrontations between security agencies and protesters might occur, citing historical precedents. The United States, United Kingdom, and Canada have issued security alerts to their nationals in Nigeria, warning of potential violence during the planned #EndBadGovernance protest on August 1, […]
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