Days after a mining pit collapsed in a village in the Shiroro local government area of Niger State, killing at least 20 people and trapping other miners, another pit crashed, killing three people at Bazakwoi, a village in the Adnun community of the state. One person was pulled out alive …
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Anxiety mounts over the killing of four and the abduction of nine other fishermen from the Ibbi local government of Taraba State at Osama village in the Ogbolu local government area of Anambra State by persons suspected to be members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The nine …
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A Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has ordered the parties involved in the ongoing House of Assembly crisis in the state to maintain the status quo. The Court of Appeal gave the order in a suit marked CA/PH/198/2024 instituted by Hon. Martin Amaewhule and 24 others …
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has warned the public against investing in the meme coin allegedly linked to the popular Nigerian singer, David Adedeji Adeleke, popularly known as Davido. This was contained in a statement posted on the commission’s website on Friday. The SEC warned that anyone who patronises the …
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THE Ogun State Police Command has launched a search operation to recover the body of Francis Danjuma, the 32-year-old son of a police officer, who allegedly drowned in the Ogun River. Danjuma, who resided in the Isheri Olofin community, was said to have left his house around 2:00 p.m. on …
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President Bola Tinubu will, on Friday, depart Abuja, the nation’s capital, for Lagos State ahead of Eid-el-Kabir. President Tinubu will observe Eid-el-Kabir in Lagos State, where he will also spend the Sallah holidays. A statement by the presidential spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, said: “The President will mark the occasion in …
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A police officer, along with two suspected armed robbers, was reportedly killed as security operatives comprising police, and the military foiled a deadly bank robbery attack in Abuja. The marauding gunmen had, on Thursday evening, attempted to rob a commercial bank, First Bank, with explosive devices in Abaji, a suburb …
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THE federal government has declared Monday, June 17, and Tuesday, June 18, as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-ul-Adha (Sallah) celebration. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the announcement on Friday, June 14, on behalf of the federal government. Tunji-Ojo congratulated all Muslim Ummahs, both at home and …
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The APC in Edo state has denied insinuations that its governorship candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, does not have the capacity to rule the state as Governor, saying that some politicians were merely hiding under such dubious claims to negotiate their selfish interests in opposition parties. While making references to the …
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A Federal High Court sitting in Kano, on Friday, June 14, 2024, ordered the Kano State Government to pay N10 million in damages to the deposed Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado-Bayero, for breaching his fundamental human rights. Ado-Bayero, through his counsel M L Yusufari (SAN), filed a motion exparte dated …
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