Hurricane Debby
5 Aug
Hurricane Debby landed in Florida Monday bringing high winds, pouring rain and 25 tightly wrapped packages of cocaine worth more than $1 million. Debby, which hit the state's northern Big Bend region as a Category One hurricane but has since been downgraded to a tropical storm, washed the trove of drugs ashore along Florida's southernmost…
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The Nasarawa State Police Command said it has arrested suspects who lured a businesswoman into a forest and strangled her to death. This was made known on Sunday by the Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Ranham Nansel, in a press statement made available to journalists in Lafia. "The duo of Abubakar Ibrahim and Isah Ayuba…
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Islamic scholars in Ilorin, Kwara State, at the weekend praised the Sultan of Sokoto, Alh Sa'ad Abubakar III, for his unequalled passion and patriotism geared toward the nation's unity, peace, and coexistence. They commended the Chairman of the National Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) for his crusade against ignorance and terrorism in the country.…
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Vice President Kashim Shettima has reiterated the importance of returning to core family values, saying they are the cornerstone for national development. He listed the values to include love and mercy between spouses, maintaining harmony and balance at home, viewing marriage as a spiritual commitment and act of worship, practising kindness and good character, seeking…
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The Rivers State Police Command has successfully rescued four victims kidnapped from a God is Good Motor (GIGM) bus travelling from Abuja to Port Harcourt and has intensified efforts to apprehend the perpetrators. The command's spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, in a telephone interview with the Guardian on Sunday, confirmed that the police in the state…
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Awake Initiative for Family Relation, Ethics and Development (AiFreD) and Oodua People's Congress (OPC), New Era, on Sunday, said the policies of the President Bola Tinubu-led government are anti-people and hardship-inflicting. The Director of AiFreD, Angel Folorunso, and National Publicity Secretary of OPC, Sina Akinpelu, stated these in chats with The Guardian in Ibadan, the…
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An eye expert and Focal Person, Eye Health Programme, Delta State Ministry of Health, Dr. Gloria Mok, has said that traditional medication is ruinous to eyes and warned parents and children to desist from applying it to avoid unnecessary eye damage. Dr. Mok gave the warning at a post-World Sight Day briefing over the weekend…