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The Police Service Commission (PSC) has is pushing for the immediate dismissal and prosecution of disgraced Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari.Recall that the former commander of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) was suspended from office on August 1, 2021, following his indictment by the FBI for allegedly conniving with internet fraudster Ramon Abbas,…
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The leader of the Islamic State (IS) group has been k!lled in an overnight US special forces raid in north-west Syria, President Joe Biden has announced.. Qurayshi detonated a bomb that k!lled himself and members of his own family “in a final act of desperate cowardice”, the president said. The operation by US special forces…
• Muslim stakeholders demand probe of violence at school Christian Association of Nigeria( CAN) in Kwara State yesterday insisted that it will not allow the use of hijab in grant-aided mission schools in the state. It blamed some suspected Muslim fundamentalists for the Thursday bloody violence at Oyun Baptist High School. Addressing reporters in Oyun…
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is set to embark on an indefinite strike action due to the failure of the Federal Government to implement the existing agreements with the body. In a statement signed by the ASUU Chairman, University of Jos (UNIJOS) chapter, Lazarus Maigoro, the body said that the decision is intended…
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The executive governor of Kwara state, his Excellency, AbdulRazaq AbdulRahman has called on contractors in the state to rev up the pace of execution of their road contracts. This call came from the background of a massive road construction works that has began in the state. Meanwhile, In an effort to continuously prioritise public assets…
The Rivers State Executive Council has approved access to N15 billion facility from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Infrastructure Fund, to accelerate the completion of three critical projects. According to a statement signed by Kelvin Ebiri, Special Assistant on Media, to Governor Nyesom Wike, the three major projects are the -Okoloma Road; Chokocho-Igbodo Road…
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A Nigerian student, Clement Ehinomen, has narrated how some police officers at gunpoint extorted over ₦1 million from him last Saturday in Benin City, the Edo State capital. Ehinomen, 24, narrated to Nigerian online newspaper, Premium Times, how about four armed police officers inside an unmarked bus used their vehicle to block his car –…
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A first-class traditional ruler in Kogi State, His Royal Majesty, Oba Adebayo Joseph Ikusemoro, the Olubunu of Bunu land and Chairman Bunu Traditional Council, has decried the move by some of his children to defraud the general public using his name and letterhead. Oba Ikusemoro, who disclosed this in a statement sent on Tuesday through…
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The crises rocking the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in Gombe State took a new dimension on Wednesday night with the resignation of a former Commissioner for health, Dr. Ahmed Gana; the Special Adviser to the Governor on Social Investment, Mrs. Dijjatu Bappa and a party stalwart, Dr. Jamil Isyaka Gwamna. The resignation of Bappa…
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ABUJA – Barely 72 hours after his 2023 presidential campaign posters flooded major streets of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a 17-count criminal charge against a former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha. Okorocha was the governor of Imo State from 2011 to 2019. He is…
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