Author: Vreporters
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Photo News: Atiku Arrives UK (+Video)
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has arrived in London to honour the invitation of the British Government. The Spokesperson and Director, Public Affairs of the PDP Presidential Campaign Management Committee, Senator Dino Melaye, disclosed this to Channels Television. According to Melaye, during this two days working visit, Atiku…
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Edo Train Attack: Abductors Make Demands From Victims’ Families
Vanguard News Information spilling out late Monday indicated that the kidnapVpers from Saturday’s Igueben incident have contacted some family members and they are demanding N20 million per victim. An indigene of the community told Vanguard that a security personnel informed him about the latest development but the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Chidi Nwabuzor said…
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JAMB Reduces CBT Centres Nationwide
Vanguard News With few days to the commencement of the sale of forms to candidates seeking admission to tertiary institutions in the country, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has reduced the number of computer-based centres, CBT, nationwide. CBT centres are where the candidates sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. The reduction…
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Protest: Poly Ibadan Lifts Suspension on Students’ Union
The management of The Polytechnic, Ibadan has lifted the suspension order slammed on the students’ union of the institution as contained in a press statement issued earlier today. In a statement from the institution signed by the registrar, Mrs ModupeTheresa Fawale, it was disclosed that the reversal of the decision was based on interventions to…
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Why Raymond Dokpesi Was Arrested in UK – London Police Source
Peoples Gazette Nigerian media businessman Raymond Dokpesi was arrested in London on Sunday night on rape allegations, according to UK police sources. Mr Dokpesi, the owner of broadcaster AIT, was picked up at London Heathrow Airport as he touched down from a connecting flight via Frankfurt on Sunday evening. A London police source said: “On…
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Education Tax: Experts Fault ASUU’s Proposal
Punch Newspaper Tax experts have faulted the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ proposed increase in the Tertiary Education Tax from three per cent to 10 per cent tax. According to them, toeing this path would hurt private firms which were already overburdened with taxes. The ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osedeke, recently proposed an increase in…
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DAAR Communications Founder, Dokpesi Released
The management of DAAR Communications Plc, on Monday said the founder of the media company, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi (Ph.D) has been released after an incident which saw him delayed on arrival at the London Heathrow airport on Sunday January 8, 2023. Dokpesi arrived via Frankfurt from Abuja on a Lufthansa airlines flight and was…
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Edo Train Station Attack: 5 Kidnapped Passengers Rescued
Daily Trust The Police has so far rescued five out of the kidnapped victims including a retired police officer who were allegedly abducted on Saturday at the Igueben train station, Edo state. Recall that unspecified numbers of passengers who were waiting to board the train at the Igueben station were kidnapped by gunmen at 4pm…
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FG Reacts To Edo Train Station Attack
The Federal Minister of Transportation, Mua’zu Sambo, Weekend, reacted to the recent attack on innocent citizens at Tom Ikimi Train Station Igueben Edo State, describing it as despicable and utterly barbaric. In a statement signed by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Henshaw Ogubike, assured Nigerians the security agencies are making efforts to ensure that…
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Suspected Herdsmen Abduct Scores of Passengers at Edo Train Station
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