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Court orders interim forfeiture of two houses and cars linked to Invictus Obi

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the temporary forfeiture of two houses in Abuja and two cars traced to the convicted cybercriminal, Obinwanne George Okeke also known as Invictus Obi. Justice Peter Lifu made the order on ...

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FG extends NIN-SIM deadline till December

The Federal Government has again extended the deadline for the linkage of National Identity Numbers (NIN) with the Subscribers Identity Module (SIM) card. It urged Nigerians and legal residents to complete the process of the linkage “before the end of ...

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Be ready to kill many if you don’t release TASUED students – NANS tells Army as it gives 24-hour ultimatum

The National Association of Nigerian Students has given the Nigerian Army a 24-hour ultimatum to release the Tai Solarin University of Education students arrested on Friday. This came in a statement signed by the NANS President, Sunday Asefon, who stated ...

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Ex-SARS officer shoots lover for refusing his marriage proposal

A Former operative of the defunct State Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), James Eno, alias Bishop on Thursday shot his lover, Emezana Purity, for rebuffing his marriage proposals. Eno, who is now at large, was attached to Ozoro Area Command, Isoko North ...

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Two herbalists, 4 students arrested for cyber fraud in Ibadan

Two self-proclaimed herbalists, Ajisafe Toheeb and Ogundayo Usman have been arrested by EFCC operatives in Soka area of Ibadan over their alleged involvement in cyber fraud. They were arrested alongside twenty-four others, four of whom claimed to be students of ...

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Kaduna records 2,428 cases of tuberculosis

The Kaduna state Tuberculosis and Leprosy control programme has recorded 2,428 cases in the past six months. Dr Abubakar Sadiq, the state’s programme manager, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna. He said ...

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Man commits suicide over impotence in Kwara

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has said that a 22-year-old man, Shuaib Idris, has committed suicide in Gwanara, Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara, over his inability to have s.e.xual intercourse with women. This is contained in ...

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I swear by Holy Qur’an, I will leave office 2023 – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said he has sworn by the Holy Qur’an that he will leave office by May 29, 2023. “I swore by the Holy Qur’an that I will serve in accordance with the constitution and leave when ...

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One shot as NSCDC, hunters foil kidnap of Kwara teachers

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has said one person sustained a bullet wound, as gunmen attempted to kidnap two teachers at Osi in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara. In a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, Babawale ...

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Ganduje mourns as five Kano students die in road crash

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has expressed shock over the death of five students in a ghastly auto accident on Kano-Katsina road. Ganduje, who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Abba Anwar, in a statement said: “We were ...

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2023: CAN warns against presidential tickets with nominees of same religion

The leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria has warned political parties against presenting presidential tickets with nominees of the same religion in the 2023 general elections. The Association stated that presenting a Christian/Christian or Muslim/Muslim ticket will heat up ...

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51-year-old woman kills husband with machete in Rivers

The Rivers State Police Command on Thursday said it arrested a 51-year-old woman, Gladys Amadi, from Chokocho, in the Etche Local Government Area of the state for allegedly killing her husband, Napoleon Amadi, with a machete. The state Police Public ...

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Security agents repel another attack on Edo prison

An uprising at one of the Edo correctional facilities known as White House along Sapele Road, on Thursday, caused panic in Benin as gunshots were heard around Ring Road and the Government Reserved Area. Commuters, drivers, passersby, and business owners ...

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Govt winning war against Boko Haram, bandits – Lai Mohammed

Terrorists and bandits are fast losing the anti-insurgency war to the Federal Government, Information, Culture and Tourism Minister Lai Mohammed claimed yesterday. Insisting that Boko Haram has no caliphate in the Northeast or any part of the country, the minister ...

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Soyinka narrates how the Government through ‘new rules’ stopped him from coming to Nigeria twice

Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, on Thursday said he was prevented from boarding at the Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France, for failing to obtain what the airline staff described as a ‘permit to travel’ to Nigeria. Soyinka spoke ...

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Minister blames Energy Drinks for high teenage pregnancies in Uganda

Too many brands of energy drinks on the Ugandan market are partly to blame for the increasing cases of teenage pregnancy in the country, the state minister for gender and culture, Ms Peace Mutuuzo has said. “These days there are ...

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NSCDC deploy female Rapid Response Squad to Adamawa schools over kidnapping

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have deployed a Special Rapid Response (RRS) female squad to schools across the 21 Local Government Areas of Adamawa State. Commandant of the NSCDC in the state, Usman Waksha disclosed this on ...

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Alleged Investment Fraud: Court bars banks from releasing N11.79bn to couple

A Lagos State High Court sitting at the Osborne area in Ikoyi has restrained all commercial banks in the country from releasing funds totalling N11.795 billion to Nigerian couple, Bamise and Elizabeth Ajetunmobi, who allegedly fled the country after duping ...

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Four PDP governors in closed-door meeting with Mimiko

Four serving Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors today met with the former Ondo state governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko behind a closed door in Ondo state. Their visit to the former governor, according to sources, was in preparation for the 2023 ...

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FG lists Diezani Madueke’s buildings, jewellery, bras for sale

  The Federal Government has begun the process for the valuation of property belonging to several politically exposed persons, including the embattled former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The Diezani property located in highbrow Banana Island Foreshore Estate, Ikoyi, ...

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Ex-agriculture minister, Ruma, dies at 59

A former Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources, Abba Ruma is dead.   He died on Wednesday at 59.   Ruma, from Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State, was a minister under late President Umaru Yar’Adua.   Family sources ...

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