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The special brigade of the Nigerian Army has neutralised scores of Lukurawa bandits and destroyed about 22 camps in Sokoto and Kebbi states. The Theatre Commander of Operation FANSAN YAMMA, Maj.- Gen. Oluyinka Soyele, disclosed this to the newsmen on Friday in Sokoto. Speaking through the Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC), 8 Division of Nigerian…
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Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra has promised to build an Olympic size Stadium in the state, to improve sports facilities and promote grassroots sports development. Soludo, who was represented by Dr Law Mefor, Commissioner for Information, made the disclosure at the 2024 Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) Week in Awka on Friday. The SWAN…
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A court in France on Friday jailed three rugby players formerly with French side Grenoble for 12 to 14 years over the 2017 gang rape of a student. It sentenced Irishman Denis Coulson, 30, and Frenchman Loick Jammes, 30, to 14 years behind bars, and New Zealander Rory Grice, 34, to 12 years in jail.…
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has debunked rumours that the old naira notes will no longer be accepted. CBN in a statement confirmed that all naira denominations, including both the old and redesigned versions of the N1000, N500, and N200 notes, as well as commemorative and older designs of the N100 note, remain legal…
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has approved the extension of court processes in a suit against President Bola Tinubu, Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio and others, challenging the removal of Justice Danladi Umar as Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). Justice James Omotosho, ruling in…
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A former UK security minister on Friday said that it was "extremely embarrassing" that a suspected Chinese spy had become a confidant of disgraced royal Prince Andrew. The story dominated the UK's front pages on Friday, the latest humiliation for a prince whose reputation is already in tatters over his ties to accused sex-offender Jeffrey…
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Former Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Toby Okechukwu, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a letter addressed to the PDP Chairman of Owelli/Amoli/Ugbo/Ogugu Ward, Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State, dated December 6, 2024, Okechukwu, who represented Aninri/Awgu/Oji River Federal Constituency of Enugu State in the…
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One of the pristine truths about being a writer is that even when you are on a self-imposed writing hiatus and deliberately cut off from the world of 24-hour news cycle online, there are some news items that arrest your attention; whether you are hibernating in the Hollywood movie sets competing with sand dunes of…
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The Benue State House of Assembly has ordered Mrs Grace Adagba, Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), to refund the sum of N2.1 billion to the coffers of the Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs. The decision follows a report of the house ad-hoc committee, which investigated the activities of the…
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has tasked the National Assembly to safeguard the Tertiary Education Tax Fund (TETFund) from being scrapped under the proposed Nigeria Tax Bill 2024. The Union is concerned that abolishing TETFund would have severe consequences for Nigeria's public education system. This is even as it described as 'dangerous and…