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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Sunday, said it was instructive that Nigeria was attracting positive international attention as a country that promoted media freedom and freedom of expression. He said this was premised on the government’s understanding of the important roles that information literacy and media education played in sustainable development. According to a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, Buhari said this while pledging his “full support” for three major international events scheduled to hold in Nigeria in October and November 2022. They include: the 2022 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s Global Media, Information Literacy Week in Abuja, in October, the first Global Conference on Cultural Tourism and Creative Industry in Lagos, as well as the second Global Association of Literary Festivals Conference, Abeokuta, in Nov

 Pop star and actress Lady Gaga appeared to confirm her casting in the upcoming motion picture sequel to the Oscar-winning psychological thriller “Joker” on Thursday by posting a musical teaser on Twitter. The musical clip depicts silhouettes dancing together to the tune of the song “Cheek to Cheek”, originally written by Irving Berlin in 1935 for the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movie Top Hat, with the names Phoenix and Gaga flashing on the screen. (https://bit.ly/3zY9jc8) “Joker: Folie a Deux”, which will see Joaquin Phoenix reprise his role as the titular character, is set for release in theatres on Oct. 4, 2024. Phoenix had first played the role in the 2019 film “Joker”, which earned him the Academy Award for best actor, depicted an origin story for the arch enemy of DC Comics’ superhero Batman. No further details about the sequel have been immediately made available by Warner Bros. But Hollywood trade publication Variety has reported the new production will be a musical with Lad

Do you know that the Buhari led FG was informed by Boko Haram about the Kuje prison inversion 44 hours before the attack? Do you know that FG gave them the go ahead order before the inversion? See SaharaReporters for details. This what you called your country. Read more surprises below. The discomfort of the government stems from the terrorists’ failure to honour the swap deal they allegedly entered into with the government over the release of the train attack captives. Sunday Vanguard learnt, last night, that the government’s anger followed the refusal of the abductors to release all the train attack victims after it had freed no fewer than 30  imprisoned terrorists the bandits had requested to be released in exchange for the train captives. It was gathered that as soon as the terrorists confirmed the freedom of 30 of their colleagues from prison, they reneged on the swap agreement reached with the government and started releasing the train victims piecemeal and based strictly on the

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying gestures during a daily briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. After weeks of threatening rhetoric, China showed the spirit but stopped short of any direct military confrontation with the U.S. over the visit to Taiwan of a senior American politician, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) China’s communist government sanctioned House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) following her trip to Taiwan. The Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed the decision on Friday, while claiming Pelosi’s visit was provocative. Chinese officials accused her of meddling in China’s internal affairs. In addition to targeting the House Speaker, China decided to halt cooperation with the US on several pressing issues, including transnational crime. This announcement comes as Biden administration officials said Pelosi’s trip was peaceful and claimed China’s military drills in response to the Speakers visit are

Troops of the Nigerian Army have reportedly sacked Orau-Ihiteukwa community in Orsu Local Government Area of Imo State. Sources said the soldiers also looted and burnt over 150 houses belonging to the residents on Saturday although SaharaReporters could not independently ascertain exact the number of houses affected. SaharaReporters gathered that the soldiers who were said to have trailed some gunmen that attacked Agwa Divisional Police headquarters in Oguta Local Government Area where four policemen were killed to the community, whisked away Chief Pius Nwannakwe, President General Orsu Ihiteukwa autonomous community, Geoffrey Emeti and Friday Anele, a former chairman of Igwebuike union. SaharaReporters earlier reported that yet-to-be identified gunmen invaded Agwa Divisional Police headquarters in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo on Friday night and killed four policemen and two family members. It reported that some parts of the division and vehicles, including the one allegedly bel

Six persons, including two expatriates and two police inspectors were killed by gunmen on Friday in an attack launched against their convoy in Kogi Also killed in what looks like guerrilla attack were two drivers of the expatriates of West Africa Ceramics Company Ajaokuta, Kogi SP William Ovye-Aya, the image maker of Kogi Police Command, made the disclosure on Saturday in a statement  in Lokoja. Ovye-Aya explained that the six victims, two expatriates, two company drivers and two police inspectors died in the exchange of fire with the hoodlums along Lokoja-Ajaokuta road around 8 p.m on Friday. According to the image maker, the expatriates were being escorted by police to the Ceramic company that evening, when the gunmen attacked them. He said that the Area Commander and a detachment of Military in the area had to reinforced to the scene of incident before the attackers fled. The image maker said already, the Kogi Commissioner of Police, CP Edward Egbuka, had visited the scene for an on