A California farm worker died on Friday from injuries sustained a day earlier when U.S. immigration agents raided a cannabis operation and arrested hundreds of workers, according to a farm worker advocacy group. Separately, a federal judge in California ordered the Trump administration to temporarily halt some of its most …
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Senator representing Edo north, Adams Oshiomhole has called on Monday Okpebholo, governor of Edo, to investigate Godwin Obaseki, immediate past governor of the state. Oshiomhole, also a former governor of the state and Obaseki’s predecessor, made the call on Thursday at an event to celebrate the supreme court judgement affirming …
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Suspended Kogi lawmaker, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has petitioned the Senate to comply with a recent Federal High Court judgement declaring her six-month suspension “excessive and overreaching.” The court, in a ruling delivered on July 4, urged the red chamber to consider reinstating the senator, stating that the suspension violated both …
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THE National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says it will provide 200 units of houses for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Kebbi, as part of its efforts to cushion the impact of displacement on them. The Director-General, NEMA, Hajiya Zubaida Umar, disclosed this at the flag-off of distribution of emergency relief …
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A former Governor of Adamawa State, retired Rear Adm. Murtala Nyako, has opted for an out of court settlement in a N29 billion alleged fraud. Nyako was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in 2015. When the matter was called on Friday ,the prosecuting counsel, Mr Rotimi …
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Ibom Air is targeting N150 billion profit for the year 2025, up from N96 billion profit it generated in 2024. The Chief Executive Officer of the airline, Mr George Uriesi, made this known at the Ibom Air Travel Agents Forum on Friday in Lagos. According to Uriesi, of the N96 …
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Vice-President Kashim Shettima will on Saturday depart Abuja for the city of Sao Tome, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe. Mr Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the Vice-President, made this known in a statement on Friday …
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The Police Command in Gombe State on Friday said it has successfully rescued two kidnapped victims after spending 16 days in captivity. The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Buhari Abdullahi, who stated this in a press statement, said that the rescue was carried out by operatives of the Kwadon Police Division following …
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A Benin High Court on Friday remanded a 38-year-old pastor, Simeon Okehielem, in a correctional centre for allegedly raping a married woman, Mrs Isoken Aigbedo. Pastor Okehielem, known as Ebube Wonder of Ebube Wonders Synagogue Prayers Ministry, also called Healing and Deliverance Mountain, faces a two-count charge of rape and …
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The Troops of 37 Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Demonstration Battalion have arrested three suspected gunrunners in Kaduna on Thursday. Lt.-Col. Umar Shuaib, the acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 1 Division Nigerian Army stated in a statement issued on Friday in Kaduna. Shuaib said, “Acting on credible intelligence while on …
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