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19 Killed, One Injured As Two Vehicles Collide, Burst Into Flames In Kogi Auto Crash

An auto crash at the Okene bypass on the Okene-Lokoja highway in Kogi State claimed 19 lives on Sunday. Following the crash, it was learnt that the vehicles burst into flames, making recovery efforts more difficult for the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). A statement by the FRSC Assistant Corps Marshal, Corps Public Education Officer, Jonas Agwu, on Sunday said that the emergency rescue teams of the agency “endured over three hours of inferno in their bid to rescue road traffic victims at the scene of a fatal crash that claimed 19 lives on Sunday”.

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Nigeria's Obafemi Awolowo Varsity Students Threaten Protest Over Fuel Crisis

Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife under the umbrella of Great Ife Students’ Union have threatened to embark on A protest if President Bola Tinubu’s administration fails to address the current fuel crisis as soon as possible. The students issued the threat in a statement issued on Sunday by the President of Great Ife Students’ Union, Abbas Akinremi Ojo. Ojo lamented that the current plight of students due to the hikes in fuel prices and the unavailability of fuel for efficient transportation has reached unprecedented levels.

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Tim Loughton deported by East African country with close links to China

Former minister sanctioned by Beijing believes his expulsion from Djibouti was a ‘direct consequence’ of his criticism of the Chinese regime

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BREAKING: PDP Wins All 33 Chairmanship Seats In Oyo Local Council Election

Candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have won the chairmanship positions in 33 local government areas of Oyo State. The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) on Sunday announced the results of the council poll held on Saturday, April 27. However, the state chapter of the African Action Congress (AAC), has rejected the results of the election.

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N80.2Billion Fraud: Submit Yourself To Anti-Corruption Agency, EFCC; We Won't Abandon You; Tinubu Support Group Tells Yahaya Bello

The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG) has urged the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, to heed the advice of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) and submit himself to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the court of law. According to the group, it has become necessary for Bello to clear himself of the allegations of financial malfeasance while in office.

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I'm Proud Of Nigerian Youths; It's Nigeria's Time To Become What It Ought To Be –Tinubu

President Bola Tinubu says his administration is investing in technology that is tailored towards ensuring transparency and accountability in government and accelerating public-sector performance and service delivery to the Nigerian people. The President also said he is proud of Nigerian youths, adding that they encourage his administration to push ahead with its reforms.

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How Philosophy for Children Will Benefit Africans -By Leo Igwe – Opinion Nigeria

Then he referred to Meier's five habits of the mind: the value of raising questions about evidence(How do we know what we know?), point of view(Whose perspective does this represent?"), connection(" How is this related"), supposition ("How might things have been otherwise?"), and relevance ("Why is this important?"). He concluded the chapter by saying, "To be well educated, then, is to have the desire as well as the means to make sure that learning never ends".

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How Tinubu Government Borrowed Over N3.8trillion From Nigerian Central Bank In Six Months – Report

In the last six months of 2023, the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government received an additional N3.8trillion in what appeared to be a fresh Ways and Means borrowing. This was confirmed in a provisional data published in the latest statistics bulletin for the fourth quarter of the year recently released by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

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A robot in space - The Sound Kitchen

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about India’s humanoid space robot. There’s listener news and “On This Day”, “The Listener’s Corner” with Paul Myers, lots of good…

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We Are Not Responsible For Owerri Jailbreak, Don't Know About 27 Suspects Declared Wanted By Nigerian Government – IPOB

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied being responsible for the attack and jailbreak at the Owerri Correctional Centre in Imo State in April 2021. IPOB on Friday in a statement issued by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, reacted to an allegation by the Nigerian Army that the Biafran group was responsible for the attack at the correctional facility in 2021.

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