A former Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Chief Patrick Adaba is dead. A close family source disclosed the news of his demise to our correspondent. According to the information, the former Deputy Governor died following a protracted illness. Adaba was born in 1946. After his secondary school, he gained admission …
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SUSPECTED bandits, identified as Lakurawa terrorists, have launched coordinated attacks on five villages in Arewa Local Government Area of Kebbi State, killing at least 10 people and injuring several others. Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert focused on the Lake Chad region, disclosed this on Monday in a post on his …
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Mark Carney has won the leadership of Canada’s ruling Liberal Party and will succeed Justin Trudeau as the country’s next prime minister, according to official results announced on Sunday. Carney, 59, secured a decisive victory with 86% of the vote, defeating former Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland in a contest that …
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A former Kaduna lawmaker, Sen. Shehu Sani, said he lost his senate re-election bid in 2019 because he opposed the former Gov. Nasir El-Rufai’s move to obtain a 340 million dollars foreign loan. Sani, who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the Eighth Senate, stated this in an interview with …
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SOUTH Africa has rejected a claim by billionaire Elon Musk that his Starlink satellite service is banned in the country due to his race. According to Reuters, the country’s telecoms regulator, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), confirmed that Starlink has not applied for an operating licence. Musk, who was born …
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PERSONNEL of the Nigerian Military have invaded the headquarters office of electricity distribution company Ikeja Electric in Lagos. The headquarters of Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) near Government House, Alausa-Secretariat, Ikeja, was invaded by armed men in military uniform at about 7:40 am on Thursday. As of the time of …
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PASTOR Korede Komaiya has disclosed how he and three others honoured Bishop David Oyedepo on his 70th birthday. According to him, Bishop Oyedepo requested that instead of celebrating with lavish gifts, the funds be donated to 70 widows, poor people, and those in need. However, Pastor Komaiya and three others …
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THE US Secret Service shot a man outside the White House early on Sunday after an “armed confrontation”, the service said in a statement. It had earlier received a tip-off from local police about a “suicidal individual who may be travelling to Washington DC from Indiana,” it said. Its officers …
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THE Police Command in Niger has arrested 11 suspects over alleged thuggery and breach of public peace at Chaichainiya area of Kaduna Road in Suleja. SP Wasiu Abiodun, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, said this in a statement made available to newsmen, on Sunday in Minna. Abiodun said that the …
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THE Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki, on Sunday called for an end to hostilities in South Sudan. Faki expressed concern over the escalating tensions and clashes in Nasir County, Upper-Nile State, including a lethal attack on a UN helicopter and violence in Western Equatoria and Western …
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