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26 Dec
Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), have arrested 20 suspects in connection with the killings in Tingbwa Gidan Ado community of Riyom Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau. Maj.-Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar, the Commander of OPSH disclosed this at the Christmas luncheon organised for troops of OPSH and 3 Division of the Nigerian Army, on Thursday…
23 Dec
The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), yesterday, painted a graphic, chilling and shocking picture of the killing of innocent persons in the South East in the hands of armed state actors and non-state actors.
4 Dec
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has vowed to implement recommendations of the report submitted to him by the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the arson, killings, and wanton destruction of property at some local council headquarters on or around Monday, October 7, 2024.
13 Nov
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday presented alarming statistics exposing a sharp rise in kidnappings, killings, and child abandonment across the country. The data were presented at a civil society consultation on human rights in Abuja, organised by the NHRC with support from the European Union. The event, which also marked the inauguration…
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President Bola Tinubu has extended condolences to the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Oladmeji Bankole and his family on the passing of his mother, Alhaja Monsurat Atinuke Bankole, at the age of 78. She died Thursday after a brief illness. President Tinubu also joined the Bankole family and the Ogun State…
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The US Supreme Court appeared likely on Friday to uphold a law that would force TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance to sell the wildly popular online video-sharing platform or shut it down. A majority of the conservative and liberal justices on the nine-member bench appeared skeptical of arguments by a lawyer for TikTok that forcing a…
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The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has admitted the 12 suspected killers of an undergraduate student of Ajayi Crowther University, Jeffrey Akro, to bail in the sum of N5 million and two sureties each in like sum, while the case is adjourned until Friday, 21 February 2025. It would be recalled that the…
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The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) says Nigeria stands out globally for its affordable mobile data costs. The ITU said this in its recentlobal System for Mobile Communications Association(GSMA)report. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN)reports that the report is titled ,”The Role of Mobile Technology in Driving Digital Economy in Nigeria”. ITU also said Nigeria offers cost…
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Nollywood Star, Funke Akindele, has emerged the second highest grossing Nollywood writer for the year 2024, along with Collins Okoh and Akinlabi Ishola. This was for the film “Everybody Loves Jennifer” which had generated N1,125 billon at the box office. This was revealed by filmone on its instagram page @filmoneng on Friday. Stephen Oluboyo…
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The family of the former Leicester City owner killed in a helicopter crash have launched a £2.15 billion ($2.63 billion) legal claim against the manufacturers of the aircraft, it was announced Friday. Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four others were killed when the Thai billionaire's personal helicopter crashed shortly after taking off from the Premier League club's…
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President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Senator John Azuta-Mbata on his election as the President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide Azuta-Mbata, a former senator, represented Rivers East in the Senate from 1999 to 2007. He was elected as president of the preeminent Pan-Igbo socio-cultural group at its meeting in Enugu on Friday. In a statement signed by…
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At the budget defense session on Friday, the joint Senate and House of Representatives Committee on Solid Minerals Development rejected the 2025 budgetary proposals presented by the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development. The committee, chaired by Senator Ekong Sampson, expressed concerns over the feasibility and potential impact of the projects outlined in the budget. Similarly,…
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An Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group on Friday claimed responsibility for an attack in northern Benin near the borders with Burkina Faso and Niger that killed at least 28 troops this week. The raid, which was the deadliest the Beninese army has suffered in years, took place late Wednesday in the border area between Benin and its…
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The Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has described late sports administrator, Pa Michael Eniayewu, as a man who dedicated his time to the service of others while he was alive. The governor delivered the eulogy on Friday at the funeral service for Pa Eniayewu at Oke-Owo circuit of Methodist Church Nigeria in Owo. Represented…