The Police Command in Kano state has arrested a 15-year-old housewife, Hassana Lawan, of Bechi Village, in Kumbotso Local Government Area (LGA) of the state for allegedly poisoning her 33-year-old husband, Sale Abubakar. The Command’s Public Relations’ Officer (PPRO), DSP Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued to newsmen in Kano on Tuesday. […]
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Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has told the election petition tribunal that the result from the server of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) shows he defeated President Muhammadu Buhari in the presidential election. In his submission to the presidential election tribunal, he gave the […]
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An Abuja High Court has ordered the issuance of a production warrant on the Department of State Services (DSS) to compel it to produce detained former National Security Adviser (NSA), Mohammed Dasuki on the next adjourned date. Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf gave the order in a ruling on Tuesday at the resumed hearing in the trial […]
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The death toll has risen to 15 following the collapse of two buildings in a part of Rio de Janeiro controlled by criminal gangs last week, broadcaster Globo reported on Tuesday. Rescuers found the latest four bodies overnight and on Tuesday morning, according to media reports. The residential buildings, which had been constructed without the […]
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says his regime planned to build five export-oriented refineries Petroleum minister explains why subsidy can’t be removed now, dismisses fear of looming fuel scarcity Former Military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, on Monday expressed hope that the modular refinery scheme would solve the problems rocking the Nigerian oil industry. He spoke at the second […]
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• I stand with party’s choice, Shettima affirms• Beware sabotage, Borno elders warn president• Coalition tasks Oshiomhole, APC on Onyejeocha, Tinubu Barely 55 days to the election of the next Senate President, the cloud of uncertainty over President Muhammadu Buhari’s choice remains dense.While the president has kept silent on his preferred candidate, the top contenders, […]
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Stun guns, demobilisers coming Acting Inspector General of Police (IG) Mohammed Adamu on Monday said the police would ban the use of firearms during patrols to stem incessant shootings of Nigerians by operatives. He stated this during a visit in Lagos where he also warned that any cop who engages in indiscriminate use of firearms […]
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People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to tender his West African Examination Certificate (WAEC) to the presidential election petitions tribunal. It said if truly the President had the WAEC as he claimed, he should tender it before the tribunal, instead of allowing his campaign spokesperson, Festus Keyamo, to “insult” the sensibility of […]
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The Lagos State House of Assembly has recommended a fine of N250,000 or six-month imprisonment for any individual who obstructs members of the Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Corps from carrying out their duties. This followed the adoption of the report of its Committee on Information, Security and Strategy as presented by its chairman, Mrs. Adefunmilayo […]
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Can we track the growing menace of the billions of tons of plastic used and discarded every year? It is estimated that one million plastic bottles are sold around the world every minute and yet there is no drastic plan to combat this vast plastic waste explosion. According to the State of Plastics report, only […]
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