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Jun

29

2024

“Give peace a chance in Rivers State”, Patience Jonathan tells Wike, Fubara.

News, Opinion, PoliticsNigeria, Nyesom Wike, Opinion, Patience Jonathan, Politics, Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara

Former First Lady, Patience Jonathan, has pleaded with Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, to sheath their swords and give peace a chance. Mrs Jonathan, who was commenting on the political crisis in Rivers State, advised that it is time for governance. She said: “We at this point plead that election has come and gone, and now is the time for governance. “As a peace advocate, I would like to call on the warring parties in Rivers State to sheathe their swords and give peace a chance, knowing fully…

Jun

29

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

The naira sees its first gain against the dollar in nine days.

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After nine days of depreciation, the Naira strengthened against the dollar on Friday at the foreign exchange market, capping off a positive week. According to FMDQ data, the Naira strengthened against the dollar on Friday, trading at N1505.30 as opposed to N1510.10 on Thursday. Concerning the N1510.10 exchanged the day before, this signifies a gain of N4.8 against the US dollar. Similarly, on Friday at the foreign exchange market, the Naira saw a gain and traded at N1515 against the US dollar. Since June 18, 2024, when it traded at N1482.72 per dollar on the official forex market, this is…

Jun

29

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

ISIS bombs found in an Iraqi mosque by the UN

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During restoration work in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, the United Nations reported that they had found five bombs in a wall of the famous Al-Nuri mosque, planted years ago by the Islamic State group. A UNESCO representative told AFP late Friday that the team working at the site discovered five "large-scale explosive devices, designed to trigger a massive destruction of the site" in the prayer hall's southern wall on Tuesday. The 12th-century Al-Nuri mosque in Mosul and the nearby leaning minaret known as Al-Hadba, or the "hunchback," were destroyed in the fight to retake the city from IS.…

Jun

29

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

NEMA received 103 Nigerians deported from Turkey

Lifestyle, Metro, NewsLifestyle, Metro, NEMA, Nigeria, Security

About 103 Nigerians who were deported back to their country from the Republic of Turkiye have been received by the National Emergency Management Agency and other relevant entities. NEMA and other Federal Government representatives met the deportees when they arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Friday at 7:00 p.m. via the airport's pilgrims wing. The deportees were transported from Turkiye to Nigeria via Southwind Airlines flight TCGRB. The NEMA Director General, Mrs. Zubaida Umar, cautioned the returnees to respect the law and accept their experience in good faith.To ease their experience and allay the Federal Government's…

Jun

28

2024

By Kalu Odinakachi

National Youth Alliance, the movement to break shackles of Tribalism, Ethnicity, and Religiosity

Amos Oge Kalu, Column, News, Opinion, Politics2027, Bin Abbas, National Youth Alliance, Politics

By Comr Amos Kalu There is an Igbo parable that defined these three terms and the havoc they have caused to Nigerians in simpler ways. It was believed that cocoayam yam killed a certain family probably because they were not supposed to eat cocoayam yam according to some taboo of their land. This family notwithstanding ate cocoayam and it led to the dead of the couple. When their child who was younger grew up and was seen with cocoayam despite being warned about what killed his parents, the elders in their intellectual way of using parables asked the child: "What…