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The 28-year-old institution held its matriculation a week ago at the institution’s premises located in Jalingo.

The National Assembly is carrying out its fifth amendment to Nigeria's 1999 Constitution

Mambilla Hydropower Project timeline and all you need to know Mambilla Hydropower Project timeline and all you need to know Modified date: Mambilla Hydropower Project is a 3.05GW hydroelectric facility that is set for development on the Dongo River near Baruf in Kakara Village of the Taraba State, Nigeria. The project entails the construction of four dams and two underground powerhouses with 12 turbine generator units in total. The four dams will be known as Nya-formerly Gembu, Sumsum, Nghu, a...

Share Deep, dark secrets are snakes; they shed old skins to torment their keepers. So it is true that some Nigerians received non-Nigerian Fulani outlaws into our forests? The Emir of Muri in Taraba State, Alhaji Abbas Tafida, spilled the beans last week. He threatened bandits identified by him as foreign Fulani Bororo with death if they didn’t leave his forests in 30 days. They were his guests, he said. Now, he is angry because his guests have betrayed his confidence by killing his people an...

Share Queen Mother Nana Yaa Asantewaa was just a mother and farmer who spiced her vocation with being an intellectual, politician and human rights activist in a confederate Gold Coast, now Ghana. Though riven by a civil war of 1883 to 1888, the moment the British exiled Asantewaa’s brother and the King of Asante Prempeh 1 to the Seychelles in 1896, a fertile ground was laid for a deadly rebellion against its rule in Ashanti land. Frederick Hogston, Governor General of the Gold Coast, hastened...

Nigerian social media users keenly followed the deluge of stories of the alleged activities of the defendants after they were indicted on criminal charges. The expectation of the public was that the cases would be speedily concluded to help resolve the several allegations of criminality and the perception of slowness or the absence of justice in the country. Analysts have submitted that despite these cases enjoying rave reviews in the media and public space, several factors could account for th...

+ Queen Mother Nana Yaa Asantewaa was just a mother and farmer who spiced her vocation with being an intellectual, politician and human rights activist in a confederate Gold Coast, now Ghana. Though riven by a civil war of 1883 to 1888, the moment the British exiled Asantewaa’s brother and the King of Asante Prempeh 1 to the Seychelles in 1896, a fertile ground was laid for a deadly rebellion against its rule in Ashanti land. Frederick Hogston, Governor General of the Gold Coast, hastened the...

Rains pound Europe, US, China, houses submerged, cars washed away, over 200 killed The Punch Published 24 July 2021 People affected by recent floodings in Lagos and some parts of the world have yet to get over the incidents, Afeez Hanafi and Percy Ani report A homely apartment sheltering Mrs Dorcas Nicholas, her husband and their children became a desolate ambience last Friday. The family squatted in their neighbour’s room for three trying nights elongated by uneasy sleep. The...

By KAYODE KOMOLAFE From Lagos to Jalingo, flood news has been reported in parts of Nigeria in the last few days. Streets and neighbourhoods have been submerged after intense rainfalls. Homes have been destroyed with farmlands devasted in rural areas. The socio-economic cost of the destruction is huge. The implications for health, welfare and food security are immense. In Taraba State, at least 4,000 persons have been reportedly displaced in the last two days. About 300 houses have been damaged ...

Security, economic challenges painful – Lawan Pray, work for peace – Gbajabiamila, govs   President Muhammadu Buhari, Senate President Ahmad Lawan, Speaker Femi Gbajagbiamila, state governors and other political leaders across the country have urged Nigerians to imbibe the spirit of love, tolerance and sacrifice and work for national unity. The leaders, in their Eid-el-Adha messages on Monday, urged the Muslim faithful to use the occasion to pray for peace and progress of the country. They...