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2 days ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Nicholas Kalu |Precious Igbonwelundu
In a daring and surprise raid, tactical teams of the Department of State Services (DSS) with back up from the Military, have degraded about 45 bandits around Kuchi town, Munya Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State, The Nation gathered on Wednesday. The operation, which was carried out in a stealth manner, marks yet another victory in the sustained offensives against bandits in the area.
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1 week ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Gbenga Omokhunu |Nicholas Kalu
On a dusty street in Kubwa, Abuja, 14-year-old hunches over his phone, eyes fixed on a betting app. It was a mid-afternoon. He should be in school, but instead, he’s nervously watching a Spanish second-division match, hoping a last-minute goal will turn his N200 stake into N5, 000. He’s one of many children who have swapped notebooks for odds slips, chasing quick wealth in a country where dreams are often delayed or denied by poverty.
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2 weeks ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Gbenga Omokhunu |Nicholas Kalu |Joshua Oboh
In the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, the price of shelter has become a ruthless competitor in the race for survival. The FCT, a symbol of planned urban development and serenity, is fast becoming a city where decent housing is slipping beyond the reach of average earners. GBENGA OMOKHUNU, NICHOLAS KALU and JOSHUA OBOH explore how Abuja residents are navigating the rent burden in the FCT.
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2 weeks ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Nicholas Kalu |Chris Njoku |Adekunle Jimoh |Damian Duruiheoma
Reform JAMB exams, say CSOs, othersHouse of Representatives Committee on Basic Education Examination Bodies has called for an independent probe into the human errors that disrupted this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Addressing reporters at National Assembly yesterday in Abuja, Committee Chair, Oforji Oboku, said they are working with Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on reforms to restore credibility of the exam process.
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3 weeks ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Nicholas Kalu
The Nation Newspaper NUJ @ 70 : Media giants rally support as anniversary committee flags off nationwide tour
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1 month ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Eric Ikhilae |Nicholas Kalu |Alao Abiodun
The Department of State Services (DSS) said it arrested the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in a hotel in Lagos after he secretly entered the country in 2015. The first prosecution witness in Kanu’s terrorism trial, whose identity was shielded for security reasons, testified behind a screen while being led in evidence by the prosecuting lawyer, Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN).
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1 month ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Eric Ikhilae |Nicholas Kalu |Mike Odiegwu |Alao Abiodun
The National Assembly has described the 11 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) controlled states as meddlesome interlopers in regard to the suit filed by them to challenge the declaration of state of emergency in Rivers State. The National Assembly also claims that the PDP states lack the locus standi to institute the case at the Supreme Court.
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2 months ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Precious Igbonwelundu |Nicholas Kalu
Six years after a court ruled that the Department of State Services (DSS) should pay a Sokoto businessman its operatives unlawfully shot N10million compensation, the agency has finally complied with the judgment. To make up for the delay in remedying the years of untold hardship caused the man, the DSS doubled the amount to N20million. The victim was shot in the wee hours of April 2, 2016, by the agency operatives who raided his Jos, Plateau State residence.
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Feb 21, 2025 | 
thenationonlineng.net | Nicholas Kalu |Alao Abiodun
A former member of the House of Representatives from Delta State, Hon. Dr. Ossai Nicholas Ossai, has dumped the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ossai, who represented the Ndokwa/Ukwuani Federal Constituency of Delta State for three consecutive terms from 2011 to 2023, cited the need to align with a party he believes is better positioned to serve his constituents, Delta State, and Nigeria as a whole.
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Feb 21, 2025 | 
thenationonlineng.net | Nicholas Kalu |Alao Abiodun
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, Rt Hon Benjamin Kalu, has revealed that none of the 31 requests for state creation met the constitutional requirements. Kalu, who also serves as the Deputy Speaker of the House, made this known on Friday during a two-day retreat for committee members in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State.
