The rift has triggered political upheaval for the heavily indebted west African country and uncertainty for their party, the biggest in parliament.
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South Africa President Warns Against Online Hate Campaigns
"We will not be fooled or influenced by social media campaigns that spread misinformation, fake news and lies about people who are in our country" - Ramaphosa said.
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JAMB Opens Mop-Up UTME Slip Printing Ahead Of June 13 Exam
JAMB advised affected candidates to print their slips through its portal to confirm their examination centres, dates, and reporting times.
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58,000 Candidates Sit NCEE Amid Rising Female Enrollment
The minister also expressed satisfaction with the organisation of the exercise but raised concerns over absenteeism recorded in some centres, calling for an investigation into the reasons candidates failed to show up.
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Nigeria Reschedules Airlifting Of Citizens Willing To Leave South Africa
According to Ebienfa, the proposed airlifting of the first batch of returnees from South Africa originally scheduled for Monday 8th of June, has been rescheduled for Wednesday 10th of June, and this is due to unforeseen logistical considerations.
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UN Religious Freedom Envoy Begins Fact-Finding Mission In Nigeria
A United Nations expert on freedom of religion and belief Nazila Ghanea, began a two-week visit to Nigeria on Monday, amid renewed international scrutiny of religious violence and allegations of Christian persecution in Africa’s most populous nation. Nazila Ghanea, the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, is scheduled to visit Abuja, Kano...
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The Rubber-Ruler Fallacy: A Response To Recent Claims On Price Changes Under The Tinubu Administration
In periods of economic adjustment, citizens naturally judge government performance through the prices they encounter in markets, petrol stations and grocery stores. Those experiences are real and deserve serious attention. Yet sound economic analysis requires more than observing nominal price movements. It requires measuring those changes against the value of the currency itself. When that...
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Boko Haram Kill 8 Soldiers In First Attack Since IS Leader’s Killing
Boko Haram Jihadists killed eight soldiers in two separate attacks on military bases in northeast Nigeria, the military and security sources said on Friday. The raids on Wednesday and Friday were the first since the killing of a senior commander of the Islamic State group in the region on May 16. Northeast Nigeria has seen...
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WHO Says Confirmed Ebola Cases In Central Africa Near 500
Confirmed Ebola cases in central Africa have risen to nearly 500, the World Health Organisation said on Saturday, as concerns grow that the outbreak could become one of the largest in history. In its latest update, the WHO reported 452 confirmed cases, including 82 deaths, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the outbreak was...
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Military Confirms Eight Death In Boko Haram Attack On Borno Base
Boko Haram militants attacked a Nigerian Army forward operating base in Mandaragirau, Borno State, in the early hours of Friday, killing five soldiers and three members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), the military said. According to a statement by Lieutenant Colonel Haruna Sani, acting media information officer of Operation HADIN KAI, the attack...