The Nigerian Navy Ship BEECROFT, Monday, rescued 10 crew members from a fishing trawler christened OLOKUN XII which capsized within the Lagos channel in the early hours of the morning. The fishing trawler was being towed by its sister trawler OLOKUN IV within the Lagos channel when the vessel collided …
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Sonia, the daughter of Nigerian lawmaker, Ike Ekweremadu, has appeared in court over the allegation of trafficking a homeless man into the United Kingdom to harvest his organs for herself. According to the Daily Mail, Sonia was accused alongside her father Ekweremadu, 60, her mother Beatrice Ekweremadu, 56, and 50-year-old doctor …
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THREE victims are receiving medical attention in an undisclosed hospital after suspected political thugs swooped on a team of supporters of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers state. The victims including Udochukwu Nwakpala who was allegedly shot and Nnamdi Nwogu, Coordinator of the PDP …
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There was tension in Enugu as unknown gunmen attacked two personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC. The incident happened on Sunday night at the WTC housing estate, Ogui New layout area of the Coal City. It was reliably learnt that the Civil Defence officials were stationed …
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The Nigeria Immigration Service NIS has dismissed eight of its personnel and sanctioned 18 others for various offences ranging from indiscipline to employment racketeering and other forms of corrupt practices. In addition, about 100 of officers and men hitherto attached to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos have …
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Award-winning Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Adichie, said on Friday that she never expected she would become a feminist advocate. Adichie, the keynote speaker at the 21st WIMBIZ Annual Conference, said feminism was never in her plans, adding that her motivation purely emanated from how women were oppressed in the society. …
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Gombe State Executive Council on Wednesday ratified the decision to ban cattle movement from other states into its territory. The Exco meeting which was presided by Governor Muhammadu Yahaya, also outlawed movement of cattle from one Local Government Area to the other from October 2022 to January 2023. Briefing the …
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Firemen in Osun State have decried the poor state of the roads leading to Alekuwodo in Osogbo, where fire razed two buildings and destroyed properties worth millions of naira on Thursday. The affected buildings; a single-storey and a multi-storey, located beside each other, housed interior decoration and furniture materials, were …
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• El-Rufai commiserates with families Two farmers were reported to have been killed in a landmine explosion at Zango in the Kabrasha general area of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Thursday. The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who made this known through …
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Flights operation was totally disrupted, yesterday, with passengers stranded, as airlines struggled to manage daily scheduled operations at the Murtala Muhammed Airport II, MMA2, terminal, Lagos. The Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, ATSSSAN, had barricaded MMA2, following the operators of the airport, Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, BASL’s …
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