A pastor with The Apostolic Church, Umuahia, Salem Chigozirim, has been arraigned before a High Court sitting at Umuahia, Abia State, for allegedly strangling a 45-year-old housewife, Virginia Ndife, and a lady, Chioma Nwoke. He was arraigned on three counts bordering on murder and demanding a ransom. Chigozirim was said to have strangled Virginia on […]
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For long a menace, beggars are lately overrunning the streets and public spaces in Lagos. Their unchallenged dominance in the nooks and crannies of the state has become an emerging security and environmental threat. The Lagos State Government should shake off its lethargy and take strong action to address this abnormality. It is not for […]
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Benue State Government, on Thursday, said about two million displaced Nigerians are now in the eight official and 20 unofficial internally displaced persons’ camps in the state. The Executive Secretary of the State Emergency and Maintenance Agency, Dr Emmanuel Shior, said the increase in the number of IDP camps in the state was a result […]
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Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami The Federal Government has said it is ready to enforce the implementation of its National Identification Number–Subscriber Identity Module policy as the deadline for the verification exercise ended on Thursday (yesterday). However, it has given telecommunication subscribers a couple of days to ensure that their SIMs are […]
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Governor is too civil, democratic to do that – Akeju Campaign organisation for the Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship candidate in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, on Thursday, accused Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of using the state advertising agency to prevent the opposition candidate from erecting his billboard in the state. A statement by Olawale Rasheed, the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja called on parents and religious leaders to caution their youths against the recent spate of murder, kidnappings and sexual assault by rival cult groups in Ogun State. This was after he ordered the police and other law enforcement agencies to confront head-on, groups seeking to destroy peace and […]
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As Jonathan insists no nation can progress without unity, peace Presidential aspirant and former governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, on Thursday said the trouble with Nigeria since independence was a failure of leadership. He stated this while speaking at the formal inauguration of the National Executive Council of Nigeria Ethnic Nationalities Youth Leaders […]
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Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor; Nigeria Defence Academy Military gets approval to deploy Super Tucano, DSS, police comb forests N’Assembly threatens shutdown APC lawmakers demand NSA’s sacking Leaked memos reveal why FEC rejected Amaechi’s N3.7bn security proposal A combined team of soldiers, operatives of the Department of State Services and the police have […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari Low revenue accruing to state governments monthly from the Federation Account Allocation Committee is forcing the sub nationals to renew their calls for the removal of fuel subsidy. They are also introducing strategies to increase their Internally Generated Revenue. For instance, the Cross River State Government last week received only about 15 […]
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The board of directors of Punch Nigeria Limited has appointed Adeyeye Joseph as the newspaper group’s Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief. Joseph’s appointment will take effect from May 1, 2022. The newspaper’s current Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief, Ademola Osinubi, who forwarded a notice of retirement to the board in October 2020, will be retiring from the services of the company […]
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