Category: News
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Speed Darlington drags FG to court, demands billions for declaring him ‘Wanted’
Darlington Achakpo, the controversial Nigerian singer, popularly called Speed Darlington, has filed a lawsuit against the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) to court for declaring him wanted.
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JSF neutralises 2 gunmen, detain suspected IPOB member
The Anambra Joint Security Force (JSF) says it has neutralised two suspected gunmen and also detained a suspected member of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The spokesman for the state Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement issued in Awka on Tuesday.
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I paid N6.5m ransom to regain freedom – Uromi Chief Imam opens up
The Chief Imam of Uromi Central Mosque in Edo State, Imam Muhammad Murtadha Obhakhobo has opened up on claims that he was rescued by the police. The cleric revealed he paid N6.5 million ransom before regaining freedom.
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‘I pity Tinubu for what he is doing’ – Gov. Radda recalls conversation with Buhari
Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda has recounted a conversation he had with the late President, Muhammadu Buhari. Radda recalled how Buhari told him he pitied President Bola Tinubu for being brave enough to remove the subsidy on fuel.
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‘Kings should not be butchered after death’ – Oluwo on Awujale’s burial rites
The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has reacted to the burial rites of late Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, saying that he was not subjected to mutilation or cannibalisation “as done by butchers.” Oluwo expressed satisfaction as Oba Adetona was buried according to Islamic rites on Monday, after his death on Sunday, July…
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Bayelsa stakeholders urge Gov. Diri to join APC
A political pressure group, the Concerned Bayelsa Stakeholders Forum (CBSF), has urged Gov. Douye Diri to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The group’s convener, Mr Wisdom Ikuli, made the appeal on Tuesday in Yenagoa, urging stakeholders to support the move to realign Bayelsa with the Federal Government.
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Police neutralise 6 kidnap suspects in Delta
The Delta Police Command says it has neutralised six kidnap suspects in the state. The Spokesman for the Command, SP Bright Edafe, said this at a news briefing on Tuesday in Warri.
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It is right time for State Police – Oyo Speaker
The Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Mr Adebo Ogundoyin, has joined the call for establishment of state police to curb growing insecurity in Nigeria.
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107 victims of Yelwata bandits attack still hospitalised – Govt. official
The Benue State Government, on Tuesday, said 107 Yelwata victims were still receiving treatment at the Benue State Teaching Hospital, Makurdi.
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Ex-CDS, Irabor, pours encomiums on Buhari, says as my C-In-C, “I never met him in person before my appointment, he was a good man
…he was a soldier’s soldier Immediate past Chief of Defense Staff, CDS, General Leo Irabor, Rtd in a tribute to his former Commander in Chief, Late President Muhammadu Buhari said that in every sense, he was a good man. He made this revelation in a tribute he personally signed declaring that he never met his…