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13 Feb 2024
An unexplainable incident unfolded when a woman, presumed deceased, suddenly regained consciousness moments before her scheduled cremation at a funeral parlour. Bujji Aamma, a 52-year-old resident of Berhampur, India, had suffered severe burns in a house fire on February 1st. Rushed to the hospital for treatment, she had burns covering half her body. Despite her…
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The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has announced it will sanction officers found guilty of violating its standard operating procedures regarding applications. In a circular issued on Tuesday, the commission expressed concern over reports alleging that some officers were fast-tracking applications at the expense of others, in violation of its guidelines. The CAC stated that it…
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Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti quashed rumours regarding the future of star forward Vinicius Junior on Friday, saying the Brazilian is committed to staying with the reigning European and Spanish champions. Spanish media have reported that Vinicius, 24, received a stratospheric offer to join a Saudi Arabian club. "From what I've heard, as someone who…
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The Edo State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal has announced its relocation from Benin City to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The Tribunal will now hold its proceedings at the National Judicial Institute (NJI), Abuja, with no reasons provided for the relocation in the communication to parties. In a notice dated January 24, 2025, and signed…
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Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River, says his administration will take proactive steps towards tightening security around the border areas. Otu who disclosed this on Friday in Calabar while meeting with elders and stakeholders of the state, said the move was critical to security and economic growth of the state. It would be recalled that…
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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has appealed to Gov. Dikko Radda of Katsina State to fulfil his pledge to install solar-powered lights across the orientation camp in the state. The state NYSC’s Coordinator, Alhaji Ibrahim Sa’idu, made the appeal in Katsina on Friday, during the swearing-in of the 2024 Batch ‘C’ stream ll Corps…
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Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State on Friday crowned Oba Olatunji Fayemi as the first Onitedo of Mahintedo. Oba Fayemi became king following the recommendations of the Justice C.E.T Ajama Commission of Inquiry on Chieftaincy Matters and the subsequent approval of the Onitedo Kingship stool by the Ondo State Government on December 9, 2024. Performing…
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US President Donald Trump made his first trip Friday since returning to power, heading to fire-scorched California and hurricane-hit North Carolina as a row blazed over disaster funding. The visit came as the White House said that deportation flights on military aircraft had begun, launching Trump's promised operation to expel "millions" of undocumented migrants. On…
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The Vice-Chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Prof. Simeon Bamire, has charged new students in the institution to be diligent in their studies and shun cultism and other social vices. Bamire gave the charge during the Matriculation Ceremony for new students for 2023/2024 academic at the OAU Amphitheatre, on Friday, in Ile-Ife. He said that…
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The Lagos Bus Services Ltd. (LBSL) has transported about 60 million people in its five years of operation. The Managing Director/ of LBSL, Mr Idowu Oguntona, disclosed this at a capacity building workshop for bus captains in Lagos on Friday. Oguntona said that in spite of challenges in 2024, the company exceeded its target of…
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European authorities on Friday said they had seized more than six million euros in cash and arrested 25 suspects in Spain after dismantling a Barcelona-based international cocaine smuggling network. EU law enforcement agency Europol said the investigation that began in 2022 unearthed a scheme in which Bulgarian, Colombian and Spanish citizens colluded to smuggle the…