Year: 2022
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FG Detains 35 Suspected ISWAP Fighters, Tension Heightens
Punch Newspaper A joint operation launched by the Department of State Services, the National Intelligence Agency, the police and other security agencies has successfully dismantled a terror cell and arrested five Islamic State West Africa Province commanders and 30 fighters. The PUNCH gathered that the terror suspects were apprehended at their hideouts in different locations…
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Terror Attack: Police, Military Source Speak on Alleged Raid of Abuja Estate by American Soldiers
Authorities of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command have debunked the ongoing recycling of reports that American Soldiers and operatives of the Department of State Service, DSS raided a house at Trademore Estate in Abuja and discovered boxes of explosives purportedly belonging to terrorists. DSP Josephine Adeh, Public Relations Officer of the FCT Police Command…
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Leader of Yoruba Nation Agitation Flays Tinubu’s Presidential Ambition, Says Ambition Personal
The leader of the Yoruba Nation Self-Determination Struggle, Prof. Banji Akintoye, has flayed the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu over his political ambition to become President adding that said that his ambition was premised on “personal interest” and not of the Yoruba people. Akintoye, in a statement, said…
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NASU urges FG to pay salary arrears for period of strike
The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) said it expects the Federal Government to pay salary arrears for the four months their industrial action lasted. Mr Peters Adeyemi, General Secretary of NASU, said this while addressing a news conference at the union ongoing National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on Wednesday in Abuja.…
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How Redesign of Naira Notes Will Curb Currency Counterfeit, Kidnapping, Inflation, Others
Punch Newspaper The Governor, the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, announced on Wednesday that the bank would release re-designed naira notes by December 15, 2022. Emefiele made this announcement during a special press briefing in Abuja yesterday where he gave reasons for the move. According to the CBN governor, this was targeted at controlling…
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ASUU Strike: JAMB Speaks On Alleged Cancellation of 2022 Admissions
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, on Wednesday said that the board has not cancelled or deferred any admission to Universities, Polytechnics, or Colleges of Education as a result of the prolonged strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The Registrar/Chief Executive of JAMB, Professor Ishaq Oloyede disclosed this shortly…
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Subject rankings: 48 Nigerian varsities among world’s best (See Schools List)
Punch Newspaper The Chairman of the Nigerian Universities Ranking Advisory Committee, Professor Emeritus Peter Okebukola, has announced the good news of the superlative performance of Nigerian universities in the Times Higher Education 2023 Subject Rankings, which were released yesterday (October 25). Coming on the heels of the impressive ranking of 12 Nigerian universities in the…
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CBN To Redesign N200, N500, N,1000 Notes
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday said it will redesign the N200, N500, and N1,000 notes. Emefiele made the disclosure at a special media briefing in Abuja, saying the move has since secured the approval of President Muhammadu Buhari and other stakeholders. He urged depositors to hit the banks to exchange their old…
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World’s Dirtiest Man’ Dies Few Months After First Bath In Decades (Photos)
An Iranian man nicknamed the “dirtiest man in the world” for not taking a shower for decades has died at the age of 94, state media reported on Tuesday. Amou Haji, who did not wash for more than half a century and was single, died on Sunday in the village of Dejgah in the southern…
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Court Orders FG To Take Nnamdi Kanu Back To Kenya
The Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, Wednesday, ordered the Federal Government to pay N500 million as damages to the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, for forcefully abducting and renditioning him from Kenya in June last year. Presiding Judge, Justice Evelyn Anyadike, also declared Kanu’s extraordinary rendition from Kenya…