A Magistrates Court sitting in Minna, Niger State, has sentenced a 40-year-old man identified as Sani Muhammadu of Unguwan-Sarkin Ruwa Bangi area of Katcha in Katcha LGA to seven years imprisonment for defiling a two-year-old girl. Fatima Kabir, the Magistrate, handed the sentence without the option of a fine after …
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The Ogun State Government has refuted the report being circulated on some social media platforms, claiming that the state governor, Dapo Abiodun, has dissolved the State Executive Council. An online news medium, The Encounter, had reported that the governor had dissolved his cabinet. But in a statement issued and signed …
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Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu, has cancelled the annual colloquium to mark his birthday this year. Instead, Tinubu who turns 71 years on Wednesday, opted for special prayers and a thanksgiving service. The former Lagos Governor usually marks his birthday celebrations with a colloquium. In a statement on Monday, a media …
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The Naira depreciated against the dollar, exchanging N461.50 at the investors’ and exporters’ window on Monday. The rate represented a decrease of 0.04 per cent when compared to the N461.33 for which it exchanged to the dollar before the close of business on March 24. The open indicative rate closed …
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President Muhammadu Buhari is set to flag-off the Third Oil field in Northern Nigeria on Wednesday. Newsextra24 reports that this was contained in a public announcement on Monday by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority. The oil field is located in …
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Amotekun Corps in Osun State has said it arrested two underage boys who allegedly broke into a shop in Osogbo and stole food items and some money. Retired Brig.-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi, Osun State Amotekun Commander, made this known to newsmen on Tuesday. Adewinmbi said the boys, who are 13 and …
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Nigerian singers, Wizkid and Tems have been named the joint winners of the newly created Afrobeats Artist of the Year category at the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards. The ‘Essence’ crooners beat their compatriots Burna Boy, CKay, and Fireboy to clinch the award. Tems also snagged a second award of the …
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A top lawmaker at the Imo State House of Assembly, Arthur Egwim, is dead. The lawmaker died on Monday, days after he underwent surgery in Lagos. Egwim, who was first elected into office in 2015 on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, represents Ideato North Constituency at the …
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The Plateau State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP has called for the arrest and prosecution of some Ad-hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC who disappeared from their duty posts with sensitive and non-sensitive electoral materials on the 18th March 2023 when the election was ongoing. …
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Incumbent Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Fintiri has said the governorship election in the state was “free and fair” but marred by “overvoting”. Speaking on Sunday in an interview with Channels Television, Fintiri criticised those who spread “fake news” about the conduct of the March 18 elections. The Adamawa governor …
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