The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested a 60-year-old Ifa chief priestess and her two sons in connection with some kidnap cases in the state. The spokesman for the command, CSP Chike Oti, made the development known in a statement in Lagos on Sunday. Oti said that the suspects were arrested on Saturday at […]
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Speaking in Onitsha, Anambra state on Sunday, Chris Ngige, minister of labour, says Nigerians should be clapping for President Muhammadu Buhari on daily basis, as nobody could have performed better. The minister said the situation of the country could have been worse if Buhari had not been elected in 2015. He said the All Progressives Congress […]
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Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, says contrary to claims by Kayode Fayemi, governor-elect of the state, the debt of Ekiti is pegged at N59.5 billion. Reacting to a report by the Debt Management Office (DMO) that the debt profile of the state had risen from N18 billion when Fayemi left office in 2014 to […]
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Alibaba co-founder and chairman Jack Ma plans to retire from the Chinese e-commerce giant on Monday to devote his time to philanthropy focused on education. Ma was an English teacher before starting Alibaba in 1999 and built it into a multibillion-dollar internet colossus, becoming one of the world’s richest men and a revered figure in […]
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The immediate past Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, has blamed the excessive overlapping and unhealthy inter-rivalry among security agencies for their inability to combat crimes and criminality in the country. Arase made the assertion while delivering a lecture on the topic: “Strategic Partnership for National Security: Extending the Frontiers of Private Sector Participation Model,” […]
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The Nigerian Air Force has carried attacks and destroyed facilities and equipment belonging to Boko Haram fighters. The Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE successfully hit the facilities and equipment at Alafa Yagayaga in Sambisa Forest as well as ammunition depot in Kusuma on the fringes of Lake Chad, Borno. Air Commodore Ibikunle […]
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The police in Anambra on Friday declared as high mischief, the reported shooting of David Elijah, the pastor in charge of Grace and Power Prophetic Ministry in Awka. The Anambra Command in a statement signed by DCP Chris Owolabi, wondered why the pastor refused to report the incident to the police station closest to the […]
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Serena Williams made it a walk-in-the-park affair on Thursday night, trouncing Latvian Anastasija Sevastova in two straight sets to book her deserved place in the US Open final. In just a little over one hour, the 23 Grand slam winner saw off her opponent, 6-3 6-0 to contend for the trophy she last won in […]
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The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has given the military 24 hours ultimatum to vacate the premises of an oil and gas firm to avert a nationwide strike. At a media briefing in Lagos on Thursday, NUPENG President, Mr Williams Akporeha, called on the Chief of Army Staff to withdraw soldiers […]
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President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, said the major thrust of his presidential aspiration was to unite the nation and set it on the path of sustainable economic growth. Saraki made this known while addressing Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders and members in Enugu on Thursday on his ambition to be the Presidential candidate […]
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