First batch of Nigerians evacuated from Sudan as about 3,500 students are bused to Egypt

ABOUT 3,500 Nigerians mainly students have been evacuated from Sudan to neighbouring Egypt ahead of plans to fly them home in what is the first batch of refugees being repatriated from the war-torn North African country.

 

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Senator Binani loses legal battle to get reinstated as Adamawa State governor-elect

ALL Progressive Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate in the recent Adamawa State elections Senator Aisha Dahiru-Ahmed popularly known as Binani has lost a legal battle to get her defeat overturned after an Abuja high court dismissed her appeal today.

 

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Arsenal's teenage striker Joel Ideho invited to Flying Eagles camp ahead of U20 World Cup

ARSENAL'S teenage striker Joel Ideho has been invited to the Flying Eagles training camp in Abuja ahead of the 2023 U20 World Cup in Argentina with the real possibility that he may make the squad for the tournament.

 

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Were I in Bola Tinubu’s shoes I would appoint Peter Obi as the chair of my National Economic Council who I would give free reign to replicate South Korea’s policy of - Anything We Don’t Produce We Don’t Need

Ayo Akinfe

This is what my National Economic Council would look like were I the one being sworn-in on May 29:

[1] Peter Obi

[2] Pat Utomi

[3] Kingsley Moghalu

[4] Charles Soludo

[5] Arunma Oteh

[6] Kemi Adeosun

[7] Wale Edun

[8] Shamshudeen Usman

[9] Uzoma Dozie

[10] Lamido Sanusi

Their mandate would be to replicate this Korean manufacturing model:

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Buhari's government set to hand over debts in excess of $100bn to incoming Tinubu administration

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's administration is set to pass on a N46.25trn ($100.63bn) debt burden to the incoming Tinubu government when it hands over power on May 29 according to figures just released by the Debt Management Office (DMO).

 

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Borno Hisbah religious police out enforcing sharia amending haircuts it deems un-Islamic

MEMBERS of the Borno State religious police the Hisbah spent the Eid Mubarak festivity holidays out on the town enforcing strict adherence to Muslim ways by cutting the hair of young men whose haircuts were deemed un-Islamic.

 

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Dangote's Arsenal bid appears on hold as he seeks majority stake in French side Valenciennes

AFRICA'S richest man and lifelong Arsenal fan Alhaji Aliko Dangote is close to sealing a deal to purchase French Ligue Two side Valenciennes for an estimated sum of €10m in what would be his first foray into the European football market.

 

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If we are serious about banishing poverty from our land, we should insist that Tinubu makes Nigeria the global manufacturing centre of one product like say railway carriages for instance

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nations do not just become wealthy overnight. They do so because their citizenry do audacious things to create unprecedented wealth to move their society forward

[2] When I look at the UK and its Industrial Revolution for instance, I can see where Nigeria’s fault lines lie. You cannot be a nation of eternal consumers and expect to have the same living standards as countries that are serial manufacturers

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National Emergency Management Agency to start evacuating Nigerians from Sudan tomorrow

NIGERIA'S National Emergency Management Agency (Nema) will commence the evacuation of stranded Nigerians from Sudan tomorrow with the first set of refugees moved by road from Khartoum to Cairo in Egypt.

 

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Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide congratulates Tinubu on his election victory

OHANAEZE Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has joined the ranks of organisations that have congratulated Nigeria's president-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu sending him a goodwill message following his return from abroad today after about a month away.

 

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