Three men, Loto Temitayo aged 34, Olabode Omoboye aged 54 and Ogunbamila Erioluwa aged 52, have been arraigned before an Akure Chief Magistrate Court for allegedly kidnapping three minors for the purpose of using them for money rituals. They were arraigned on three count charges of conspiracy, abduction, and deprivation of liberty, misdemeanors and others. […]
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A cross-section of NIMC applicants in Rivers State Staff of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) have suspended the industrial action which they embarked upon on Thursday over the fear of COVID-19 spread in the agency. It was gathered that the staff decided to suspend the strike after a meeting with the Federal Government, where […]
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The failure of the police to produce Sahara Reporters’ publisher, Omoyele Sowore and four others in court on Friday stalled the scheduled ruling on their bail application. Magistrate Mabel Segun-Bello of the Magistrates’ Court, Wuse Zone 2, Abuja had, on January 6, 2021, scheduled ruling for Friday after entertaining arguments on the bail application filed […]
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Vaccines produced by the US and UK will be banned from entering Iran, its supreme leader has said, even though his country has suffered the worst virus outbreak in the Middle East. “Imports of US and British vaccines into the country are forbidden … They’re completely untrustworthy,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a live televised […]
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Lagos State Governor and Visitor to Lagos State University, LASU, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has cancelled the ongoing process set up for the appointment of a substantive ninth Vice Chancellor of the University. He further directed that a fresh process that would terminate in 45 days should commence immediately. According to a statement by his Chief […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have lessons to learn on how the democratic institutions in the United States checkmated alleged attempts to truncate democracy in that country. The party said the triumph of the democratic institutions in the US, over alleged plans […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari, Friday, gave timeline to round off the war against Boko Haram and bandits. He said the counter insurgency war will be finished this year, 2021. He called for prayers for the Armed Forces of Nigeria to enable them end what they are doing. The President, who spoke during the Juma’at Prayer for […]
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By Banji Ayoola Students of the Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, Ondo State, OASUSTECH, have been directed to resume for academic activities in continuation of the 2019/2020 academic session on Monday January 18, 2021. This was contained in the revised 2019/2020 Academic Calendar, which was signed by the institution’s Registrar, Mr G.O. Saliu, circulated appropriately […]
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Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari said on Friday that security forces have rescued 103 kidnap victims. He made this known while addressing some of the rescued victims at the Government House, Katsina. His words: “This is in continuation of the exercise that started with the recovery of the 344 students of Government Science Secondary School, […]
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Staff of the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, in Akure the Ondo State capital on Friday joined the indefinite nationwide strike embarked on on Thursday by their colleagues. The commission’s staff had on Thursday gone on an indefinite nationwide strike against alleged poor working conditions amid COVID-19 pandemic challenges. Indeed, people who were at the […]
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