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Wed, 02 Jun 2021 08:40:15 +0000
Anti-graft war: Customs CG, top officers to declare assets
By Yusuf Alli, Abuja Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) and the agency’s employees are to declare their assets as the Federal Government widens the scope of its anti-corruption war. It was learnt that asset declaration covers...

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 08:30:22 +0000
Why Gulak was in Owerri, by Omo-Agege
By Sanni Onogu, Okodili Ndidi, Abuja, Fanen Ihyongo, Kano, AbdulGafar Alabelewe, Kaduna, Senate Deputy President Ovie Omo-Agege on Tuesday said former Political Adviser to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, was in Owerri, the Imo Sta...

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 08:20:01 +0000
NECO registrar wasn’t killed, say police
By Justin Asishana, Minna and Sunny Nwankwo, Aba The family of the late Registrar/Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council (NECO), Prof. Godswill Obioma, has debunked reports, especially in the social media, that he was assassinated. Obio...

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 08:10:18 +0000
Ita-Giwa: why I moved to APC with Ayade
Our Reporter Former Presidential Adviser on National Assembly Matters and the leader of the Bakassi people, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, on Tuesday said she moved to the All Progressives Congress (APC) with Governor Ben Ayade to lift her people out of ...

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 08:00:39 +0000
Varsity students march on Kaduna Government House
By AbdulGafar Alabelewe, Kaduna Students of Kaduna State University (KASU) on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest to the Kaduna State Government House against what they termed the arbitrary increase in tuition fees. The students had, last week, carried...

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 07:52:38 +0000
Bandits kill six in Kaduna communities
By AbdulGafar Alabelewe, Kaduna, and Augustine Okezie, Katsina Bandits early on Tuesday attacked communities in Jema’a, Birnin-Gwari and Giwa council areas of Kaduna State, killing six persons. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affair...

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 07:48:03 +0000
Abductors demand N110m for Niger schoolkids
By Justina Asishana, Minna Gunmen who abducted pupils of Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School in Tegina, Niger State have demanded N110 million for their release. The school head-teacher Abubakar Alhassan said the bandits contacted the school on Monday aski...

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 07:42:50 +0000
Fleeing Imo inmate arrested in Lagos for SIM card theft
By Precious Igbonwelundu Police in Lagos have arrested an inmate who escaped from the Owerri correctional facility during a jailbreak in April. Onyemachi Maduabuchi, 34, was taken into custody for allegedly stealing Subscriber Identification Module (...

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 07:41:16 +0000
Police operatives outgun suspected kidnappers in Adamawa, rescue victim
By Onimisi Alao, Yola Operatives of the Adamawa Police Command have rescued a kidnap victim and killed a suspected kidnapper. The police achieved the feat by overpowering the suspected kidnappers in a gun battle. A statement by Adamawa police spokesm...

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 07:40:20 +0000
Wizkid reacts as fans call him by his birth name ‘Ayo’
By Ekaete Bassey Grammys award-winning artist Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid has reacted to fans abandoning his stage name(s) to call him by his birth name, Ayo. In a post on shared on his Instagram story, a member of the Wizkid F...



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