A heatwave in Quebec has killed at least 17 people in the past week as high summer temperatures scorched eastern Canada, health officials said on Wednesday. Twelve of the dead were reported in the eastern province’s capital Montreal, said regional public health director Mylene Drouin. The Tribune newspaper said five of the deaths occurred in […]
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Josephine Iyamu, a Nigerian nurse in the UK, has been jailed for 14 years for human trafficking. Iyamu, 53, was said to have used a witch doctor to convince her victims that had taken an oath of allegiance while she extorted them. Reports revealed that she charged each of them about N13.5 million to arrange […]
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A policeman in Abuja, has allegedly killed Linda Igwetu, a corps member serving in the federal capital territory. The police officer was said to have shot the corps member dead while she was on her way home with friends, at about 3am on Wednesday. A Twitter user by the name Enyi Di Ya said the […]
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Investigations have revealed that the 2017/2018 academic session deployment of Amnesty Beneficiaries to Nigerian universities was clouded with massive fraud and irregularities. Sources from the Amnesty Office confirmed that the new Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Prof Quaker Dokubo, on assumption of office set up various committees to look into the current position […]
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Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, the Chief of Staff to Senate President Bukola Saraki, on Monday dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC), over what he described as the gross under performance of the party. He described his decision to leave APC as a difficult one. He said he took the decision after due consultation with members of his […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted prospects of thunderstorms and rains over the central states such as Abuja, Minna, Lafia, Bauchi, Gombe, Jos, Yola and Mambila Plateau axis on Monday morning. NiMet’s Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office in Abuja on Sunday also predicted day and night temperatures in the range of 29 […]
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The proposed visit of President of France, Mr. Emmanuel Macron, has forced the Lagos State Government to effect traffic diversion and restriction of movement. The alteration is from noon to 12 midnight on July 3, around Alausa, African Shrine and Agidingbi axis in Ikeja. The state government will receive the visitor, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry […]
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The Lagos State Government has restricted movement of Fuel Tankers to designated trailer route. This is coming following the tragic tanker explosion on Otedola Bridge inward Ojodu Berger along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway which claimed lives and property. The state government also said it was now mandatory for all articulated trucks coming into Lagos to obtain the […]
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Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, says the federal government will review the newly introduced 500 percent excise duty on alcoholic beverages. Samuel Olowokere, director of press, ministry of labour and employment, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. The minister was quoted to have made the comment when members of […]
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13 Niger Delta militants groups have called for the sack of Apochi Suleiman, commander of the joint task force (JFT), over his alleged involvement in oil bunkering. In a statement signed by the 13 militant groups on Thursday, the coalition said it had investigated allegations against the current leadership of the JTF and found it […]
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