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Northern Star Youth Empowerment Initiative, a Northern youth pressure group that seeks to protect the interests of the region has kicked against the seeming close romance between France and the Tinubu-led administration. Northern Star Youth Empowerment Initiative is a nonpolitical, non-religious pressure group that fights to protect the interests of the North and promote good governance in the region In a statement issued to newsmen in Kaduna Wednesday, December 24th, 2024, Director General of the movement, Dr Abdullahi Idris recalled that during his recent state visit to France, President Bola…

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A case of purported extortion and harassment of youths by security personnel has been reported in Enyiogugu Autonomous Community in Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State. Eyewitnesses claimed that over 50 young people were forced at gunpoint to transfer money from their bank accounts to designated POS account numbers at a checkpoint on the Enyiogugu Mbaise road. The incident has sparked widespread anger among residents, who are calling on traditional rulers like Eze Leo Nwokocha and other community leaders to intervene and end the alleged abuses. Reports stated…

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Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has asserted that the tax reform bills currently before the National Assembly disproportionately benefit only one region of the country. During a meeting with the Christian community in Bauchi State on Thursday, the governor called on President Bola Tinubu to reconsider the tax policy reforms, warning that they could incite anarchy. He emphasised that the policy fails to support the North, stating that governors would struggle to meet salary obligations. As the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum, Mohammed expressed concern:…

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 Donald Trump has proposed granting automatic green cards to all graduates of U.S. colleges as a strategy to prevent brain drain and retain top talent in the country. The proposal would apply to graduates from two-year colleges, four-year universities, and doctoral programs, regardless of their field of study or the prestige of their institution. “When we lose phenomenal individuals from schools like Harvard and MIT or even lesser-known colleges that produce exceptional talent, it’s a loss for our economy,” Trump stated. He highlighted the struggles of international students who want…

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Social media users have continued to react to the alleged diversion of funds from the NGO account of popular activist and social critic, VeryDarkMan. The controversial figure, in an Instagram post on Monday, raised the alarm over the hacking of his NGO account, where N180 million was stolen. According to him, the funds were stolen after hackers allegedly gained access to the NGO’s website. He disclosed that law enforcement agencies had tracked one of the suspects, leading to an arrest and an account with N20m in it out in Post…

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Retired Deputy Inspector General of Police, DIG Moses Jitoboh, is dead. The former police chief died in the early hours of today, Friday, December 27, 2024, at Garki General Hospital in Abuja. He reportedly died from blood clots in his lungs. Confirming the news of his death, former DCM of FRSC Kayode Olagunju said in a social media post: “We lost DIG Moses Jitoboh, rtd, mni, a friend and course mate @ the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru. Painful exit. Rest in Peace. May the Lord…

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A Roman Catholic Priest Rev Fr Tobias Chukwujekwu Okonkwo was on the 26th of December shot dead by an unidentified gunman at Ihiala along Onitsha – Owerri road. This is coming as the were about of Arch Bishop Godwin Okpara who was kidnapped by gunmen on the 6th of December is still unknown. According to the release from Nnewi Catholic Diocese signed by Rev Fr Raphael Ezeogu who is the Chancellor of the Diocese; “Where sorrow increases, divine consolation increases all the more. The Catholic Diocese of Nnewi announces, with…

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Troops of 1 Brigade in Sector 2 Joint Task Force North West, Operation Fansan Yamma, have neutralised several terrorists, including a notorious kingpin known as Alhaji Ma’oli in Zamfara State. The Coordinator of Joint Media Coordination Centre Operation Fansan Yamma, Lt. Col. Abdullahi Abdullahi, disclosed this in a statement on Friday, December 27, 2024. Abdullahi noted that the operation occurred in Maisheka village, near Kunchin Kalgo town in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State on Thursday, December 26. He stated: “The area is one of the local communities that…

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The opposition Labour Party; Peoples Democratic Party and others, on Thursday, lampooned the ruling All Progressives Congress over the country’s worsening poverty. The condemnation by the opposition parties followed a viral video showing long queues of Nigerians seeking foodstuffs at President Bola Tinubu’s Bourdillon residence in Lagos on Christmas Eve. Senator Ali Ndume, who shared the video on Wednesday via his official X account, said it highlighted the economic struggles facing the nation. The video showed a mammoth crowd standing or sitting down in long queues at Bourdillon Raod in…

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Two months after a 10-year-old pupil of Blessed Peace School in Egbeda, Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State, was allegedly sodomised by his teacher, the Lagos State Government has yet to disclose the findings of its investigation. This is just as the survivor’s mother, Seedo Joseph, expressed frustration about the management, accusing the school of being “unsympathetic” to the family following the incident. The suspect, Prosper Louis, allegedly lured the survivor to a location on October 18, 2024, under the pretence of taking him to a spelling bee and…

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