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Wed, 20 Jan 2021 05:22:20 +0000After SaharaReporters’ Story, Air Force Apologises For Sharing Old Pictures As Proof Of Recent Victory Over B'Haram
The Nigerian Air Force has admitted sharing old pictures as proof of its recent victory over Boko Haram insurgents in Borno State.
SaharaReporters, using Google reverse image search tool, had on Tuesday exposed how the security agency shared...
Wed, 20 Jan 2021 05:19:42 +0000
It's True Matawalle Doled Out Vehicles To Bandits, Zamfara Ex-Council Chair Says
Zamfara Governor, Matawalle.
A former Chairman of Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Alhaji Abubakar Maradun, has accused Governor Bello Matawalle of supplying vehicles to bandits.
Maradun, who spoke to Punch, alleged that Matawa...
Wed, 20 Jan 2021 05:15:55 +0000
Kogi Burns Voter Cards, Others In Abandoned INEC Office After Sahara Reporters’ Story
Election materials abandoned by INEC
The Ibaji Local Government Area authorities in Kogi State have ordered the burning of voter cards and election materials at an abandoned LGA office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in the O...
Wed, 20 Jan 2021 05:13:36 +0000
Lady Drags Adamawa Pastor To Court For Deceiving Her With Marriage Promise
File photo used to illustrate story.
One week after the police in Adamawa State detained two Pentecostal pastors in connection with alleged infidelity, another female evangelist, Kwanye Tumba, has dragged the Pastor of House Chapel in Karewa,...
Wed, 20 Jan 2021 05:09:48 +0000
INEC Plans To Make NIN Compulsory For Voter Registration
The Independent National Electoral Commission is considering making the National Identity Number a precondition for registering voters when the continuous voter registration exercise commences in a few weeks, The PUNCH reports.
A national co...
Wed, 20 Jan 2021 05:08:52 +0000
Trump Shuns Biden As President’s Inauguration Holds Today
President Donald Trump has spent his last full day on Tuesday in the White House mulling pardons as President-elect, Joe Biden was set to arrive in Washington ahead of Wednesday’s inauguration that his predecessor, in a final break with tr...
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 22:36:34 +0000
‘You Have Disgraced Us’ —Zamfara Govt Threatens To Sue SaharaReporters For Exposing Gifts To 'Repentant' Bandits
Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle
The Zamfara State Government on Tuesday threatened to sue SaharaReporters over a publication exposing gifts given to repentant bandits by Governor Bello Matawalle.
The government made the threat in a sta...
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 20:56:29 +0000
Malaria-like Symptoms Should Be Considered As COVID-19 – Sanwo-Olu
Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said malaria-like symptoms should now be considered and treated as COVID-19 until proven otherwise.
The governor said this on Tuesday, while brief...
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 20:52:38 +0000
BREAKING: Presidency Blasts Ondo Governor, Akeredolu Over Ultimatum To Herdsmen
The Presidency has condemned the seven-day ultimatum given to herdsmen by the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, to vacate forest reserves, urging the governor ‘not to act outside the constitution of the country’.
Akeredolu had on Mo...
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 20:49:13 +0000
Videos Expose Lagos Policemen Assaulting UNILAG Student Over Number Plate
Videos emerged on Tuesday of the moment when power-drunk policemen dragged and assaulted a student of the University of Lagos, John Akinwale, over claims that he drove a car with “covered” number plate in the Oshodi area of Lagos State.
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