TROOPS of the special military taskforce, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), have arrested two suspected killers of Rev. Fr. Sylvester Okechukwu. This is contained in a statement issued by Maj. Samson Zhakom, the Media Officer of OPSH, on Wednesday in Jos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Okechukwu, a priest …
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U.S. Vice President JD Vance announced that he would accompany his wife, Usha Vance, on her planned visit to Greenland later this week. “There is so much excitement around Usha’s visit to Greenland this Friday that I decided I didn’t want her to have all that fun by herself, so …
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THE death toll from the wildfires sweeping through south-eastern South Korea has risen to at least 22, with authorities fearing the numbers could continue to climb. The official news agency Yonhap reported on Wednesday, that at least 18 people had died in the south-east of the country since Tuesday afternoon. …
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ActionAid has raised concerns over the ongoing crisis in the petroleum sector, sparked by Dangote Petroleum Refinery’s suspension of petroleum product sales in naira. Mr Andrew Mamedu, Country Director of ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) expressed this concern in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Mamedu criticised the suspension, stating that it …
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THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has rejected Governor Ademola Adeleke’s nomination of ex-Finance Commissioner, Wale Bolorunduro, as a Director of Osun State-owned bank, Living Trust Mortgage Bank. A report by The Nation recalled that Adeleke had appointed Boluwaduro who served under the administration of Rauf Aregbesola as the Director …
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THE Police on Tuesday, March 25, said they had arrested two suspected bombers in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. Speaking during a press briefing in Port Harcourt, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Olugbenga Adepoju, said the suspects were arrested with four dynamites and other explosive items. …
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CHIEF Asari Dokubo, who is the Da-Amakiri Tubo and Amanyanabo of the Elem Kalabari Kingdom, claimed that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, had prepared and was ready to submit a list of new Administrators for the Local Government Areas in Rivers State to the sole …
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DEPUTY Chief Whip of the Senate, Onyekachi Nwaebonyi, has expressed regret over his choice of words during a heated exchange with former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, at the Senate Ethics Committee hearing the petition of sexual harassment against Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, by Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Newsextra24 reports that …
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FORMER Vice President Atiku Abubakar has addressed his decision not to select the current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, as his running mate in the 2023 election, stating that he has no regrets about the decision. In a forthcoming interview for the television show Untold Stories with …
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THE Court of Appeal in Abuja has ordered that all actions related to the reinstatement of Muhammadu Sanusi II as the 16th Emir of Kano be put on hold until the Supreme Court hears the case. In a unanimous ruling delivered on Tuesday by a three-member panel presided over by Hon. …
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