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Auto crash leaves one dead in Niger
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 30, 2025
Road accident involving a truck and a private car collided head on, along Zuba-Madalla road, in Suleja Local Council of Niger State, at about 2 pm on Sunday, June 29, 2025, leaving one person dead. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) FCT Sector...
Niger State Government Says IBB Varsity Students Could Face Charges For Protesting Colleague’s Murder
Sahara Reporters
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The Niger State governmental has said it could have prosecuted students of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University (IBBU), Lapai, who carried dangerous weapons during recent protests, if the new penal code had already been signed into law. The State...
Obi slams Tinubu’s trip to Caribbean, says ‘this is no time for holidaying’
Business Hallmark
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June 30, 2025
Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s visit to Saint Lucia, describing it as ill-timed and insensitive, given the current socio-economic and security challenges facing...
Insecurity: Tinubu’s Caribbean Vacation Shows Disregard for Nigerians’ Plight – Peter Obi
Point Blank News
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June 29, 2025
By Tracy Moses The Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has criticized President Bola Tinubu for embarking on a vacation to Saint Lucia in the Caribbean amid heightened insecurity and tragedy in the country. Obi condemned the...
Insecurity: Tinubu’s Vacation Abroad Sign Of Insensitivity To Death Of Nigerians – Obi
Daily Independent
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June 29, 2025
1 ….Says President Just Returned From Holiday In Lagos ……President Going To Caribbean But Couldn’t Visit Disaster Sites In Niger, Benue …….Reverse Your Indifference To Sufferings of Poor Nigerians, Obi Tells Tinubu ABUJA: Amid growing insecurity...
Hausa replaces French as the official language of Niger, in a bold assertion of sovereignty
Global Voices
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June 28, 2025
Niamey’s Grand Market; screenshot from Sky Travel’s YouTube channel. The status of French, which was designated as Niger’s official language during colonial times, was revoked in March 2025, with Hausa becoming the new official language. This...
This Isn’t Time For Holidaying, Peter Obi Frowns At Tinubu’s Saint Lucia Trip
African Examiner
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June 29, 2025
Posted by African Examiner Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria Sunday, June 29th, 2025 (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former presidential candidate and Labour Party leader, Mr. Peter Obi, has kicked against the Saint Lucia’s trip of President...
Obi: Tinubu holidaying in The Caribbean while Nigerians are being killed
Daily Trust
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June 28, 2025
Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has accused President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of holidaying abroad when he is yet to tackle insecurity and other challenges facing the country. He said this in a post on his X...
Presidency releases travelogue after Obi criticised Tinubu’s Saint Lucia trip
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 28, 2025
Hours after former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi criticised President Bola Tinubu over his recent international visits, the Presidency shared a brief travelogue about Tinubu’s visit to Saint Lucia. Tinubu departed Abuja on Saturday...
Obi slams Tinubu over vacation to St Lucia
Punch
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June 28, 2025
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has criticised President Bola Tinubu over his visit to Saint Lucia, describing it as ill-timed and insensitive to the current hardship and insecurity ravaging the country. Tinubu’s...
Peter Obi slams Tinubu for holidaying in Saint Lucia
Eagle Online
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June 28, 2025
Former presidential candidate and Labour Party leader, Peter Obi, has condemned President Bola Tinubu’s trip to Saint Lucia, calling it an ill-timed and insensitive decision in the face of deepening national crises. In a post on X (formerly...
Peter Obi Condemns Tinubu’s VacationTo Saint Lucia: ‘Insensitive, Misplaced Priorities’
Nigerian Eye
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June 28, 2025
Labour Party leader and former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s planned trip to Saint Lucia, describing it as poorly timed and lacking in sensitivity, especially amid Nigeria’s deepening economic and...
‘Going For Leisure When You Couldn’t Visit Niger State Where People Died’ – Peter Obi Blasts Tinubu
Naija News
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June 28, 2025
Naija News reports that the former governor of Anambra State described the trip as a grave misstep at a time when Nigerians face deep economic deprivation and widespread insecurity. In a post via 𝕏 on Saturday, Obi wrote that Tinubu’s travel...
‘Not the time for holidaying’, Peter Obi knocks Tinubu over Caribbean island visit
Tribune Online
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June 28, 2025
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s trip to the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia, describing it as ill-timed and insensitive given the alleged worsening state of insecurity and...
This isn't time for holidaying, Peter Obi slams Tinubu Saint Lucia trip
Punch
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June 28, 2025
Former presidential candidate and Labour Party leader, Mr. Peter Obi, has condemned President Bola Tinubu’s trip to Saint Lucia, calling it an ill-timed and insensitive decision in the face of deepening national crises. In a post on X (formerly...
Peter Obi Knocks Tinubu Over Brazil Trip: 'This Is Not Time For Personal Vacation; Nigeria Has Myriad Of Problems'
Sahara Reporters
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Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi, has slammed President Bola Tinubu over his trip to Saint Lucia, Brazil, describing it as ill-timed and insensitive to the realities facing millions of Nigerians. In a statement he...
Niger Governor Bago felicitates with Niger APC Chieftain, Vatsa at 64
The Sun Nigeria
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June 21, 2025
Describes him as courageous, outspoken personality From John Adams, Minna Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago has celebrated his Special Adviser on Media, Communication and Strategy and Chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Hon....
Bhutan acts to stay off travel ban list
The Bhutanese
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June 28, 2025
After working very hard to stay off any travel ban list and cooperating with United States (US) authorities, Bhutan was congratulating itself when the USA, earlier this month, announced a list of countries facing full and partial travel ban that...
Islamic New Year: Include 1st Muharram as public holiday, lawmaker beckons FG
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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June 27, 2025
Deputy Chairman, of the House of Representatives Committee on Finance, Hon. Saidu Musa Abdullahi, has called on the federal government to recognize and make the first day of Muharram which is the first day of the Islamic Calendar a public holiday....
Islamic New Year: Rep. Saidu Urges FG to Declare 1st Muharram National Holiday
Point Blank News
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June 26, 2025
The Deputy Chairman of the House Committee on Finance and representative of Bida/Gbako/Katcha Federal Constituency, Hon. Saidu Musa Abdullahi, has called on the Federal Government to officially recognize the first day of Muharram, the beginning of...