Category: News
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14 State Governors, 26 APC State Chairmen Back Tinubu Presidential Ambition, Jibrin
Director-General of the Bola Tinubu Support Group Council, Hon.Abdulmumin Jibrin has revealed that fourteen state governors have thrown weight behind the presidential ambition of the National Leader of All Progressive Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Jibrin added that four additional Governors, are also in talks to join the presidential bid of the much touted…
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Hushpuppi ‘Pleads’ Guilty, as Attorney’s Office Postpones Sentencing by Five Months
Punch Newspaper The United States Attorney’s Office at the Central District of California has postponed the sentencing of alleged international Internet fraudster Ramon Abbas, aka, Hushpuppi by five months. The court’s Director of Media Relations, Thom Mrozek, in response to an email inquiry by The PUNCH late Thursday, said the date which was initially scheduled…
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#SaveRayan: Anxiety In Morocco,as 5-year-Old Boy Trapped In Deep Well For Over 60 Hours (Videos)
Moroccan rescuers raced against the clock on Friday to save a young boy trapped in a deep well for almost three days, in an operation that has gripped the kingdom with hundreds of thousands anxiously glued to live broadcasts. Relief operations intensified for five-year-old Rayan, who fell down a 32-metre deep well on Tuesday, as…
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Yahoo-Yahoo: Son of Former Rector Convicted In Ilorin Over $2,000 Fraud
Son of the former rector of federal polytechnic offa, Olaoye Jamiu Olarewaju have been convicted over cyber fraud of $2,000. The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, February 3, 2022 secured the conviction of Olaoye. A statement by the antigraft agency says Olaoye was convicted alongside one Badmus Ridwan…
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ASUU To Embark On Indefinite Strike, Official
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, says it would soon embark on an indefinite strike to press home its demands. Chairman of the University of Jos chapter of the union, Dr Lazarus Maigoro, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Jos. The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that the union suspended a nine-month-old…
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Sokoto, Kano Missing, as APC Inaugurates State Chairmen ( Full List)
Amid heavy security presence, the Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress has inaugurated 34 state chairmen at the Party’s National Secretariat in Abuja on Thursday. The state chairmen who emerged from the state congresses conducted last October were sworn in by Governor Mai Mala Buni, who was represented…
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Release Igboho Now,or We Get Him Out Through Traditional Means, Agbekoya Warns Beninese Government
The President, Agbekoya Worldwide, Kamorudeen Okiki, has urged the authorities of Benin Republic to free the Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, or the group would use traditional means. Okiki spoke in Osogbo on Thursday during a peaceful rally held by the group, where it also demanded the restructuring of the…
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Hijab: Kwara govt Orders Closure of Oyun Baptist School Over Violent Protest
Following the violent protest that rocked Oyun Baptist Secondary School, Ijagbo in Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara state, over hijab, the government has ordered the closure of the school. Kwara State Police Command confirmed that, dangerous weapons were freely used during the encounter between Muslims and Christians in the course of the face off.…
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Oyo 3SC Acquires 3 New Players, As Makinde Promises Unwavering Support (Photos)
“We’ll continue to support youths and sports development” says Makinde…. The Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Oyo State, Engr. Seun Fakorede MNSE received in audience the management board of Shooting Stars Sports Club , 3SC , who were at his office to present the 3 players recently acquired by the Club. The development was contained…
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Scores Injured, as Protest Rocks Kwara School Over Hijab
A number of persons on Thursday sustained various degrees of injuries as protest over the use of hijab thickened in Oyun Baptist High School, Ijagbo, in Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a man in his early 20s was seen being rushed to a nearby hospital after…