Category: News
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Dangote Refinery: President Tinubu Issues Fresh Directive to NNPC
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to sell crude to Dangote Refinery and other upcoming refineries in Naira. The special adviser to the president on information and publicity, Bayo Onanuga, made this known in a post via his official X handle on Monday, July 29. Recall on July…
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BBNaija S9: Meet the 2024 Housemates
As the Season 9 edition of the Big Brother Naija reality show premieres, the organisers have unveiled this year’s theme and introduced the housemates who will compete for a grand prize worth millions of naira. The theme for this year’s edition is ‘No Loose Guard,’ announced on the official Instagram page of Big Brother Naija.…
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Peter Obi Endorses Nationwide Protest
National leader of the Labour Party (LP) who also doubled as it’s Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Gregory Obi, has thrown his weight behind the planned nationwide protest over the current economic hardship. Some youths are planning a nationwide protest between August 1 and 15 against the rising cost of living and economic hardship. Speaking on…
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Delivery: Gynecologist Educates Pregnant Women On Sexual Intercourse in Later Stages of Pregnancy
Punch Newspaper Contrary to the widespread belief that sexual intercourse during the later stages of pregnancy can assist in vaginal delivery by inducing labour, a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Dr. Philips Ekpe, has said that there is no scientific evidence to back the claim. The gynaecologist noted that many women believe intercourse can induce labour…
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Boko Haram Terrorists Attack Borno Police Station, Killed Officer, Loot Weapons
Daily Trust Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have attacked Jakana Police station in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State, killing a policeman and a woman, while carting away arms and ammunition. According to security sources, the insurgents also set ablaze two patrol vehicles and a motorcycle. DAILY Trust gathered that the attackers, who took the…
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Why We Disguise as Alfas, Pastors, Seek Spiritual Protection — Yahoo boys
Punch Newspaper In a bid to evade strategies deployed by law enforcement agencies to end their illegal activities, fraudsters, commonly known as ‘Yahoo boys’, who primarily exploit digital cyberspace to defraud unsuspecting members of the public of their hard-earned money, now resort to various shady means, including seeking spiritual protection to hide their identities, Victor…
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Popular Anambra Federal Lawmaker is Dead
A Lawmaker Representing Anambra South, and an All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, is dead. According to SaharaReporters, Ubah died in a hotel in London, the United Kingdom. He had left for London two days ago. His death was also confirmed on a group chat of senators who had started to pour in…
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Nigerian Court Convicts 125 Boko Haram Terrorists, Financiers
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IGP Okays Planned Protest, Gives Organisers Conditions
Daily Trust The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, on Friday, asked all groups planning to carry out the proposed nationwide protest to submit their details to the Commissioners of Police in their respective states. Daily Trust reports that some aggrieved Nigerians had fixed August 1 – August 10, 2024. Speaking with journalists at Force Headquarters,…
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Protests: Tinubu’s Real Troubles Are Just Beginning by Farooq A. Kperogi
In light of his planned astronomical hike in petrol prices euphemistically called “subsidy removal” in 2023, which his opponents also promised to implement and caused Nigerians embrace as inevitable and desirable, I foretold the imminent social convulsion that is gathering momentum across Nigeria now. “I can assure Tinubu that if petrol price hikes deepen people’s…