GABON’S ousted president Ali Bongo Ondimba has been released from house arrest and flown to Angola with his wife and son, following months of detention after his removal in an August 2023 coup. The move was confirmed by the Angolan presidency on Friday. ‘The Bongo family has been released and has just …
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GHANA’S government has unveiled plans to acquire 200,000 hectares of land by the end of the year to revive cocoa production, after output plunged to its lowest level in over two decades. The announcement was made on Friday by Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson. The land acquisition aims to support smallholder cocoa …
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THE Nigerian Navy says it has intercepted a wooden boat laden with 90,000 litres of stolen crude oil at the Araromi riverine community in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State. Newsextra24 reports that the operation was executed by personnel of the Forward Operating Base (FOB), Igbokoda, following credible intelligence …
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THE Ogun II Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service says it has generated over N15billion revenue between January and April. Customs Area Controller, Mr Bisi Alade disclosed this at a news conference in Abeokuta on Friday. Alade noted that the command’s collective efforts and dedication to duty had yielded remarkable …
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THE Niger Police Command says it has detained two persons caught for allegedly dealing in illicit drugs in Kontagora area of the state. The command’s Spokesman, SP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement issued in Minna on Friday. The statement partly reads: “On May 12, at about 10pm, …
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THE Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), in collaboration with the Lagos State Government and security agencies, began a three-day clean-up and sensitisation exercise at Lagos port corridors. NPA Managing Director, Dr Abubakar Dantsoho, announced the initiative on Friday during the launch of the operation, tagged ‘NPA Security Clearance Operations 2025’. He …
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A 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidate committed suicide on account of her low score. The Lagos candidate, now identified as Faith Opesusi, was said to have scored 146 out of 400 points. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) released the results for its 2025 UTME on May …
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NIGERIAN monarch, Joseph Oloyede, has been ordered to forfeit millions of dollars in cash and high-value property to the United States government following his conviction on several fraud-related charges in $4.2 million COVID-19 relief scam. A report by Peoples Gazette sighted and cited legal filings in respect of the matter. …
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GROUP, friends and family members of Friday Audu, an Abuja-based businessman being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes and Commission (EFCC) have accused the commission of mounting a campaign of calumny through the deployment of falsehoods and prejudcial actions to compromise his trial. They particularly accused the commission of …
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A new industry has mushroomed in the last few weeks in Nigeria. Let us, for want of a better phrase, call it “Pay As You Go” media market in which a litigant loses in court and the next thing, they pay hack writers, “TV pocket lawyers” and online hustlers to …
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