A middle-aged man, identified simply as Ezekiel, was electrocuted while trying to steal a high-tension wire in the Utako area of the Federal Capital Territory. The incident occurred on Saturday night. A commercial driver, who asked to be identified only as Hassan, told our correspondent on Sunday that Ezekiel sustained severe burns from the incident. […]
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NIGERIA – The inspector-general of police (IGP), Usman Baba, has ordered the deployment of armed personnel to safeguard stations along the Abuja-Kaduna rail services. The force spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Sunday, said the operatives would be drawn from the police mobile force, K-9, force intelligence bureau, explosive ordinance unit and railway police […]
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Presidential candidates from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) and Labour Party (LP) were locked in a debate on Sunday during the Arise TV presidential town hall series on ‘Education, healthcare, poverty and human capital.’ The presidential candidates, Atiku Abubakar (PDP), Peter Obi (LP), and Rabiu Kwankwaso (NNPP), have proffered their respective solutions […]
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The All Progressives Congress Presidential (APC) Campaign Council has debunked the rumour that its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, postponed the United States trip scheduled to start this month because he was denied a visa. It was reported that Tinubu would travel to key western capitals from December 4 and was expected to return to Nigeria […]
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The Katsina State Command of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on Sunday confirmed the rescue of six victims earlier abducted by terrorists on Saturday night in Funtua Local Government Area of the state. The six victims were part of the 19 worshippers abducted by terrorists around 7.40 pm on Saturday from a mosque at Maigamji […]
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Nigeria free trade zones attracted over 46.6 billion dollar investments into the nation’s economy. The Managing Director, Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), Prof. Adesoji Adesugba and his counterpart from the Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority (OGFZA), Sen. Tijjani Kaura said this at the 30th anniversary of free trade zones scheme in Nigeria on […]
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Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party (nPDP), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, says the Nigerian Judiciary (NJC) appears successfully coasted over and may be gradually being submerged in the murky waters of politics. Speaking on the heels of the unhealthy rapport and irking […]
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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted 400grams of cocaine hidden in items such as footwear, baby toys, and bottles of body cream. The NDLEA announced the development on Sunday in a statement by Femi Babafemi, spokesman of the agency. The arrests were said to have been carried out in separate […]
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After several months of legal tussle between Zenith Bank Plc v Real Integrated & Hospitality Limited and State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) Gombe State, a three-man panel in the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos led by Justice Muhammed Sirajo in Appeal No:CA/LAG/CV/262/2022 – have unanimously upturned the Lagos State High Court judgment of […]
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The wife of NSCDC Spymaster has been kidnapped in her home in Lafia. Mrs Victoria Apollos Dandaura, is wife to the Head of the Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad (CG’SSIS). The incident happened at his residence in Gidi-Gidi, around Cattle market, Lafia, Nasarawa State on Wednesday, 2nd November, 2022 at about 7pm in the evening. […]
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