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Fri, 06 Aug 2021 06:53:32 +0000How Borno Governor’s Task Force Shot Church Member Dead During Building Demolition
Borno State Governor, Prof Babagana Zulum
The task force personnel, who accompanied the Borno State Geographical Information System (BOGIS) to demolish the Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN) church building in Maiduguri shot a worshipper, ide...
Thu, 05 Aug 2021 20:43:05 +0000Nnamdi Kanu Strong In His Convictions – Lawyer Says As IPOB Leader Spends Over One Month In Custody
Nnamdi Kanu
The lead counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, said his client is strong about his convictions and he is in high spirits in the custody of the Department of State Services, Abuja.
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Thu, 05 Aug 2021 20:37:34 +0000Court Jails Two Bankers In Cross River For Stealing From Deceased Customer's Account
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Uyo Zonal Command, has secured the conviction of two bank officials, Daniel Akpan Eno and Mbuk Idongesit, before Justice Edem Ita Kufre of the Cross Riv...
Thu, 05 Aug 2021 20:31:57 +0000Students Of Federal University Minna Protest Against Planned Increment In School Fees
Some students of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, have protested against the outrageous increment in school fees being proposed by the school management.
Many of the students lamented that, should the increment be im...
Thu, 05 Aug 2021 19:20:00 +0000#EndSARS: After Miscarriage In Cell, Nigerian Woman Regains Freedom After Nine Months’ Detention
A Nigerian lady, Bukunmi Ayodele, on Thursday regained her freedom from an Ondo State prison where she had been detained after police arrested her for EndSARS protest in October 2020.
SaharaReporters learnt from her lawyer, Tope Temokun, tha...
Thu, 05 Aug 2021 19:14:50 +0000Police Spokesman In Rivers Slumps To Death
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Christian Udogu, the Rivers State Police Command's Deputy Spokesman, has slumped and died in his residence.
Udogu’s immediate boss, Nnamdi Omoni, confirmed the sad news in a statement he released on Thur...
Thu, 05 Aug 2021 18:58:22 +0000The Sense In Quota System, By Fredrick Nwabufo
Fredrick Nwabufo
The quota system in Nigeria was conceived to address an inequitable system, but the prevailing "unjust system" betrayed the purpose for which the quota system was ideated and actioned. The quota system, principally, is not an...
Thu, 05 Aug 2021 18:47:16 +0000BUSTED: How Enugu Council Vice-Chairman Hijacked, Shared 1000 Federal Government’s Job Slots To Cronies
The Vice Chairman, Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State, Gideon ToChukwu, has been accused of hijacking 1,000 job slots of the Federal Government’s extended Special Public Works meant for the Igbo-Eze South Local Government in the s...
Thu, 05 Aug 2021 18:31:43 +0000Provide Aircraft To Corps Members Travelling Far — Nigerians React To Government’s Airlifting Of Corpses Of Akwa Ibom Corps Members
Nigerians on social media have reacted to the military aircraft’s airlifting to their home towns of the remains of corps members who recently died in a road accident.
Many social media users described it as “hypocrisy” and “medicine ...
Thu, 05 Aug 2021 17:51:56 +0000IPOB Files Lawsuit In US To Retrieve Six Tucano Fighter Jets Sold To Nigeria
American constitutional lawyer, Bruce Fein, has said that a suit has been filed in the United States of America on behalf of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) against the sales of six A-29 Tucano fighter jets to the Nigerian government....