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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Ruthless England defeated Senegal 3-0 to set up a quarter-final with defending champions France at the Qatar World Cup. Senegal had started the game well and had the better of the first 30 minutes, creating a couple of good opportunities and limiting England to very little in attack. In the 31st minute Senegal had a […]
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France beat Poland 3-1 to keep their dreams of winning back-to-back World Cups alive. It was a game that saw two players reach historic milestones. Olivier Giroud became France’s outright all-time top scorer and Kylian Mbappe scored two brilliant goals before Poland got a consolation goal from a Robert Lewandowski penalty in the final minute. […]
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Bloom Buddy, Africa’s first autism tele-consultation service was joined by NBC Coca- Cola, I-Fitness, Pediatric Partners Hospital, Lakeshore Cancer Center, MyCover.ai, and other notable institutions to explore new health strategies for Nigerians. Bloom Buddy held the first-ever Well Health Conference in Lagos, to a full capacity audience. It showcased a panel of health and wellness […]
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Iranian government has bowed to public pressure by abolishing the controversial morality police units after more than two months of protests. Recall that the country witnessed its biggest uprising in decades after the death of Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish woman from the north-western city of Saqez, who was said to have been arrested by the […]
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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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