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Court Orders Detention of IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu
Justice Binta Murtala Nyako has ordered the detention of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in DSS custody. This followed the rearrest and arraignment of Kanu in the court on Tuesday. Nyako ordered the DSS to inform Kanu’s lawyers of his detention and adjourned the case to July 26,…
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Court Sentenced Former South African President To Jail
South Africa’s former president, Jacob Zuma, has been handed a 15-month jail sentence for contempt of court. The country’s constitution court imposed the sentence on Tuesday for defying an order to appear at a corruption inquiry. The disgraced former president failed to appear at the inquiry led by Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo in February.…
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FG Approves New Deadline for NIN-SIM Data Verification
The Federal Government has approved extension of deadline for NIN-SIM data verification to July 26, 2021. The government said the decision to extend the deadline was reached after a request by stakeholders on the needs to consolidate enrolment and NIN-SIM verification process. It added the development followed the rapid increase in the number of enrolment…
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Corps Members Land in Hospital, After Robbers Invade Lodge, Cart Away N130,000, Phones, Laptops
Corpers’ Lodge Illustrative Picture
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One Year After UI Student Crushed To Death in Ibadan, FG Recieves Panel Report
Almost a year after soap-making machine crushed a 300-level Student of University of Ibadan to death, Gbadebo Richard, Panel of Inquiry set up to investigate his death has submitted its report to the Federal Government. The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr. Festus Keyamo, received the report on behalf of the Federal Government…
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Insecurity: NANS Leadership Meets Sheikh Gummi
The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has met with controversial Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Ahmed Gumi, to seek commitment on how to end school abduction in the country. The delegation expressed worries over the persistent abduction of students in Kaduna, Niger, Katsina, Zamfara and other northern states in recent times, describing the…
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Super TV CEO Was ‘Tortured’ To Death, Family Source
The death of billionaire, and former Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, has taken another twist as his family claims that he was tortured before his death. Ataga was reportedly stabbed to death by one Miss Chidinma Ojukwu, a 300 level student of the University of Lagos, last week, in the Lekki area…
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UTME Results: Candidates, Parents Lament Low Score
Reactions have continued to follow the recently released results of the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination, UTME, conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB. Some candidates and parents who spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Bwari, Abuja, expressed their displeasure. NAN recalls that the board on…
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How I Met SuperTv CEO at Wild Party, Chidinma Ojukwu Recounts
The 21-year-old University of Lagos student, Chidinma Ojukwu, who confessed to stabbing Super TV boss, Uwaifo Ataga, to death, has recounted how they met. In an interview with DailyTrust, Chidinma, said financial pressure occasioned by the outbreak of COVID-19 made her hook up with some female students who took her to wild parties, one of…
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Man Reportedly Beats Wife To Death Over Refusal To Borrow Him N2000 Loan in Edo
The police in Edo state have arrested a man simply identified as Christopher, for allegedly beating his wife, Mrs. Isoken Christopher, to death for allegedly refusing to offer him N2,000 loan. The Nation reports that the 45-year-old suspect who is described as a chain smoker and drunk by the eldest of his three children, Augustine,…