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Exactly four years (1377 days) after being held captive in Boko Haram captivity, parents of Leah Sharibu on Saturday continued their demand on the Federal Government to fulfill its promise and secure her freedom from the insurgents. While demanding the safe release of their daughter, Nathan and Rebecca Sharibu said they do not want to believe that the recent promises by the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), “are as empty as those that have been made before.” Leah Sharibu was one of the 110 female students of the Government Girls’ Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe…

Laing who stated this when she met leadership of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja yesterday, added that the world would be watching how Nigeria conducts the forthcoming 2023 general elections The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, has lamented the decline of democracy in the West African region. Laing who stated this when she met leadership of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja yesterday, added that the world would be watching how Nigeria conducts the forthcoming 2023 general elections. The high commissioner however charged the party to…

President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed the designation of Nigeria as one of the six countries in Africa designated as manufacturing bases for the COVID-19 vaccine. The President spoke Friday in Brussels, Belgium, while contributing to the Roundtable on Health Systems and Vaccine Production at the ongoing 6th Europe-Africa Summit. APC convention: Buhari in tight corner over chairmanship, zoning Wasteful Barcelona held by Osimhen’s Napoli “I am delighted to receive the news of the selection of Nigeria among recipients of MRNA Vaccine technology transfer. “We shall ensure the best use is made of the opportunity. Nigeria also offers to host the…

After 66 years of the conception of the idea for the translation of the Holy Bible from English language into Jukun, Gen Theophilus Danjuma (rtd), on Friday commissioned the institute which he built to ease the understanding of the Bible by the Jukun people. Speaking at the commissioning ceremony, Danjuma said the Jukun Bible Institute in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba would enhance the translation of the holy book into Jukun language. Danjuma explained that the idea of the Jukun Bible institute was started in 1956 by an American lady, Margrete Dykestra, who was assisted by a Nigerian, Mallam…

A staff of the Federal Internal Revenue Service (FIRS) who held his wife and children at gunpoint has been arrested. Felix Akeze, the FIRS staff, reportedly threatened to kill his wife and children unless they repay him all he has spent on them. Akeze allegedly held them hostage at gunpoint in their Chevron Drive home in the Lekki area of Lagos State for five days, Eons Intelligence reported. A media aide to FIRS chairman Johannes Wojuola said Akeze has been arrested by the police. Wojuola said preliminary investigations showed that the FIRS staff was under “mental pressure”. “Members of our…

Telecom Company, MTN, has hinted on rebranding from a telco to a full technology company. The company made this known in a teaser made available to Vanguard, yesterday. The telco says the plan forms part of its ‘Ambition 2025’ strategy, aimed at harmonising all its leading digital platforms for Africa’s progress. According to the teaser: “MTN Group’s Ambition 2025, aimed at ‘Leading digital platforms for Africa’s progress’, has ushered in a new look that is aligned to our evolution from a telecommunications company to a technology company underpinned by one simple, consistent, yet striking brand. Our commitment and focus to…

Oxford University, yesterday got its first Igbo lecturer, Emmanuel Ikechukwu Umeonyirioha. Emmanuel is a Sino-Nigeria Relations & Language Experr, Writer and Translations Director. Reacting to his appointment, Emmanuel via his facebook account shared videos and photos, expressing his happiness, readiness for the job. His words: “It is official that I am the first official Igbo Language lecturer at the number one university in the world, the University of Oxford. “Our induction happened today by Marion Sadoux, Head of Modern Language Programmes, University of Oxford Language Centre. “This became possible in account of the James Currey Society. This is the first…

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reversed an earlier judgment by Justice Hamza Muazu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The High Court had upheld the congresses held by former Governor Ibrahim Shekarau-led faction of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State. A three-member panel of the court, led by Justice Haruna Tsammani, in three judgments yesterday, held that the High Court of the FCT acted without jurisdiction in hearing a case about local government and ward congresses conducted by the APC in Kano State. Other members of the panel are: Justices Biobele…

The United Kingdom is interested in Nigeria’s general elections because they are crucial to the African continent and the global community, British High Commissioner in Nigeria Catriona Laing has said. Laing spoke in Abuja yesterday when she visited the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The British envoy observed that one of the electoral challenges in Nigeria has been low voter turnout. She suggested that the two countries should find means of collectively inspiring Nigerian youth to believe in their politics and in the future of their country. Laing said: “We look forward to seeing how much this election…

President Muhammadu Buhari has implored the nation’s courts to apply the strictest punishments against ritual killers, extremists and killers of law enforcement agents. The President was reacting to series of ritual murders, ethnic and religious hate crimes and persistent attacks on security and law enforcement officers in different parts of the country. He described the development as aberrations. In a statement yesterday in Abuja by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, President Buhari tasked security agencies, state and local governments, traditional and religious leaders to be proactive and take lawful actions to prevent further escalation…