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JUST IN Jonathan wins 2025 Sunhak Peace Prize

Former President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has been nominated as the winner of the 2025 Founders Sunhak Peace Award to be presented by the Sunhak Peace Prize Foundation in Seoul, South Korea.
In a statement signed by Ikechukwu Eze, Special Adviser Goodluck Jonathan, The ex-Nigerian leader becomes the third person and the first African leader to win this category of the Sunhak Award after former United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon and Prime Minister of Cambodia, Mr. Hun Sen.
The 2025 Award Ceremony which is the 6th in the series will take place in Seoul on Friday, April 11, 2025 where Dr. Jonathan and other laureates will be decorated.
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Yobe is the most affordable state to live in Nigeria – NBS
The report stated that the State’s Agricultural Empowerment Programme (SAEP) has impacted the productivity of over 5,300 farmers to generate more income by flooding the markets with last year’s crop harvests.

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has declared Yobe as the most affordable state to live in and commute to other parts of the country.
It attributed the low costs of living to the state’s falling inflation rate from 13.5 per cent to 11.43 per cent, while food inflation continues to decrease from 17.9 per cent in June to 15.1 per cent in July 2025.
These were revealed in the bureau’s 2025 July Report released to newsmen at the weekend in Damaturu, the state capital.
The report stated that the State’s Agricultural Empowerment Programme (SAEP) has impacted the productivity of over 5,300 farmers to generate more income by flooding the markets with last year’s crop harvests.
It added that the SAEP, launched by Vice President Kashim Shettima, along with Governor Mai Mala Buni, has wooed many youths and women into the agricultural sector to boost food security and employment in the state.
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Nigeria deporting over 190 Chinese, Filipinos for cybercrimes
They were fined N1 million each by the court, which also directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to repatriate them to their countries of origin within seven days on completion of the jail term.

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has commenced the deportation of 192 foreigners convicted of internet fraud and Ponzi Scheme offences.
The first batch, comprising 42 Chinese and Filipinos, was flown out through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, around 2 pm yesterday.
The rest(150) will follow suit between today and tomorrow.
A Federal High Court in Lagos jailed the 42 Chinese and Filipinos for one year each after they entered plea bargain pacts with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
They were fined N1 million each by the court, which also directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to repatriate them to their countries of origin within seven days on completion of the jail term.
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NEMA declares 40 missing in Sokoto boat accident

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Monday that more than 40 people were missing in a boat accident conveying 50 persons to a popular market in northwest Sokoto State capsized on Sunday.
NEMA on its social media platform X, said that the passengers were travelling to Goronyo market, a popular food produce market in the state, when the boat capsized.
“Ten people have been rescued,” said Zubaidar Umar, the head of NEMA.
The agency said it is collaborating with local authorities and emergency responders in a search and rescue operation to locate the missing persons.
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