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‘Political Funeral’, Atiku Slams Tinubu Over Plateau Visit
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has faulted President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s visit to Plateau State. President Tinubu was in Jos, Plateau State capital, on Saturday for the burial of Mama Lydia Yilwatda Goshwe, mother of the National Chairman of...
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Plateau Funeral: Atiku Accuses Tinubu Of Prioritising Political Visit To Insecure States
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused President Bola Tinubu of prioritising the attendance of political events in States suffering security crisis rather than visiting to commiserate with those affected by insecurity. Atiku said this...
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Broken Promises, Shattered Trust: The 1,000-Student Fraud In Niger State, By Abdullahi Sani Kuta
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In May 2024, Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago stood in Bida, at a dinner hosted by the Niger South Stakeholders Forum in his honour, and declared a dream that electrified Niger State: his government would sponsor 1,000 students to India to study ICT,...
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Africa’s TVET Systems Fail Millions of Youth, New Study Warns
Africa risks squandering its demographic advantage as inadequate technical and vocational training systems leave millions of young people unprepared for the job market, according to research spanning six countries. A study from the African Center...
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Atiku slams President Tinubu for travelling to Plateau to ''merry'' instead of going to commiserate with victims of insecurity
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has slammed President Tinubu for visiting Plateau state today Saturday, October 4, to attend the funeral of Mama Lydia Yilwatda, mother of the National Chairman of...
Atiku Slams Tinubu Over Plateau Visit, Accuses President of Insensitivity
October 04, (THEWILL) — Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has berated President Bola Tinubu’s visit to Plateau State, describing it as “a mockery of leadership and a display of insensitivity,” accusing the President of prioritising politics...
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Atiku Slams Tinubu Over Plateau Visit, Says President Ignores Grieving Nigerians
92 By Lizzy Chirkpi Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticised President Bola Tinubu for visiting Plateau State to attend a political event while victims of insecurity across the country continue to suffer without presidential condolence....
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AfDB Group, Niger ink $144.7 million deal to boost energy access, economic competitiveness, resilience
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African Development Bank Group, President Sidi Ould Tah and Niger’s Prime Minister, Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine, have signed a $144.7 million financing agreement to improve energy access and private sector competitiveness. The agreement, signed at...
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Nigeria News1 hour ago Tinubu Ignored Suffering Citizens, Visited Plateau To Attend A Political Funeral – Atiku Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticized President Bola Tinubu’s attendance at the funeral event of the late Nana Lydia Yilwatda,…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticized President Bola Tinubu’s attendance at the funeral event of the late Nana Lydia Yilwatda, mother of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda. According to...
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NSCDC arrests five suspected illegal miners in Niger
The Niger State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have arrested five suspected illegal miners and seized nine motorcycles, in addition to other exhibits, during a raid in Katcha Local Government Area of the state....
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Africa Gateway: logistics corridor North Africa-Sub-Saharan Africa
Posted on October 4, 2025 Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) October 4, 2025 – Africa Gateway, a trade and logistics corridor extending from North Africa deep into the heart of Sub-Saharan Africa is designed to link Tunisia, via Libya, with several...
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Cabo Verde President reaffirms commitment to a stronger ECOWAS during Abuja visit
The President of Cabo Verde, H.E. José Maria Pereira Neves, has reiterated his country’s commitment to the ideals of a united, stable and prosperous West Africa under the framework of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). He gave...
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How to Protect Democracy: Senegal Elects a New President
On Mar. 24, 2024, Bassirou Diomaye Faye won the Senegal presidential election with over 54% of the popular vote. Less than two weeks prior, Faye and his prime minister pick, Ousmane Sonko, were in prison, serving their respective sentences. The...
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Police intercept petrol worth millions en route to Niger
The Nigeria Police Force has intercepted over 100 jerrycans of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol, in separate anti-smuggling operations aimed at curbing cross-border economic crimes. Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin...
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Police Intercept Over 100 Jerrycans Of Petrol Bound For Niger
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force Border Patrol Unit have intercepted more than 100 jerrycans of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, during separate operations aimed at curbing fuel smuggling across Nigeria’s borders. In a...
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CAF Champions League Recap: North African favorites advance with emphasis
North African giants progressed with ease while sub-Saharan Africa’s top clubs experienced little trouble in a mostly drama-free Saturday from the CAF Champions League. Algerian champions MC Alger (video above) joined fellow North African sides...
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Police foil attempts to ‘smuggle 115 jerrycans of petrol’ into Niger Republic
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) says its border patrol unit intercepted over 100 jerrycans of petrol allegedly being smuggled out of the country into Niger Republic. Benjamin Hundeyin, force public relations officer, detailed the incident in a...
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Is the International Order Tilting Toward an Era of Permanent Tensions?
The war in Ukraine, with more than 500,000 military and civilian casualties according to Western estimates, has reintroduced to European soil the brutal logic of high-intensity warfare that many believed consigned to the 20th century. At the same...
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Banditry: Authors Ask Niger Govt, FG to protect Communities
The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) has asked the Niger State and the Federal Governments to rise up to their responsibilities and protect communities from daily bandit attacks. The National President of the Association, Dr. Usman Akanbi...
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Niger State signs multi-billion dollar agricultural MoU with Republic of Benin
The Niger State Government has entered into a multi-billion-dollar Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Republic of Benin to boost cotton, maize, and soybean production. The agreement was signed in Cotonou by Governor Umaru Bago, alongside...
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