Month: August 2021
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Palestinian President Meets Top Israeli Government Official
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has met with a high-ranking Israeli Government representative for the first time in years. Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz met with Abbas in Ramallah on Sunday evening and discussed security policy, civilian and economic issues, Gantz’s office confirmed in an overnight statement. Gantz told Abbas that Israel was seeking to take…
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After Spending 61 Days in DSS Custody, 8 of 12 Igboho’s Aides Released (See Names)
Eight of 12 Igboho’s aides arrested during the invasion by the Department of State Security Service, DSS on July 1st have been released after multiple Court Orders mandating the secret police to release them. Recall that 12 of Igboho’s aides have been in detention since the raid on his Soka residence by DSS operatives. They…
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3 Varsity Students, 1 Lecturer Reportedly Kidnapped in Kogi
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have kidnapped three students of the newly established Kogi State University of Science and technology, Itakpe including a female student identified as Jumai and a lecturer were in the early hours of Monday(today) kidnapped. According to an eye witness who craved for anonymity, the students and the lecturer were kidnapped…
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How my son was attacked, Killed – Kebbi Lawmaker, Na’Allah
Lawmaker representing Kebbi South Senatorial District, Senator Bala Ibn Na’Allah,has revealed how is eldest son, Abdulkareem was strangled to death in his house in Kaduna. Na’Allah noted that they simply gained access to his house through the roof and strangled him. This was made known in a statement released on Monday and signed by Senator…
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Igboho Sends Message To Ooni of Ife, Other Yoruba Leaders From Detention
Detained Yoruba Nation Advocate, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a Sunday Igboho has expressed his utmost gratitude to all those who stand by him during his travails with Nigerian government, he also reassured his teeming followers that the secession of Yoruba Nation he has been agitating for will soon be realised. Igboho stated this in a message…
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Lagos: Teacher Arrested Over Alleged Defilement of Student in Classroom
A teacher with Shom International School, Surulere, Lagos, has been arrested over alleged defilement of a student in the classroom. The teacher, Steve, is being interrogated by operatives of Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Alagbon, Lagos Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of FCID, Mr Usman Belel, who paraded over 20 suspected criminals, including…
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ASUU Threatens Fresh Strike, Gives Tuesday, Tomorrow as Deadline
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has expressed its readiness to embark on another round of industrial action following what it called the failure of the Federal Government to implement an agreement signed with the union, The Punch reports. The union is giving the government till month end (Tuesday) to reach out or it…
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Popular Lawmaker Eldest Son Killed by suspected Gunmen in Kaduna
Eldest son of popular lawmaker, Bala Na’ Allah, Captain Abdulkarim Bala Na Allah, was on Sunday found dead in his bedroom at Malali area of Kaduna city. Captain Abdulkarim Bala Na’Allah It was gathered that the 36-year-old pilot, who married recently, was tied and strangled while the assailants escaped with his vehicle and personal belongings.…
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Why Armed Bandits Are Yet To Be Labeled as Terrorists, Presidency Opens up
The Presidency has revealed why President Muhammadu Buhari is yet to designate armed bandits terrorising some part of the country as terrorists like it did the Igbo separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). In an interview with BBC Pidgin Saturday, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, explained that…
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Interesting Facts About ₦287 billion NNPC Profits
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has made the country proud in the week with the release of its 2020 audited report and the posting of ₦287 billion profit after tax in the 2020 financial year. This achievement was the first of its kind since its 44 years existence. The group managing director, Mele Kyari,…