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Gov Bago denies ordering security men to slap Islamic cleric during Fidua prayer

17 July 2024

The video, which went viral , captured the governor speaking in Hausa language, instructing a security operative to slap and arrest the man. According to a statement, the governor’s Special Adviser on Print Media, Aisha Wakaso, clarified that the man in question was an impostor attempting to impersonate an Imam. Wakaso stated that the man […]

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Port Harcourt Refinery To Kick Off Early August — NNPCL

16 July 2024

This was revealed by the NNPCL Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari, while addressing an emergency session at the National Assembly joint committee on finance. He explained that the Port Harcourt refinery will kick off production by early August this year, while that of Kaduna will commence by December 2024. Kyari who had earlier announced […]

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Hardship: Govt officials panic, police on red alert over planned nationwide protest

15 July 2024

Since the current administration took off in May 2023 when President Bola Tinubu announced the abolition of fuel subsidy, there has been an untoward hardship in the country.  This has led to calls for the reversal of some policies of the government believed to have birthed the hardship.  Recall that angry youths and women had on […]

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Dapo Abiodun celebrates Wole Soyinka @90

13 July 2024

Abiodun, in a statement issued  by his Chief Press Secretary, Lekan Adeniran, to mark Soyinka’s 90th birthday, described the first African Nobel Laureate winner in Literature as “n icon, a literary giant, and a global ambassador of Nigeria.” The governor noted that Soyinka has made immense contributions to the development of literature, culture, and democracy […]

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Ex-Accountant General begs for time to refund looted funds

11 July 2024

Nwabuoku and his co-defendant, Felix Nweke, are facing 11 counts of money laundering to the tune of N1.6bn.  They are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The defendants were accused of committing to the act while Nwabuoku served as the Director of Finance and Accounts in the Ministry of Defence between 2019 […]

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Man in China caught smuggling 100 live snakes in his trousers

10 July 2024

China Customs said in a statement. the unnamed traveller was stopped by customs officers as he sought to slip out of semi-autonomous Hong Kong and into the border city of Shenzhen. The statement said officers seized 104 of the scaly reptiles, including milk snakes and corn snakes, many of which were non-native species.  An accompanying […]

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Court Adjourns El-Rufai’s Suit Against Kaduna Assembly To July 17

9 July 2024

At the commencement of the hearing of the case on Monday, counsel to the first respondent, the Kaduna State House of Assembly,  Sani Katu, ,SAN, informed the court that they are in the process of filing a notice of preliminary objection, challenging the court’s jurisdiction to hear the case. The counsel, therefore, seeks an extension […]

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EFCC Opposes Emefiele’s Quest For Foreign Medical Trip

9 July 2024

In a statement , the agency’s spokesman Dele Oyewale said thedefence counsel Labi-Lawal had filed an affidavit seeking the release of Emefiele’s passport to enable him to travel to the United Kingdom for medical treatments which was objected to by the EFCC. The  affidavit by the defence and the counter-affidavit by the prosecution was in […]

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June 2024 Hottest Month Globally — EU

8 July 2024

Every month since June 2023 has eclipsed its own temperature record in a 13-month streak of unprecedented global heat, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said. This was “inevitable” as long as humanity kept adding heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere, he said. The global average temperature notched last month broke the previous June record set […]

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EFCC Appeals Ruling Acquitting Fayose’s Ally, Others In ₦1.2bn Money Laundering Case

8 July 2024

Agbele and 3 companies linked to him and Fayose, namely Sylvan Mcnamara Limited, De Privateer Limited, and Spotless Investment Limited were listed as the first to fourth respondents in the appeal. The ₦1.2bn is said to be part of the sum of ₦4.7 billion belonging to the Federal Government and allegedly transferred from an account […]

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