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Presidency Rejects Obi's Call for Tinubu's Resignation, Calling It "Childish and Unwarranted Distraction"

Nigeria, June 23 -- In a statement signed by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, the Presidency said Obi's comparison with the British Prime Minister's voluntar... Read More


Leasing Sovereignty: Gina Rinehart's Ravings on Israel, Taiwan and Elon Musk

Nigeria, June 23 -- Israeli defence personnel and politicians might not be top billing in the boardrooms and reception halls of many countries at the moment, but that hardly bothers Australia's riches... Read More


Borno Govt Moves to Correct Budget Report After False Rail Project Entry

Nigeria, June 23 -- In a statement obtained by The News Chronicle on Monday evening, signed by the Commissioner for Information and Internal Security, Prof. Usman A. Tar, the government clarified that... Read More


Taraba Govt Cuts Street Sweepers' Salaries from N15,000 to N10,000

Nigeria, June 23 -- The Commissioner for Environment, Iliya Kefas, disclosed this while speaking with journalists in Jalingo on Monday. He explained that the decision was necessary to enable the gove... Read More


Kano Axes Water Scheme Boss Over Alleged Infrastructure Looting

Nigeria, June 23 -- The suspension, which takes immediate effect, was announced by the Commissioner for Water Resources, Environment and Climate Change, Dr. Dahiru Muhammad-Hashim, pending the outcome... Read More


Nigeria's Peace Institute Seeks Stronger Collaboration on Security Challenges -DG

Nigeria, June 23 -- Speaking on the Podcast, "Conversations with Prof. Jideofor Adibe" on Monday, Ochogwu said the institute collaborated with UNICEF between 2015 and 2020 on projects in Adamawa, Yobe... Read More


Kebbi Community Under Curfew After Farmer-Herder Clash Claims Eight Lives

Nigeria, June 23 -- The Kebbi State Police Command confirmed the incident on Tuesday, revealing that the victims included one farmer and seven herders, while five persons, among them a woman, were res... Read More


Funding Drought Threatens Global HIV Fight, UNAIDS Raises Red Flag

Nigeria, June 23 -- Speaking during an assessment of the global HIV response in New York, UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima painted a troubling picture of a system struggling to stay afloat am... Read More


In Search of Bandit

Nigeria, June 23 -- In July 2024, I lived through one of the most traumatic experiences of my life. A female member of my family had been kidnapped by armed bandits operating in a remote part of North... Read More


Alleged Courtroom Abduction of Sowore, an Undemocratic Assault on Rule of Law- RULAAC

Nigeria, June 23 -- Video footage circulating widely, showed DSS operatives overpowering Sowore and forcibly removing him from the court premises shortly after Justice Mohammed Umar ordered that he be... Read More