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Nigeria records 20,000 cases of snake bites annually – Minister

Nigeria’s minister of state for health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, has said an average of 20,000 cases of snake bites are recorded in Nigeria every year. Mr Mamora disclosed this at a press briefing to mark the 2021 International Snakebite Awareness Day ...

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Nigeria not your private estate – Southern Group knocks Northern elders over 2023 presidency

The Southern Nigeria Frontier has condemned a statement credited to the Director of Publicity and Advocacy of the Northern Elders Forum, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, in which he boasted that Northern Nigeria has the voting population and would not play second ...

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Nnamdi Kanu: Security agents cordon off Abia High Court

Security agents have cordoned off the premises of Abia Stat High Court at Umuahia at the resumed hearing of Nnamdi Kanu’s human rights Suit against the Federal government and 7 others, which was filed by his Lawyer, Barrister Aloy Ejimakor ...

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Kano govt bans movies showing kidnapping, drug addiction

The Kano Film Censorship Board, has henceforth prohibited showing or selling movies displaying kidnappings, drug addiction and snatching of GSM phones in the State. The Board Executive Secretary, Ismaila Naaba Afakallah, explained in a chat that the prohibition becomes necessary, ...

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Trudeau’s Liberals win Canada election

  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals were returned to power on Monday in a hotly contested election against the rookie Conservative leader Erin O’Toole, according to TV projections.   This is even as Erin O’Toole, leader of Canada’s opposition ...

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Petroleum marketers in Rivers ask police to vacate their secretariat or they will shut down services

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Rivers State chapter, has given 48 hours ultimatum to the Nigeria Police to vacate its secretariat, or it would shutdown services. In a statement released in Port Harcourt, State Chairman of IPMAN, ...

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Nigerians react as POS stand is spotted inside a popular bank

  Nigerians have taken to social media platforms to react after a POS stand was spotted on the premises of a popular bank. In a short video which is circulating online, a POS stand could be seen stationed at the ...

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Gunmen abduct lovers one week to wedding in Ekiti

Gunmen struck at Ekiti East Local Government Area on Sunday and abducted a would-be couple planning to get married next week, the police said on Monday. Police spokesman in the state, ASP Sunday Abutu, told the News Agency of Nigeria ...

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There’ll be trouble if IPOB insists Anambra governor election won’t hold – Ifeanyi Ubah

The candidate of the Young Progressives Party in the forthcoming Anambra State Governorship Election, Ifeanyi Ubah, says there will be trouble if the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra insists that the November 6, 2021 election won’t hold. Ubah, who represents ...

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Dollar hits N575 two days after Aboki FX update suspension

The dollar rose to between N572 and N575 in different parts of the country on Monday barely two days after online platform, Aboki FX, stopped providing updates on the exchange rate. Punch correspondent, who visited the ever-busy Wuse Zone 4 ...

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EFCC declares 24-year-old man wanted for N935m investment scam

Adewale Daniel Jayeoba has been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over an alleged investment scam. The EFCC said Jayeoba, a native of Ori-Ade Local Government in Osun State, used to live at Suit 1004, Providence ...

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30 ‘Yahoo-Yahoo Boys’ busted at Kwara State University

Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 30 suspected internet fraudsters in a sting operation at Kwara State University, KWASU, Malete. Spokesperson of the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement on ...

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Borrowing for recurrent expenditure foolish, says Obasanjo

Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, has frowned at the way the Federal Government is taking loans. According to the ex-president, borrowing for recurrent expenditure is ‘foolish’. In a video interview posted on Channel’s Television Facebook page, Obasanjo said that ...

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Ondo State Government seals Shoprite, popular market

The Ondo State Government has sealed off Shoprite and the neighbourhood market in Akure, the Ondo State capital. The popular facilities were sealed on Monday by the Ondo State Waste Management Authority, ODSWMA, over what was described as unsanitary and ...

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16-year-old girl commits suicide over boyfriend’s infidelity in Warri

A 16-year-old girl, on Sunday, reportedly committed suicide over her unfaithful boyfriend in Warri, Delta State. Amid sketchy details, the teenager, identified as Blessing, drank a bottle of banned popular insecticide, ‘Sniper’ on Sunday morning at Arubayi Street, Warri. Her ...

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Hoodlums set INEC headquarters in Enugu ablaze

Over six Toyota Hilux vehicles were completely burnt as hoodlums set fire to the Enugu headquarters of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday night. The sixth vehicle, which also caught fire, was partially rescued by the State Fire Service. ...

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Doctor kills his two children by injecting them with insulin, then tries to commit suicide

A doctor in Nakuru, Kenya has allegedly killed his two children by injecting them with insulin, before trying to commit suicide. Nakuru County Police Commander Beatrice Kiraguri has confirmed the unfortunate incident. It is said that James Gakara injected his ...

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Why I visited Tinubu in London – Akeredolu

  The Governor of Ondo State, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, has said his visit to a former Lagos State Governor and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has nothing to do with the 2023 election. He said ...

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Tears as family buries four children who died after Suya meal (Photos/Video)

Tears flowed on Saturday as four of the seven children who died after allegedly eating Suya were buried in Umuahia, the Abia State capital. The four victims are Kelechi Chibuzor, 12; Sunday Chibuzor, 10; Oluomachi Chibuzor, 8; and Kingsley Chibuzor, ...

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If given the oppourtunity to be tested in elections, a woman can rule Nigeria in 2023 – Onyejeocha

A three-time member of the House of Representatives and Chairman, House Committee on Aviation, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, has expressed optimism that a female President would be possible in the 2023 election provided women were given the opportunity. According to her, if ...

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