Month: February 2022
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Court Orders Remand of Federal Lawmaker Over Alleged N185 Million Land Fraud
A federal lawmaker, Gabriel Zock (APC-Kaduna State), has been remanded by the Maitama Division of the FCT High Court over alleged N185 million land fraud. Justice Halilu Yusuf on Thursday ordered that Mr Zock be kept in EFCC custody. The EFCC had charged Mr Zock, representing Kachia/Kagarko federal constituency of Kaduna state, with two counts…
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Police Lock Down Oyo To Prevent Escape Of Daredevil Armed Robbers
The Oyo police commissioner Ngozi Onadeko says the state has been locked down to prevent escape of daredevil robbers who attacked a billion van, killing policemen and other civilians in the process. The daredevil criminals, numbering about seven, waylaid the cash-laden van around Idi Ape area of Ibadan at about 1:00 p.m. carting away with…
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Tinubu Support Group Reacts To Purported N25,000 Grant
Group rooting for the National Leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as Presidential candidate in the forthcoming General election, Tinubu Support Group has debunked the purported grant which is being circulated by some individuals on the social media. The handlers of the portal, according to report, are asking unsuspecting members of the…
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Lagos-Ibadan Train Crushes Deaf Alms-begging Woman To Death (Graphic Photos)
A deaf alms-begging woman has been crushed to death by a Lagos-Ibadan standard train. The gory incident happened in Itoki, Ogun State yesterday, Wednesday Feb. 9. A pamphlet beside the woman’s body indicates that she was deaf and needed financial help to feed her baby.
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Soldier Mistakenly Killed as Nigerian Air Force Eliminates Fleeing Terrorists in Kaduna
Fighter jets of the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, in Kaduna State have killed scores of fleeing armed bandits. However, PRNigeria gathered that a ground soldier lost his life after sustaining ‘terrible’ injuries from the military bombardments he was caught in. The terrorists, who were fleeing onslaughts of troops in Niger, were intercepted at Labi, along…
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Super Eagles Rise Four Places in Latest FIFA Ranking (See List of Top Ten in Africa)
The Super Eagles of Nigeria have risen four places from 36th to 32nd in the world based on FIFA’s latest rankings. According to the list released on Thursday by the world football governing body, the three-time African champions also moved two steps up from fifth to third on the continent. Nigeria’s current rating was due…
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Alleged Expulsion Of UNILORIN Final Year Student: ‘Nothing of such happened it’s a fake’, Students’ Union (Updated)
As report of the expulsion of a yet to be named final year student of the University of Ilorin, UNILORIN, over examination malpractice continues to gather dust on the cyberspace, the students’ union has debunked the report, describing it as ‘Fake’. The report was debunked after Vreporters reached out to the students’ body for authentication…
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How Ex-Jamb Boss, Ojerinde ‘Floated 8 Companies, Bought 3 Buildings, Bank Shares Through Cronies’ , Witness Tells Court
A star witness, Peter Oyewole, has testified before Federal High Court in Abuja on how a former Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof. ‘Dibu Ojerinde, allegedly floated eight companies, purchased three buildings and bank shares through his cronies while holding a public office. The companies, two duplexes and a bungalow, and…
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Strike: We Will Look Into ASUU’s Threat, FG Assures Nigerian Varsity Students
by Deborah Tolu-Kolawole, Chidiebube Okeoma, Sunday Nwakanma, Patrick Odey, Justin Tyopuusu, Tunde Oyekola and Chima Azubuike Punch Newspaper The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, on Wednesday, assured Nigerian Students in various government-owned universities that the Federal Government would look into the threat by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The minister also said…
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Updated: OAU Mourns, as 200-level Student Dies After Falling Into Soakaway, Management Speaks
Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife on Wednesday, mourned the death of a part two (200 level) student, Heritage Ajibola, of the department of Linguistics and African Languages who accidentally fell into the soakaway this afternoon at Bver Hostel, Maintenance Hostels. The young lady’s death was confirmed in a release issued by the Public…