Category: News
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Hushpuppi: FG, U.S. Discussing Extradition of Abba Kyari,Malami
The Attorney of the General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), says the United States Government and the Nigerian Government are discussing the possible extradition of the suspended Head of the Intelligence Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari, for his alleged role in a $1m scam allegedly perpetrated by alleged international Internet…
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Mane vs Salah: Rematch Looms with World Cup Place at Stake
Sadio Mane trumped Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah in the Africa Cup of Nations final, but the Egyptian will soon have a chance to even the score in a World Cup play-off. Egypt confront Mane-inspired Senegal home and away in March with a ticket to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar at stake. Ghana meet Nigeria,…
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UTME Registration: JAMB Reveals Plan To Introduce Self-service Centers
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, says it plans to introduce self-service registration outlets in Abuja and Lagos to leverage the digital competence of its computer-savvy candidates. JAMB disclosed this in its Weekly Bulletin from the Office of the Registrar, on Monday in Abuja. It said that the system is expected to reduce crowds…
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Ogun Police Begins Manhunt For Facebook User Who Posted Money Ritual Video
In a bid to stem the reoccurrence of some social vices in the state, especially money rituals, the Ogun State Police Command has launched manhunt to smoke out a Facebook user who posted a get-rich-quick video on the blue app platform where four Ogun teenagers learnt money ritual. The command stated this through its spokesperson,…
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ASUU Begins Mobilisation For Another Strike in Varsities
The Nation University lecturers are heading for another strike over the re-negotiated 2009 agreement with the Federal Government, it was learnt at the weekend. There are indications that the National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will meet on February 14 to review the implementation of some components of the agreement…
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Just In: Benin Republic Extends Detention of Sunday Igboho
Punch Newspaper The Government of the Republic of Benin has extended the detention of Yoruba Nation activist Sunday Adeyemo aka Igboho by six months. Counsel for the detained activist, Chief Yomi Aliyyu, said this in a chat with our correspondent late Sunday night. This is contrary to what a lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, said on Friday…
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Lai Muhammed Slams N100 Billion Suit On Online News Medium Over Alleged Libel
Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed has dragged an online publication, Pointblank News, before an Abuja High court over alleged libel. In a copy of the Writ of Summon obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, the minister is seeking the sum of N50 billion aggravated and exemplary damages for alleged libel…
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Abducted Bethel Student Reportedly Refuses To Leave Bandits’ Den After Delivery of Ransom
One of the abducted Bethel Baptist High School student who is in the his abductors’ has reportedly refused to return to his family and expressed that he was now comfortable staying with the terrorists. It’s also learnt that the member of the Christian Association of Nigeria ( CAN) who took the ransom demanded by the…
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NIMC Suspends NIN Verification, Provides Alternative
The National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, has announced the temporary suspension of the National Identity Number (NIN) verification number introduced by Goodluck Jonathan led government in 2014. Acccording to NIMC at the weekend, the suspension was due to a maintenance service being carried out by one of theCommission’s network service providers. The commission urged the…
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If not for the Nigerian education system, should I still be in school? Mapoly Student Arrested For ‘Having Sex’ Speaks
24-year-old Olanipekun Irenimofe, who identified herself as a student of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State, narrates to DAUD OLATUNJI of The Punch Newspaper how she was allegedly arrested and put behind bars by the police for visiting a pharmacy to buy a pregnancy test kit and contraceptivePlease introduce yourself. My name is Olanipekun Oladayo…