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1 week ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Bolaji Ogundele |Justina Asishana |Vincent Ikuomola Abuja |Alao Abiodun
The food supply chain from the north to the southwest is under massive threat in the aftermath of Wednesday night’s destructive rain and the resultant flood that swept away the Mokwa Bridge in Niger State. The death toll in the tragedy was put at 151 yesterday by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). President Bola Tinubu ordered the immediate activation of the National Emergency Response Centre to take care of displaced persons whose number was put at 3,018.
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1 week ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Vincent Ikuomola Abuja |Damian Duruiheoma |Chris Njoku |Sunny Nwankwo
IPOB grounds Southeast again with sit-at-home protestsIt’s business as usual in Ebonyi as markets openA six year jail term in Finland awaits self- styled prime minister of Biafra, Simon Ekpa, if the court now trying him for alleged terrorism in that country accedes to the request of his prosecutors. Ekpa, who was arrested last November by the Finnish authorities, appeared before the Päijät-Häme District Court yesterday to face terrorism-related charges in a preparatory hearing.
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3 weeks ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Vincent Ikuomola Abuja |Simon Utebor |Alao Abiodun
Nigerians yesterday converged on Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State, to pay their last respect to the late Ijaw leader, nationalist and Pan-Niger Delta icon, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark. Clark died on February 17 at 97 years. The gold-plated casket bearing the remains of the Ijaw leader from Abuja arrived at the Bayelsa Airport in the afternoon and was conveyed to Ijaw House in the town.
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1 month ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Vincent Ikuomola Abuja |Musa Bologi |Precious Igbonwelundu
49 more aircraft comingBadaru: terrorists’ leaders among 13,543 killedTerrorists and bandits are in for tough times with the acquisition of nine new fighter jets by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF). Forty-nine more fighter aircraft are expected to join the fleet, Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, said yesterday. He said NAF strikes killed 3,496 terrorists in the Northeast since June 2023, with more than 121,000 insurgents and their families surrendering to security forces.
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1 month ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Vincent Ikuomola Abuja |Alao Abiodun
News The Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism, and Creative Economy has unveiled the Creative Economy Development Fund (CEDF) to provide funding opportunities for the sector. The fund is open to individuals, businesses, and institutions operating across the creative and cultural economy.
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1 month ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Bolaji Ogundele |Eric Ikhilae |Vincent Ikuomola Abuja |Kolade Adeyemi
Governors okay tech-driven security approachProponents of State Police as solution to upsurge in insecurity were disappointed yesterday by the National Economic Council (NEC). The foremost economic advisory council chaired by the Vice President with governors as members, listed the issue but did not discuss it. “State police was part of our agenda today (yesterday), but unfortunately, because of time demands… the presentations took a long time.
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1 month ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Kelvin Osa Okunbor |Justina Asishana |Vincent Ikuomola Abuja |Alao Abiodun
The Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Airport in Minna, Niger State, has been designated as the alternative airport to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. Aviation and Aerospace Development Minister, Festus Keyamo broke the news at the launch of Overland Airways’ commercial flights from the Minna airport. Highlighting the airport’s capacity and strategic relevance, Keyamo praised the facility’s infrastructure and its potential to serve as a major aviation hub.
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1 month ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Nwanosike Onu |Vincent Ikuomola Abuja |Gbenga Omokhunu |Sanni Onogu |Alao Abiodun
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb Yusuf Tuggar, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi; Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN), the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN); Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo and former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, have mourned the passing of His Holiness, Pope Francis.
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2 months ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Vincent Ikuomola Abuja |Alao Abiodun
No fewer than 956 Nigerians have been evacuated from Libya this year, The Nation learnt. The evacuation, according to Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), were done courtesy of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Nigeria and the National Commission For Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons Offices (NCRMI). The breakdown shows that 683 of them were females, 132 males, 87 children and 54 infants.
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2 months ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Mike Odiegwu |Rosemary Nwisi |Vincent Ikuomola Abuja |Alao Abiodun
Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara yesterday took a clear step forward in the implementation of the Supreme Court judgement. He forwarded a letter to the House of Assembly proposing March 19 for the re-presenation of the 2025 Appropriation Bill. In the letter of March 13 personally signed by him and addressed to Speaker Martins Amaewhule, the governor recalled his failed visit to the Assembly Wednesday to present the bill in line with the judgement.
