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Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:42:20 +0000
BREAKING: NECO Registrar dies
By Justina Asishana, Minna The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer National Examinations Council (NECO) Professor Godswill Obioma is dead. He died last night in Minna, Niger state. Read Also: BREAKING: Sokoto Commissioner dies Obioma was appointed...

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:30:51 +0000
Car thief gets two-week community service
By Precious Igbonwelundu   A lawyer, Austin Abhulimen, has decried the two-week community service sentence given a driver who stole his Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) three days after he was employed. Abhulimen, in a petition to the Attorney-Gener...

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:30:49 +0000
Middle-Belt, North disagree on secession calls
By Grace Obike, Frank Ikpefan, Abuja and David Adenuga Bauchi   The Middle Belt Forum (MBF) and the Northern Consensus Initiative (NCI) yesterday disagreed on calls for secession from the country. MBF leader Dr. Bitrus Pogu said the Middle Belt ...

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:29:17 +0000
‘Ogun farmer killed in custody’
By Precious Igbonwelundu   A farmer in Ipaya in Yewa North Local Government Area (LGA) of Ogun has accused the police in the state of killing one of his workers, Shola Adeleke, in custody. Seun Adegoke, Managing Director of Skapomah Global Limited, ...

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:26:15 +0000
Robbers invade Ibadan community with POS machine
By Yinka Adeniran, Ibadan     Robbers are reinventing themselves and redefining their methods. About 20 of them armed with assorted weapons and Point of Sale (POS) machines stormed an estate in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, and robbed many...

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:22:02 +0000
Two inspectors killed, police stations razed in Abia, Imo
By Sunny Nwankwo, Aba, and Chris Njoku, Owerri     The Commissioner of Police, Abia State, Janet Agbede has confirmed the death of two inspectors during an attack by gunmen on the Criminal Investigation Department (CID)  facility at Umuagu...

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:19:41 +0000
Governor jets out as gunmen kill 13 in Niger
By Justina Asishana, Minna     Hours after the abduction of an unspecified number of children in an Islamic school in Tegina, Rafi local government area of Niger State, Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has left the country. The Nation learnt th...

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:06:29 +0000
Osbourne residents lift cerebral palsy centre
By Folakemi Olaoni Residents of the Osbourne Foreshore Estate Phase 2 in Ikoyi, Lagos, have donated N500,000 to the Cerebral Palsy Centre in Surulere. Chairman of the residents association, Chinwe Ezenwa-Mbah, said they chose to extend the hand of lo...

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:05:40 +0000
Afreximbank, NEXIM okay $750,000 for inland waterways
By  Daniel Essiet   African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and Nigeria Export-Import Bank (NEXIM) have announced a $750,000 grant to support the charting of the main channel of the Niger-Benue river in Nigeria, as part of the Regional Sealink...

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:03:19 +0000
Leadway holds wellness webinar for retirees
Leadway Pensure PFA has organised a health and wellness seminar for retirees. The virtual session tagged “Maintaining Good Health at Retirement” was anchored by a medical practitioner, Dr. Olumuyiwa Odugbesan from Leadway Health. Odugbesan educat...



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