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Tinubu cancels 40% IGR deduction from universities

President Bola Tinubu has announced the cancellation of the automatic deduction of 40 percent from federal universities’ Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, conveyed the president’s announcement during his speech at the 75th Founder’s Day ceremony ...

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FG to resume prosecution of alleged terrorists in two weeks

FG to resume prosecution of alleged terrorists Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, yesterday, disclosed that the federal government would resume the prosecution of some alleged terrorists, including Boko Haram members, in the next ...

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Lagos records 340 cases of wives beating their husbands to submission

Lagos records 340 cases of wives beating their husbands to submission Lagos State Government said it has recorded no fewer than 340 cases of wives beating their husbands to submission, in the last year. Executive Secretary, of Lagos Domestic and Sexual ...

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Liberia Presidential Election: George Weah DEFEATED

Liberia: George Weah concedes election defeat Liberia President George Weah has conceded election defeat to opposition leader Joseph Boakai after a tight race, ending a presidency marred by graft allegations but helping to ensure a smooth transition of power in the once volatile African ...

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FIRSTBANK REWARDS CUSTOMERS WITH 170,000,000 WORTH OF CASH PRIZES IN ITS WIN BIG PROMO

FirstBank, Nigeria’s premier financial institution and leading financial inclusion services provider, has launched the Win Big promo to reward and delight its valued customers. The four-month promo, which started on 23 October 2023 and will run till 23 February 2023 ...

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Nigeria Navy nabs four stowaways aboard Dubai vessel

Nigeria Navy nabs four stowaways aboard Dubai vessel The Nigerian Navy Ship BEECROFT has apprehended an 18-year-old boy and three other stowaways onboard a container vessel, TEME EXPRESS, heading to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This was revealed in a statement released ...

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Malawi’s President bans himself and his cabinet from foreign travel

Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera has suspended with immediate effect all international travel for himself and his government in a bid to save money The measure follows a huge devaluation of the currency as Malawi secures a loan from the International ...

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Burning of Qur’an: Tani Olohun apologizes to Muslims

Tani Olohun apologizes to Muslims A popular traditionalist, Abdulazeez Adegbola, a.k.a Tani Olohun, has pleaded with the entire Muslim community to forgive him for allegedly burning the Qur’an and defaming some Muslim personalities in Kwara State. Tani Olorun made this plea ...

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I have never tasted alcohol, cigarettes – Akpabio

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has said he had never taken alcohol or smoked cigarettes in his life because of their side effects on the human system Godswill Akpabio declared this while admonishing children of various secondary schools across the country who ...

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Police arraign driver who crushed LAWMA sweepers

The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday arraigned Jerry Ironkwe, the driver who crushed two sweepers of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority, namely, 65-year-old Folashade Odufuwa and 60-year-old Ajoke Adefuye, in the Gbagada area of the state The 45-year-old ...

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Appeal Court sacks Zamfara Governor, declares election inconclusive

Appeal Court sacks Zamfara Governor The Court of Appeal in Abuja has sacked Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara and declared the March governorship election in the state as inconclusive. The court, on Thursday, also ordered a rerun in three local ...

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Lagos graduate arraigned for phone theft

Lagos graduate arraigned for phone theft The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday arraigned a 31-year-old man, Frank Obodom, for alleged theft of a phone worth N720,000 in Alaba International Market, in the Ojo area of the state. The defendant ...

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Moment Governor Adeleke snubbed Ooni of Ife at an event

Moment Governor Adeleke snubbed Ooni of Ife at an event The moment Governor Ademola Adeleke SNUBBED the Ooni of Ife, has been captured on camera. The Governor who had walked into an event, decided to greet the dignitaries he met ...

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Man arrested with local gun, 25 live cartridges in Lagos

Man arrested with local gun, 25 live cartridges in Lagos A suspect, Oladimeji Hassan has been arrested by security operatives in the Berger area of Lagos State. Hassan, 27, was arrested by police officers of Ojodu Division on Tuesday. Confirming ...

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54-year-old landlord k!lls 3 tenants over unpaid rent

A 54-year-old landlord has k!lled 3 of his tenants inside a home in Queens on Tuesday over unpaid rent A Queens landlord stabbed his girlfriend and two tenants to d3ath, then walked into an NYPD stationhouse and confessed he “did ...

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Strike stalls Emefiele’s arraignment

The arraignment of the former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, at the Federal Capital Territory High Court, has been stalled following the ongoing strike by the Trade Union Congress and Nigerian Labour Congress The leadership of the two ...

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First Lady, Remi Tinubu donates N427m to Military’s widows

Remi Tinubu donates N427m to Military’s widows Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has presented cheques worth over N427 million to the widows and orphans of fallen heroes of the Armed Forces across the nation. Oluremi, while speaking at the presentation ceremony ...

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Missing 63-year old Lagos social worker found alive

The missing 63-year-old Lagos social worker, Mrs. Ayodele Idowu Lawal, who was declared missing has been found ALIVE Lawal was declared missing on Monday. Lawal is a member of the Nigeria Association of Social Workers (NASoW) Lagos State Chapter. It was gathered ...

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Strike stalls Chidinma’s trial over alleged murder of Super TV boss

The trial of an undergraduate of the University of Lagos, Chidinma Ojukwu, the alleged murder suspect of Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, on Tuesday, could not go on, due to the absence of the defendant Ojukwu, a ...

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Statue of Virgin Mary ‘sheds tears’ at Mexico church

Churchgoers in Mexico were left stunned after apparently witnessing a statue of the Virgin Mary shedding tears The alleged miracle is said to have happened at a church in El Canal in the state of Colima. Following reports of the ...

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62 passengers escape death as aircraft skids off runway in Rivers

62 passengers escape death as aircraft skids off runway in Rivers At least 62 passengers escaped death on Tuesday as an aircraft belonging to Nigerian airline, Value Jet skidded, off the runway at the Port Harcourt International Airport in Rivers ...

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