Rising from its June Congress held at the Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi NUJ Press Centre in Enugu, the Enugu State NUJ has slammed the Police over harassment of its members in the due discharge of their duties. In a communique issued by the union’s newly elected Secretary, Dame Ifeoma Amuta, the NUJ …
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Governor Dr Alex Otti has issued a directive for the immediate suspension of the Head of Service (HoS) and all Permanent Secretaries in the State civil service, according to a late-night press release on Thursday. The decision comes following the inauguration of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the recovery …
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Following alleged rape, a 16-year-old girl, Olayemi Agbeloba, has committed suicide after her boss’ husband, identified as Ajibode, allegedly raped her at their residence in Eruwa, in Ibarapa Local Government Area of Oyo State. After committing the crime, Ajibode, who is a welder, was said to have threatened to kill …
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A famous psychiatrist in Nigeria and a pioneer Professor of Neuro Surgeon in Bauchi state, Professor Abdu Ibrahim, is dead. He died on Thursday at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH) after a protracted illness which had to do with old age. The burial prayers was held at …
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A former governorship candidate in Ondo State, Mr. Olusola Oke, said, yesterday, that Governor Rotimi Akeredolu is ‘rapidly responding’ to treatment, adding that those circulating rumours about the alleged death of the governor are ‘wicked and ungodly’. Over the past few months, there have been speculations regarding the health status …
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The Management of Lekki Deep Sea Port has announced the arrival of CMA CGM RIMBAUD, the first transshipment vessel to call at the container terminal of Lekki Deep Sea Port. The Managing Director, Lekki Port, Du Ruogang, said this in a statement made available to newsmen in Lagos on Thursday. …
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The Ondo State Police Command paraded three suspects who were involved in the killing of Naval Sub-Lieutenant Samuel Ayomide Akingbohunmi. The suspects confessed to using an iron rod to hit the naval officer in his testicles and head during an altercation. The suspects were identified as Johnson Adeleke (20), …
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No fewer than 11 persons lost their lives in a ghastly road accident involving a truck and 18 seater Toyota Hiace bus on the Benin-Lagos Expressway on Thursday while eight others sustained various degrees of injuries. Tribune Online gathered that the accident occured at about at 11:00 am around Ovia …
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Former Acting Governor and one-time Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, His Excellency Rt. Hon Nestor Binabo, has passed away. Binabo died in the early hours of Thursday at an undisclosed hospital in Abuja. Confirming his death in a WhatsApp post, one of his sons, Mr Binabo …
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It was Senator Godswill Akpabio’s first visit to his home state: Akwa Ibom State after he was elected the President of the Senate. As recalled by the Senator, people last saw him as a Senator-elect but on June 24, he returned to Akwa Ibom State as the President of the …
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