Temi Adeboye, the wife to late Dare Adeboye has said her husband did not die. Temi on Monday said the late pastor slept and did not die. Speaking at the farewell service organized which was for the deceased, the mother of three said she weeps because he left her, but she is assured he will […]
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Action Group on Free Civic Space in Nigeria, an NGO has alleged that bodies of murdered victims by the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) operatives were sold to University Teaching Hospitals as cadavers for the teaching and practice of medicine in tertiary institutions. The organisation made the call when it presented its report on alleged […]
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Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has announced that the state will launch “last mile buses” next week to serve as alternatives to commercial motorcycles, popularly known as okada. Sanwo-Olu, who made the announcement during a stakeholders’ meeting on security in Lagos on Monday, said the state will roll out the buses in phases. […]
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Nigerian billionaire and real estate mogul, Olu Okeowo has kicked against the country’s break up. The real estate magnate warned against succession plans, stating that the South-West region will lose. Okeowo had made the remark while speaking at a church service organized in his home to mark his birthday, Daily Times reports. According to him, […]
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The federal government of Nigeria has extended the work-from-home directive for civil servants from Grade Level 12 and below until June 11, 2021. This is part of measures aimed at containing the spread of deadly strains of the deadly COVID-19 in the country. According to the Presidential Steering Committee On COVID-19, after the date in […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Sunday arrested no fewer than 52 suspected internet fraudsters aka ‘Yahoo boys’ in Benin. In a statement on Monday, Wilson Uwujaren, the Head of Media, revealed that the suspects were apprehended in different locations in the state capital after actionable intelligence. Those in custody are Wisdom Attah, […]
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Nigeria’s Federal Government has declared Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th of May as public holidays to mark this year’s Eidul-Fitr celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, while making the declaration on behalf of the federal government of Nigeria Monday in Abuja, congratulated the Muslim faithful on this occasion and called on all Nigerians, […]
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An office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia state has been set ablaze by hoodlums. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Barr. Festus Okoye, made this known in a statement issued Monday in Abuja. According to him, the Resident Electoral Commissioner for the […]
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The suspended managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman has reacted to new media reports that she solely awarded ports contract during her tenure. Her reaction was contained in a statement signed by Hadiza Bala Usman on Sunday, May 9, 2021. Usman described such reports as “irresponsible, mischievous and defamatory”. It could […]
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Some gunmen have reportedly abducted 40 Muslim worshippers, including women and children, from a mosque in Jibiya town of Katsina State. According to reports, the worshippers were kidnapped while observing Tahajud, a midnight prayer during Ramadan. The assailants were said to have struck around 2 am in the early hours of Monday, whisking away 47 […]
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