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Thu, 06 Jan 2022 20:32:34 +0000President Buhari Gives Incoherent Answers, Strays Away From Many Questions During Latest Television Interview As Concern Over Dementia Grows
A day after a media interview of President Muhammadu Buhari was aired by Channels Television, a private broadcast station; many of his comments during the almost one hour-long session have continued to generate reactions across and beyond Ni...
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 19:56:55 +0000
Labour Union Warns Anti-graft Agency, ICPC, Not To Take Sides In Investigating Senior Civil Servants
The Congress of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria has urged the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission not to take sides in its investigation over alleged financial fraud against some senior civil servants.
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Thu, 06 Jan 2022 19:46:15 +0000
Court Orders Ex-councillor To Pay Woman N4million For Assaulting, Forcing Her To Walk Naked In Akwa Ibom
Mr Uduak Nseobot, former councillor in Ibiono Ibom, Akwa Ibom State
A high court in Uyo, Awka Ibom State, has ordered a man and his wife to pay N4million for assaulting and striping a woman naked in public.
The man identified as Uduak Nseobot...
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 19:42:12 +0000
Nigeria Ranked Eighth Among Countries With High Mass Killings
Nigeria has maintained a top position on a list of 162 countries witnessing mass killings, a report by Early Warning Project stated.
According to the ranking, Nigeria was pegged at eighth position largely due to the increase in securi...
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 19:40:17 +0000
Nigerian Navy Seizes 261 Bags Of Cannabis Worth N100million From Foreign Smugglers
File photo used to illustrate story.
At least 261 bags of cannabis worth over N100million were intercepted by the Nigerian Navy during the Christmas and New Year holidays.
Also, 413 bags of foreign rice and 150 drums of Premium Motor S...
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 19:36:57 +0000
NANS Warns Against Planned Reopening Of Dowen College, Says Influential People Making Moves To ReOpen School
The National Association of Nigerian Students has said that there were frantic efforts by powerful individuals to ensure the reopening of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos, without regard to the weight of the allegation against students and teache...
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 18:22:54 +0000
NASS Workers To Embark On Strike From January 10 Over Unpaid Allowances
Members of the Parliament Staff Association of Nigeria have threatened to start a strike action from Monday, January 10, 2022 over the failure of the National Assembly management to pay their allowance arrears.
The National Asse...
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 18:18:52 +0000
Lagos Government Lists Conditions For Reopening Of Dowen College
The Lagos State Government on Thursday gave the management of Dowen College, Lekki, conditions to be met before the school will be reopened for academic activities.
The government ordered the indefinite closure of Dowen College on Dec...
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 17:56:29 +0000
Former Oyo Governor, Ladoja, Backs Senator Lekan Balogun As Olubadan-elect
A former Oyo State governor and Osi Olubadan of Ibadan, Rashidi Ladoja, has backed the choice of Senator Lekan Balogun as the next Olubadan of Ibadanland.
Ladoja, 77, is the third in command in the Olubadan-in-Council.
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Thu, 06 Jan 2022 17:45:24 +0000
NDLEA, NSCDC Renew Partnership On Fight Against Drug Abuse, Trafficking
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have agreed to strengthen the existing partnership and synergy between them to curb drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking in the country.
This...