Four suspected kidnappers have been apprehended by the Octopus Strike Force Unit of the Rivers State Police Command. Among those caught were notorious kidnappers known as ‘Lover Boy’ and ‘2flexy’ who were suspected to be members of Deygbam and Sailors cult members respectively and two other members of the criminal gang, a vigilante member was […]
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Ahead of the 2023 poll, a coalition of civil societies of Nigeria (CCSN) says it was incumbent on the judiciary to be impartial to safeguard democratic rule in the country. The group led by Comrade Olayinka Dada at a press conference yesterday in Abuja expressed readiness to embark on zonal rallies starting next week aimed […]
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Nigerian Communications Commission’s Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has warned about potential harm of taking part in the ‘Invisible Challenge’ on short-form video hosting service, TikTok, saying it exposes devices to information-stealing malware. An advisory by the NCC-CSIRT said threat actors have taken advantage of the viral TikTok challenge to disseminate a malware known […]
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The Senate has threatened to cut down the budgetary allocation of over 100 if they fail to appear before the Auditor General for the Federation. Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, gave this warning on Wednesday while ruling on a point of order raised by the Chairman, of the Senate Public Accounts Committee, Senator Matthew Urhoghide. Urhoghide, […]
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Buhari and some of the governors A federal cabinet member’s recent accusations that state governors are primarily responsible for the excruciating poverty in the country and their push-back highlight the woeful incompetence of Nigeria’s leaders. Clement Agba, the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, rebuked the governors for neglecting the rural areas and […]
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The Director, Strategic Communications of the National Election Management Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Dele Momodu, Tuesday, chided the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, over what he called his less than impressive engagement with his audience at the Chatham House, United Kingdom, on Monday. Momodu said chieftains of the APC were […]
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A Cape Town pub drew a rebuke from the South African government and widespread condemnation on Tuesday after it allegedly barred a black man from entering without a white escort. The government urged police to probe “with speed” the “appalling” and “racist incident”, which it said saw 25-year-old Thabiso Danca denied entry at Hank’s Olde […]
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This picture taken on December 5, 2022 shows activists holding a protest against the new criminal code outside the parliament building in Jakarta. – Indonesia’s parliament approved on December 6 legislation that would outlaw pre-marital sex while making other sweeping changes to the criminal code — a move critics deemed as a setback to the […]
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Governor explains delay in payment of workers’ November salary Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke and the state House of Assembly, yesterday, agreed to put their differences in political parties aside for the transformation and development of the state. Adeleke, who paid a courtesy visit to the Assembly to seek the lawmakers’ support in moving […]
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The Body of Benchers (BOB) has cautioned the National Assembly against giving effect to its proposal to regulate the establishment of Law Schools in the country. BOB Chairman, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) said this while admitting 4711 new lawyers at the Call to Bar ceremony held in Abuja on Tuesday. He said: “May we plead […]
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