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The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Sunday counselled President Ahmed Tinubu to replace any failed ministers who have performed below the expectations of Nigerians in their various ministries with competent hands, adding that Nigerians are running out of patience. In a statement obtained by The Guardian in Abakaliki, the Secretary General of the…
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Medical professionals yesterday warned against the stigmatisation and demonisation of older people, saying they are not witches or wizards but exhibiting some medical conditions associated with old age. The medical experts include a geriatric psychiatrist at the University College Hospital (UCH), Dr. Olufisayo Elugbadebo, and the Programme Coordinator, Brain Health Initiative Nigeria, Olajoke Akinyemi. They…
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The All Progressives Congress, APC, has won the entire three hundred and thirty-two contested positions in the Saturday local council elections in Imo State. Announcing the result at the headquarters of the Imo State Independent Electoral Commission, ISEC, yesterday, the Chairman, Chief Charles Ejiogu, disclosed that out of the 19 political parties that registered for…
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Republican Donald Trump has ruled out running again in the United States’ 2028 presidential election if he loses in the upcoming November poll, according to an interview aired on Sunday. Responding to a question on whether he would run again if he lost, the 78-year-old former president told US news program “Full Measure”: “No, I…
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The Bauchi State Police Command has apprehended 21-year-old Dauda Sa’idu for allegedly vandalising graves and stealing iron rods for sale. According to a statement from police spokesman, Superintendent Ahmed Wakili, the arrest occurred on September 20, 2024, when Sa’idu unlawfully entered a Christian cemetery in Yelwan Kagadama, damaging multiple graves and removing iron rods during…