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Landslides in India triggered by pounding monsoon rains have killed at least 36 people, with hundreds more feared trapped under mud and debris, officials said Tuesday. The southern coastal state of Kerala has been battered by torrential downpours, and the collapse of a key bridge at the disaster site in Wayanad district has hampered rescue…
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Mrs Toyin Ogungbure-Agbeni, the Caretaker Committee Chairman of Ilaje Local Government Council in Ondo State, has urged youths to shelve their proposed nationwide protest and embrace dialogue with the stakeholders across board. Ogungbure-Agbeni stated this while addressing some youths, community leaders and residents of the council area on Tuesday in Igbokoda. She acknowledged the fact…
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Premier League club Chelsea are in talks with Napoli over a season-long loan for their Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen. The two clubs are in discussions for both Osimhen and Belgian star Romelu Lukaku, who is expected to head to the former Italian champions. Chelsea want to get Lukaku off their books after making him available…
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Researchers have criticised billionaire Elon Musk for promising that his brain implant technology could eventually provide patients with vision superior to normal human sight. Musk has long promised that his Neuralink company was working on implants that could restore sight to blind people, telling his 190 million followers on X in March that the product…
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Two labourers, Hammed Idowu, 28 and Joshua Ogundele, 18, were on Tuesday arraigned before an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing door handle and engine, valued at N250,000, from their employer. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the defendants were among the labourers renovating Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan. The police charged…
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Deji Adeyanju and Partners have urged the Chief of Army Staff (CAS) to restrict men of the Nigerian Army to the barracks during the August 1 scheduled protest. In a letter addressed to the CAS, Nigerian Army, the law firm alleged that the deployment of the Nigerian Army across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and…
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The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has ordered that the operations of Arik Air should be grounded. It is believed that the decision to ground Arik's operations was not unconnected to legal issues. Recently Abuja Court had ordered sale of Arik Air’s aircraft to offset debts owed Arthur Eze and others by the airline. The…
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The Police Service Commission (PSC) has announced the commencement of training for newly recruited police constables, following a resolved dispute with the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) over the recruitment list of successful candidates. PSC in a statement on Monday said 10,000 successful applicants for the 2022 constable recruitment exercise will begin training on August 10,…
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>The Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI) has applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for securing $20 billion
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The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says the 2024 Annual Flood Outlook (AFO) identifies Yobe as one of 31 states with high- risk of flooding. Hajiya Zubaida Umar, the Director General NEMA, spoke at the inauguration of 2024 Effective Waste Management and Flood Mitigation Sensitisation Campaign on Tuesday in Damaturu, Yobe. Umar, representated by Mr…
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MTN Nigeria has announced the closure of all it's offices across the country from Tuesday, July 30, 2024. The network service provider said this in a statement on its customer support X handle. “Yello customer, please be informed that our shops nationwide will be closed today, 30th July 2024." MTN, however, directed its customers to…