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Suspected bandits stormed the Madaka market in Niger State on Thursday, leaving at least 21 people dead, including the village head, Umaru Bako. The attack, which unfolded around 3:00 pm, reportedly began with a gunfire that made marketers flee. Witnesses described the scene as utter chaos, with flames engulfing about 50 homes and businesses. A…
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The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has led Nigeria’s delegation to the 148th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva, Switzerland. The Nigerian contingent arrived in Geneva, Switzerland on Friday. A statement by the Special Assistant on Media to the Senate President, Jackson Udom, indicated that Akpabio was accompanied on the trip by…
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A Russian missile attack has “completely” cut off the electricity and heat supply to Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv, its mayor said on Friday.
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Two female students of the Nasarawa State University (NSUK) on Friday morning met their untimely death in a stampede while struggling to force their way to partake in the distribution of palliative rice by Governor Abdullahi Sule. An eyewitness report revealed that some students invaded the school Convocation square before the arrival of the governor…
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The Federal Government generated N2.326,148 trillion last month in February and distributed N1,152.756 trillion to federal, states and local government councils from the proceeds. At its February meeting of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) chaired by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, in Abuja Thursday, from the stated…