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Six #EndSARS protesters freed after four years in custody

23 August 2024

The defendants, identified as Daniel Joyinbo, Adigun Sodiq, Kehinde Shola, Salaudeen Kamilu, Sodiq Usseni, and Azeez Isiaka, were set free by Magistrate Bolanle Osunsanmi, after being cautioned. The defendants were discharged after pleading guilty to a single amended charge brought against them by the Lagos State Government. The charge, dated August 22, 2024, accused them […]

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NAFDAC intercepts petrol tankers carrying edible oil in Lagos

22 August 2024

NAFDAC said in a press statement on Wednesday that it acted “on a tip-off” about the potentially hazardous cargo. According to the agency, the edible oil had been transferred into the tanker trucks from a designated edible oil storage facility to transport the product in violation of regulatory standards. Worried about its health implications, NAFDAC […]

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Gridlock, Queues As Fuel Scarcity Hits Lagos

19 August 2024

Fuel queues have resurfaced in several parts of Lagos as scarcity ofpetroleum hit Nigeria’s commercial centre. It was learnt that in some areas of the state, motorists were spotted inthe queues that snaked into the streets. The development causedgridlock around filling stations. A litre of the product now sells for between N800-N1,000 in some fillingstations, […]

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Davido’s father donates N1bn to church in memory of late mother.

19 August 2024

Adeleke who made the donation during a thanksgiving service held atthe church’s headquarters in Surulere, Lagos, said he made thedonation to the church’s centenary endowment fund in honour ofEsther Adeleke, his mother. Esther Adeleke was the senior mother-in-Israel at the church before shepassed on. The position is currently held by Module Adeleke Sanni, the Osungovernor’s […]

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Again, NYSC demobilises 54 UNICAL fake graduates

17 August 2024

This is contained in a statement signed by the Scheme’s Director of Information and Public Relations, Eddy Megwa, last night. The Director General of the NYSC,  Yusha’u Ahmed disclosed this in Abuja , adding that the illegal graduates would be prosecuted accordingly. He said of the 54, nineteen of them initially registered online for mobilization, […]

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Iran rejects Western calls to stand down Israel threat

13 August 2024

The Islamic Republic and its allies have blamed Israel for Haniyeh’s killing on July 31 during a visit to the Iranian capital for the swearing-in of President Masoud Pezeshkian. Israel has not commented. Iran has vowed to avenge the death, which came hours after an Israeli strike in Beirut killed a senior commander of Hezbollah, […]

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It’s Uncharitable To Claim NASS Fixes Own Salaries, Senate Tackles Obasanjo

12 August 2024

In a statement, Senate spokesman Yemi Adaramodu challenged anyone with credible evidence to present contrary facts, describing any suggestion that the National Assembly fixes its salaries as uncharitable and satanic. Adaramodu,  who represents Ekiti South Senatorial Distric,t in the 10th NASS said the red chamber only receives the salary allocated to it by the Revenue […]

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Immigration suspends officer seeking bribe from traveller

8 August 2024

NIS Comptroller General,  Kemi Nandap, made this known in a statement issued by the Service Public Relations Officer,  Kenneth Udo, in Abuja. According to Nandap, the officer’s conduct, captured in a video circulating on social media, does not reflect the values and ethics of professionalism upheld by the NIS.   She condemned the alleged misconduct, saying […]

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Relief After UK Streets See Respite From Far-Right Riots

8 August 2024

The anti-racism demonstrations had passed off almost entirely peacefully after police flooded the streets of numerous English towns and cities and reiterated violence by suspected far-right agitators would not be tolerated. It follows a week of near-nightly riots — during which mosques and migrant-related facilities have been attacked — nationwide and in Northern Ireland. The […]

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Troops destroy illegal oil refining sites in Rivers, Bayelsa

7 August 2024

It said the destruction was done during an operation by troops of the Land Component, Joint Task Force, South-South, Operation Delta Safe. The Acting Deputy Director of 6 Division Army Public Relations,  . Jonah Danjuma, disclosed this in a statement issued in Port Harcourt  and sent to newsmen. Danjuma said the feat is the outcome […]

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