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Fri, 26 Feb 2021 09:56:47 +0000Woman in court for allegedly stealing N19.7m from cryptocurrency firm
An woman, Felicia Iselobhor, on Friday appeared in a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing N19.7 million from a cryptocurrency firm. The police charged Iselobhor, 51, with conspiracy and theft. The prosecution counsel, ASP Ben Ekundayo, ...
Fri, 26 Feb 2021 09:48:58 +0000JUST IN: Ex-Federal High Court Chief Judge, Kafatati dies
By Eric Ikhilae, Abuja The immediate past Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Adamu Abdu-Kafarati is dead. The Nation learnt the jurist, who retired on July 25, 2019 on attaining the mandatory statutory retirement age of 65, died on Thursd...
Fri, 26 Feb 2021 09:42:14 +0000Kidnapped farmer’s son regains freedom in Oyo
Agency Reporter Ayodeji Emmanuel, the 24-year-old son of a poultry farmer, who was kidnapped on Monday in his father’s farm at Oke Odan, Apete area of Ibadan, has regained freedom. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), CSP Olugbenga Fadeyi co...
Fri, 26 Feb 2021 08:44:51 +0000BREAKING: Bandits abduct over 300 schoolgirls in Zamfara
By Sani Muhammad Sani, Gusau Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted over 300 schoolgirls at Government Secondary School Jangebe in Zamfara state. The Nation learnt the schoolgirls were discovered missing Thursday night after the students were c...
Fri, 26 Feb 2021 08:40:19 +0000My $1.9 billion in Minnesota bank, by Femi Adesina
By FEMI ADESINA Let’s have a comic diversion today from weightier matters of our national life. Because what I want to discuss can only be comic, if not also idiotic and otiose. Yes, you read the headline right. The money I allegedly stashed at a b...
Fri, 26 Feb 2021 08:21:40 +0000Kwara approves hijab wearing in mission schools
By Adekunle Jimoh, Ilorin Kwara State Government has finally approved the wearing of hijab (veil) by pupils of government grant-aided mission secondary schools in the state. Wearing of hijab in mission schools has in the last one week generated a lot...
Fri, 26 Feb 2021 08:10:15 +0000NASU, SSANU suspend strike after pact with Fed Govt
By Frank Ikpefan, Abuja The leadership of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the non-teaching staff unions of universities has suspended its three-week-old strike after signing a Memorandum of Action (MoA) with the Federal Government team. The suspe...
Fri, 26 Feb 2021 08:01:19 +0000JUST IN: Policemen flee as hoodlums set station ablaze
By Damian Duruiheoma, Owerri There was panic in Imo state Thursday night as hoodlums set the Aboh Mbaise Divisional Police Headquarters ablaze. The Nation gathered policemen on duty fled as the hoodlums who were mobile carried out the arson on the ...
Fri, 26 Feb 2021 08:00:21 +0000NCDC report: 84 COVID-19 deaths recorded last week
By Moses Emorinken, Abuja Latest weekly COVID-19 situation report by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has shown that 84 deaths were recorded last week (Feb. 15th to 21st, 2021) in 19 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Cumula...
Fri, 26 Feb 2021 07:50:02 +0000Beware of fake vaccines, Ehanire warns Nigerians
By Adekunle Yusuf Minister of Health Dr. Osagie Ehanire has warned Nigerians over the circulation of fake COVID-19 vaccines in many countries. Ehanire, who gave the warning when he visited the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, asserted...