Category: News
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Body of Pilot Found Intact, as Wreckage Of Missing NAF Jet Found in Borno
The wreckage of the Nigerian Air Force fighter jet that went missing last week may have been found in Bama, Borno State, an authoritative military source told THISDAY on Sunday. The source said it was found with the body of one of the pilots intact. The pilot was Flight Lieutenant Chapele Ebiakpo. He, however, said…
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Obasanjo, Gunmi Identify Ways To End Insecurity
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and renowned Islamic Scholar, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, have urged the Federal Government to be proactive, secure updated intelligence in combating the insecurity ravaging some parts of the country. The duo of OBJ and Gumi in a statement they jointly signed and issued after a closed-door meeting, held at the Penthouse residence…
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Jamb Reads Riot Act To Fraudulent Cybercafes, Tutorial Centres
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has read riot act to some cybercafes and tutorial centres that notorious in defrauding unsuspecting candidates during registration for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The board Registrar, Professor Is-haq Oloyede disclosed this in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, during the weekend while handing over some operators of…
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USSD: Banks Reconnect MTN Subscribers
Commercial banks have reconnected MTN customers to banking channels after disconnecting them from their channels, including the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) and banking apps last Friday. The Nation learnt the development was due to intervention of Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami and Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Godwin Emefiele. The banks…
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Video: Two Ghanaian Teenagers Arrested For Allegedly Killing Friend For Ritual
Two Ghanaian teenagers were arrested yesterday, Saturday, for allegedly killing their friend for ritual purposes. According to reports online, the young boys lured their deceased friend to Volta Region where they killed him and were in the process of taking his body to a herbalist when they were apprehended. In a video making the rounds…
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How Late Odumakin Assisted OAU Faculty Of Arts To Raise Funds, VC
The Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, community has mourned the death of pan-Yoruba sociopolitical group, Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, who took his last breath at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, yesterday, 3rd of April, 2021. Odumakin, an alumnus of OAU who studied English in the Faculty of of Arts between 1985-1989 was once an executive member…
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Three Reportedly Killed Over Disagreement on N50 Bet In Imo
Three young men have been reported killed in Umuezeala community in Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, following a disagreement over N50 bet at the weekend. The incident occurred on Friday evening at Aba branch satellite market near the Ehime Mbano council headquarters. The Nation learnt one Chidubem Mbamara walked into a Bet9aija…
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Ill Fated NAF Jet: Sweedish Military Expert Analyzes Video Released by Boko Haram
A sweedish military expert, Hugo Kaaman, has faulted Boko Haram Terrorists, BHT, propaganda video on missing Alpha Jet belonging to the Nigerian Air Force. Kaaman, an independent open-source researcher, with focus on the use of Suicide Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Devices, SVBIEDs, by armed non-state actors – specifically ISIS. Recall that the terrorists on Friday released…
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‘He Was Recovering Yesterday’, Odumakin’s Wife Reacts
Spokesperson of pan-Yoruba sociopolitical group, Afenifere, Mr. Yinka Odumakin, is dead. Odumakin’s death has just been confirmed by his wife, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, who responded to a telephone call with newsmen. Amidst sobbing, she said she was on her way to Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, right now, declaring repeatedly that: “Part of…
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Yoruba Leaders React To Alleged Plan To Arrest Sunday Igboho
YORUBA leaders have condemned a purported plan to arrest Yoruba activist, Mr Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, through an invitation letter dispatched to him from Abuja by the Inspector General of Police. Adeyemo had said he neither accepted the letter, which was sent to him on Thursday via a courier service and a…