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Customs arrest three for trafficking elephant tusks

The Nigeria Customs Service on Friday said it had arrested three men for alleged illegal export of elephant tusks to Asia The men were arrested at different locations in Lagos between January 25, 2024, and February 4 and 6, 2024, for allegedly ...

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Court jails fake EFCC staff, two others in Kaduna

The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction and sentencing of Abdulazeez Isah to three years imprisonment for parading himself as a staff of the EFCC. Abraham Adama and Uzoma Isaac Iwu ...

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Fashola urges landlords to collect monthly rents

Former Works and Housing Minister Babatunde Fashola (SAN) has called for the review of tenancy laws in states to compel landlords to collect rents monthly The former governor of Lagos State spoke at the launch of his book titled: “Nigerian Public ...

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EFCC declare Emefiele’s wife, three others WANTED

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Margaret Emefiele and three others wanted for allegedly conniving with former CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele to steal huge sums of money from the apex bank The EFCC displayed the mugshots of ...

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Access Bank CEO was going to watch Super Bowl with wife, son and friends

The Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, Herbert Wigwe, was actually going to watch Super Bowl when the chopper transporting him and others crashed. The chopper which crashed in California, United States of America, also killed his wife and son onboard with him. ...

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ATIKU mourns Herbert Wigwe and family

Atiku Abubajar has mourned the Group Chief Executive Officer, Access Holdings Plc, Herbert Wigwe, and his family, who died in an helicopter crash in the US. The chopper had crashed in California near the Nevada border, United States of America on their way ...

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We lack specific information! Access Bank breaks silence on death of CEO, Herbert Wigwe

Access Bank Holdings Plc has reacted to the death of its Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Herbert Wigwe Wigwe, alongside his wife, son and three others died in a helicopter crash in US on Friday night. Reacting, a statement on Access Bank’s official X page, said ...

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Osun youths protest high cost of living

A group of youths on Friday staged a peaceful protest in Osogbo, Osun State, decrying the rising cost of living, with a call on the government to immediately intervene The protesters, who wielded placards with inscriptions such as ‘change the ...

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Mob sets suspected rapist ablaze in Benue

An angry mob in Achoho, a settlement in Gwer East Local Government Area, Benue State, has set ablaze a 22-year-old man identified simply as Botswar Botswar was accused of raping and killing his brother’s wife on Friday last week. Botswar had ...

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Police arrest six suspected armed robbers in uncompleted hospital building

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested six suspected armed robbers in an uncompleted hospital building which is a marked black spot in Utako village According to a statement issued by the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP ...

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Why social media must be regulated — Pres. Tinubu

  Why social media must be regulated — Pres. Tinubu President Bola Tinubu says social media has become a societal menace and must be regulated. The president, who spoke through his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, at a recent event ...

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2024 population census will hold as scheduled, Senate assures Nigerians

The Senate has assured that the much-awaited population and housing census slated for November this year will take place as scheduled Speaking on Wednesday in Abuja during the screening of 17 out of the 19 commissioner nominees for the National ...

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NYSC member slumps, dies watching Nigeria, South Africa match

  A member of the National Youths Service Corps, NYSC, has slumped and died during the penalty shootout stage of the match between Nigeria and South Africa, yesterday evening. NYSC member slumps, dies watching Nigeria, South Africa match The youth, identified ...

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Alleged Sexual Harassmen: Suspended UNICAL dean, lawyer granted bail

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, granted bail to Prof. Cyril Ndifon, former Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL) who is undergoing trial for sexual harassment in the sum of N250 million with two sureties in ...

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2 dead, 2 hospitalised in Kogi community after taking herbal concoction

Two persons have been confirmed dead while two others were hospitalised in Isanlu, headquarters of Yagba East council area of Kogi State after drinking concoction The event happened on Tuesday evening when the four of them decided to experiment on ...

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Generator fumes kill two Polytechnic students

Two students of the Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, have died after reportedly inhaling fumes from a generator The Kogi State Police Public Relations Officer, SP William Ovye Aya confirmed this in a telephone interview with DAILY POST on Thursday evening. ...

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Suspected kidnapper captured after gun battle in Ekiti State

The rapid deployment of special forces has led to the arrest of a suspected kidnapper along the Ikere-Igbara Odo Ekiti axis The operation, based on intelligence, culminated in a gun duel with the suspected kidnappers, leading to the capture of ...

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NNPCL denies plan to increase fuel price

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd has denied any imminent hike in the pump prices of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol   Recently, some motorists have been experiencing difficulties buying petrol in filling stations amid fears ...

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Court orders man’s arrest over refusal to care for children

The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has ordered the state Commissioner of Police, CP Ayilara Adedamola, to arrest and keep a father of three one, Henry Edet Unung, at the Uyo Correctional Centre for one month for ...

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Tinubu orders recitation of National pledge at public events

President Bola Tinubu has directed the mandatory recitation of the National Pledge after the National Anthem at every official and public engagement Tinubu who spoke at the groundbreaking ceremony of the 3,112 housing-unit Renewed Hope City at Karsana, Abuja, on ...

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FG to release food items from Reserves to crash prices

The Federal Government yesterday moved to stem rising food prices in the country by directing the Special Presidential Committee on Emergency Food Intervention to immediately wade in Assuring Nigerians that there was no food shortage, the government alleged that saboteurs ...

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