Year: 2022
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Troops Rescue Chibok Girl With 4-month-old Twins in Borno
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have rescued another Chibok girl alongside her four-month-old set of twins in Borno State. The troops in conjunction with the Civilian Joint Task Force(CJTF), conducted operations last Thursday after it stormed the enclave of the terrorist group in the Bula Dawo axis in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State…
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Armed Robbers Invade Kogi Church, Attack Worshipers
Some suspected Armed robbers on Saturday attacked New Life Gospel Church, Sarikinoma, a suburb of Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. The robbers in their tens were said to have come in at the early hours of the day and met some elders of the church who were holding vigil service. Resident Pastor of the church,…
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One dead, bridges washed, homes submerged as heavy rain wrecks havoc in Kwara
Tribune Online Heavy rain that lasted about 10 hours has reportedly claimed one life while some bridges and culverts collapsed and many homes were flooded in Ilorin, Kwara state capital between Thursday night and Friday morning. Tribune Online gathered that a mud house caved in at Onijo compound in Pakata area of Ilorin West Local…
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Nigeria @62: Buhari Lists Achievements, Sends Message To ASUU, as Tenure Winds Down
Punch Newspaper In what would be his last Independence Day speech to Nigerians, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has congratulated Nigerians on the country’s 62nd independence anniversary. He expressed gratitude to God and Nigerians for giving him the opportunity to serve. In his speech to mark the anniversary, the President itemised some of…
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Woman Gambles With 4-year-old Son in Enugu
The Nation Newspaper An Enugu based woman has allegedly used her four-year-old son for gambling. It was learned that the woman abandoned the kid in the betting shop and disappeared after losing the bet. The incident occurred at Moore House Street, Ogui Enugu, in the evening of Thursday, September 29, 2022. Residents of the area…
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Atiku Offers Governor Wike ‘New Deal’
The Nation Newspaper Worried by the danger posed to his ambition in next year’s presidential election by the camp of Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP’s) flag bearer, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has offered the governor a new deal. Both men met on Thursday in Abuja in a fresh bid to patch…
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Court Nulifies Nomination of Oyetola as Governorship Candidate
The Federal High Court today, 30th September 2022, nullified the nomination of Governor Isiaka Oyetola and his Deputy Governorship candidate, Benedict Alabi on the ground that Governor Mai Mala Buni who submitted their names to INEC violated the provisions of Section 183 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Section 82(3) of…
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PCC Opens Up on Tinubu’s Whereabouts, Clears Air On Circulating Picture
The Director, Media and Publicity, All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Bayo Onanuga, on Friday, opened up on the whereabouts of the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, saying the former Lagos State governor was in London, United Kingdom. The clarification was coming after Nigerians, particularly on social media, questioned the whereabouts of the APC flagbearer…
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Just In: New NFF President Emerges
Ibrahim Musa Gusau has emerged the new president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Gusau, a member of CAF Organising Committee and Chairman, Football Associations chairmen, garnered 39 votes to succeed Amaju Pinnick. In the first round of voting during the election held in Benin, Edo state, Gusau garnered 21 votes, defeating outgoing NFF First…
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Just In: Appeal Court Reverses Adebutu’s Nomination as Ogun PDP Gov Candidate
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has set aside an earlier judgment of the Federal High Court given in favour of a factional governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Oladipupo Adebutu. In a judgement on Friday, a three-member panel of the Appeal Court held that Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the…