Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki has ordered an investigation into the disengagement letters issued to workers at the Ambrose Alli University (AAU) in Ekpoma. A statement issued on Tuesday by his special adviser on media, Crusoe Osagie disclaimed the letters. The Edo government stated that action would be taken swiftly on …
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The Gombe State Police Command has arrested a 38-year-old teacher for allegedly defiling four pupils. The young students – aged eight, nine, 12 and 14, respectively – are sisters from the same father. Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mahid Abubakar, in a statement on Tuesday, identified the suspect as Abubakar …
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President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to suspend the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele. The Director of Media and Publicity to Bola Tinubu, the President-elect, Bayo Onanuga, made the call over the continued naira scarcity. Onanuga said Emefiele should not be occupying the office of …
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has reacted to the report making the rounds that it has appointed a partisan politician to head its ICT department in Lagos ahead of the governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections on Saturday. Chief Olabode George, a former deputy national chairman of the …
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There were sighs of relief on Tuesday over the return of the old N500 and N1000 notes to markets in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, and some other parts of the country. The development was sequel to the directive issued on Monday by the Central Bank of Nigeria, asking Deposit Money Banks …
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The Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba has revealed that the force has recovered 182 sophisticated arms and 430 ammunition of various calibres in one month. Against this backdrop, the IGP has ordered continuous mop-up of illicit arms and ammunition ahead of Saturday’s governorship and State Assembly elections. The …
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A squatter settlement and makeshift market behind the Old Federal Secretariat, Area 1, Garki, were on Tuesday demolished on the order of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA for constituting security threat to residents in Abuja. The squatter settlement was occupied by petty traders who carried out micro-trading and petty …
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A total of 21 suspected internet fraudsters have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The suspects, arrested on Tuesday, include Joseph Boniface, Emmaneul Okwara, Elijah Iwebie, Moses Hassan, Abdulrahman Lawal, Azu Chidubem Eugene, Abdullahi Adebola and Elijah Simon. Others are Terfa Lincoln, David Kome, Chukwudah Martinez, …
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has renewed calls on political parties to consider Saturday’s Governorship and States Houses of Assembly election as a contest and not a war. Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the INEC Chairman said this at an Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) meeting on Tuesday in …
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Residents of Ilorin, Kwara State capital on Tuesday reacted variously to the Monday directive of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) asking commercial banks to receive and dispense the old N200, 500 and N1,000 notes. While the majority of the residents described the directive as a good development, others said …
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