Metro
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The National Examinations Council (NECO) has re-scheduled the 2024 National Common Entrance Examination into Federal Unity Colleges and the entrance examination into Federal Government Academy, Suleja. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday by Azeez Sani, acting Director, Information and Digital Communication, of the council. Sani stated that…
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The Air component of Operation Hadarin Kai (OPHK) has executed a precision airstrike on the hideouts of ISWAP terrorists nestled within Kolleram village along the shores of Lake Chad. The operation, conducted on April 13, 2024, reportedly yielded significant success as the Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) post-strike conducted revealed the neutralization of over 30 terrorists.…
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President Bola Tinubu has declared April 7 as National Police Day. Tinubu, represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, made this known on Monday night during the maiden edition of the Nigeria Police Awards and Commendations ceremony held in the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja. He identified a complete overhaul of the institutional mentality and memory of police…
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In what could be described as a score card of the agency’s performance in the last three years, the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig Gen Mohammed Buba Marwa (Retd)
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In continuation of their onslaught on illegal fishing on Nigeria territory waters, the Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB) FORMOSO, have handed over a Motor Fishing Trawler (MFT) OLOKUN XIV and 12 of its crew members to the Federal Department of Fisheries (FDF) in Bayelsa.
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday, arraigned the two Alakijas (Alaba Alakija and Oyinkansola Alakija) before a Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos over allegations of property fraud.
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Troops of the Nigerian Army stationed in Taraba and Benue states have dealt significant blows to terrorist activities, by arresting a gun-runner, killing a terrorist and preventing kidnapping attempts.
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The Police in Lagos State have arrested two armed robbery suspects in the Agbado area of the state.
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Pained by last week’s loss of a woman to a tragic accident involving a containerised truck in Alapere area of Lagos, the State Truck and Cargo Operators Committee (LASTCOC) has vowed to enforce stricter safety measures.
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Operatives from the anti-kidnapping unit of the Imo State Police Command have arrested a suspected kidnapper, Aralu Chukwudi Charis, 40, from Otolo, in Nnewi North Local Council of Anambra State.
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The leader of Anioma Security Net Watch, Mr James Peter (a.k.a) Synergy has been reportedly killed by operatives of Delta State Vigilante operating within Owaeke, Emuhu and adjoining communities in Ika South Local Council of Delta State.
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For defiling his neighbour’s 15-year-old girl, Justice Rahman Oshodi of a Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court yesterday, sentenced a 24-year-old baker, Adesina Farouk to life imprisonment.
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Tech4her Africa on Thursday launched its DataDiva Project, an ambitious initiative aimed at equipping 5,000 female university students across Lagos and three other Southwest states in Nigeria with essential data science skills by 2026. The DataDiva project is an independent program organised to support the annual Women in Data Science (WiDS) Datathon held at Stanford…
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AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), an NGO, on Thursday, trained women living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in the FCT, Abuja, on prevention of transmission of the virus to infants. The organisation’s Country Director, Dr Echey Ijezie, said during a one-day workshop for participants across the six area councils of the FCT, that the initiative is…
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In response to disruptions sparked by recent haulage rate announcements for Eastern Ports, the Nigerian Shippers' Council (NSC) has agreed to schedule a stakeholder meeting to renegotiate the rates. This, according to NSC will serve as a platform where robust consultation and decisive action would be taken to ease the stress of port users. Emerging…
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The Oyo State Government says it demolished the building belonging to the Yoruba Nation agitators in its capital, Ibadan, over alleged illegal and nefarious activities in the house.
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Cryptocurrency exchange company, Binance said it is working very closely with the Nigerian government over its detained executive. The CEO of Binance, Richard Teng, disclosed this on Thursday with the company's head of financial crime compliance still in detention in Nigeria. The Nigerian government's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting Binance for laundering…
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Landmark Group said the Lagos State government is yet to consult it on the Lagos-Calabar coastal road construction and beach sand filling. Landmark made this disclosure in a statement on Thursday and said the issue of the Lagos-Calabar coastal road passing through Landmark Beach remains a topic of wide-reaching discourse. The Group said it wants…
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The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 82 Division, Nigerian Army, Maj-Gen. Hassan Dada, has expressed concern about the high number of weapons in unauthorized hands in Nigeria.
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The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has secured an exparte injunction restraining further action on his purported suspension as member of the party. In an exparte motion granted by Federal high Court in Kano, Wednesday, Justice A. U Liman ordered the purported suspension of Ganduje as member of the…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday declared former Kogi State governor Yahaya Bello wanted. The EFCC is prosecuting Bello over an allege money laundering of N80.2billion. The former governor was absent in court earlier today when the EFCC arraigned him. Bello’s arraignment is coming on the heels of a warrant of arrest…
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President Bola Tinubu has approved system-wide policies to comprehensively overhaul the education sector to improve learning and skill development, increase enrolment, and ensure the academic security of the nation's children. The approved policies are captured as DOTS, an acronym representing: Data Repository, Out-of-School Children Education, Teacher Training & Development, and Skill Development & Acquisition. According…