Month: March 2021
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Renowned Islamic Cleric Sheikh AL-Sudais Speaks On Taking COVID-19 Vaccine During Ramadan
The General President for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque, His Excellency, Sheikh Professor Dr. Abdul-Rahman bin Abdulaziz Al-Sudais gave a lesson from the book of fasting in the chapter (Explaining Judicial Rulings for Fasting. During the lesson, His Excellency talked about rulings for fasting during the day in Ramadan, including…
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SECRET PLANS FOR CAPE VERDE TO CHANGE ITS NAME By Stella Olayemi
By Stella Olayemi IF Ulisses Correa wins election he has pledged to change the name of the micro-nation to the voice of America. How does a country hardly anyone has heard of, which is best known for the transit point for cocaine from South America and a population of barely 600,000 defy the wishes of…
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Commercial Bus Driver Flees After Hacking LASTMA Officer To Death in Lagos
Illustrative Picture: LASTMA Officer Attacked
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Twin Brothers Sentenced To Prison Over Internet Fraud In Ilorin
Twin brothers, Taiye and Kehinde Adebayo have been sentenced to prison after being convicted over offences bordering on internet fraud. The twin brothers who were prosecuted by the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, were arraigned on a seven count charge to which they pleaded guilty. The charge against Taiye read…
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Appeal Court Dismisses Certificate Forgery Suit Against Obaseki
An Appeal Court, Thursday, dismissed the certificate forgery case the All Progressives Congress, APC, and one its members, Mr Williams Edobor, brought against Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State. In a unanimous decision, a three-man penal of justices of the court led by Justice Stephen Adah, held that the appeal the APC and Edobor filed…
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Nigerian Navy Releases List of Successful Candidates
The Nigerian Navy, NN, has released the list of successful candidates for the Direct Short Service Commission, DSSC, Course 28. The Director of Information, Naval Headquarters, Commodore Suleman Dahun, announced this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. It said candidates who attended the Selection Board interview in Lagos from Dec. 16, 2020 to Jan.…
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Wakili: 3 OPC Members Remanded In Oyo Prison
Three members of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) have been remanded in a correctional centre for alleged arson and murder while effecting the arrest of alleged Ibarapa kidnap kingpin, Iskilu Wakili. The OPC members identified as Awodele Adedigba, 45; Dauda Kazeem , 38, and Hassan Ramon, 33. were arraigned on three counts of conspiracy, murder…
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Former JAMB Registrar, Dibu Ojerinde in ICPC Net Over Alleged N900 million Fraud
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested a former Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Dibu Ojerinde, for allegedly misappropriating N900 million. Ojerinde, who was arrested on 15th March, 2021 in Abuja by operatives of ICPC, is alleged to have committed multiple…
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Leading Opposition Party Berates Cape Verdean government for mishandling Alex Saab’s case
The leading opposition party in Cape Verde, Independence Party of Cape Verde(PAICV) has berated the Jorge Carlos Fonseca led government for mishandling a case involving Venezuelan Diplomat, Alex Saab who has been arrested since June, 2020. PAICV in a statement issued by its Secretary General, Julião Varela, on Wednesday said, the approach of the…
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ASUU-AAUA To Embark On Strike Over Four Months Salary Arrears
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ambrose Alli University, AAUA Ekpoma chapter, yesterday, said it would embark on strike on Thursday over four months salary arrears being owed them by the state government. Rising from a meeting on Monday March, 15, the lecturers however said that they will not disrupt the ongoing examination by…