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2 Jan
A Catholic Reverend Father has allegedly shot a boy dead after the latter set off knockouts within the church premises. The incident, which occurred during the New Year Mass on January 1, 2025, in Amaimo, Ikeduru Local Government Area (LGA) of Imo State, has sparked reactions on social media. In a Facebook post shared on…
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The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, presented the Capital Budget proposal of N11.7billion for the Ministry before the joint committee of the Senate on Marine Transport and House of Representatives Committee on Harbour, Maritime Education and Administration, Inland Waterways and Shipping Service. While addressing the Joint Committee in Abuja, the minister raised…
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The Kano State Pilgrims Welfare Board has commenced 2025 weekly Hajj induction course in nine centres. This is contained in a statement signed and issued to newsmen by the board’s Public Relations Officer, Sulaiman Dederi on Tuesday in Kano. Dederi quoted the Director-General of the board, Alhaji Lamin Danbappa, saying this during a meeting with…
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has revealed that the efforts of the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) and the Attorney-General of the Federation have led to the prosecution and conviction of over 100 terrorist financiers in the last two years. Tinubu made this revelation on Tuesday in Abuja at the National Anti-Money Laundering, Combating…
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A Prosecution Witness, Mr Ismail Lawal, on Tuesday told a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court that former governor of Taraba, Darius Ishaku gave him 5,000 dollars to relocate to Lagos. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Sept. 30, 2024, arraigned Ishaku and former permanent secretary, Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs…
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Members of the Joint Senate and House of Representatives Committee on Regional Development were forced to go into a closed-door session on Tuesday over alleged lopsidedness in the Ministry of Regional Development's budget. The lawmakers queried the Minister of Regional Development, Abubakar Momoh, for alleged lopsidedness in the Ministry's budget, indicating that 70 per cent…
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Gov Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom has authorised the payment of N80, 000 minimum wage to civil servants in the state effective November, 2024. This is contained in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Ekerete Udoh in Uyo on Tuesday. Udoh said the authorisation of the payment was sequel…
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The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, says Nigeria is ready to host UNESCO Category two International Media Information and Literacy Institute to advance the frontiers of press freedom and democracy. Idris stated this when a delegation of UNESCO Feasibility Team paid him a visit at the Ministry on Tuesday in Abuja.…
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A French woman who lost her life savings to scammers pretending to be American actor Brad Pitt is seeking to unmask at least three Nigerians her legal team accuses of defrauding her. The scammers tricked the victim, identified as 53-year-old Anne by French broadcaster TF1, into believing she was in a romantic relationship with the…
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Mr Paul Chukwuma, an All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirant in the November 8 governorship election in Anambra, has condemned the murder of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) officer in the state. Mr James Eze, spokesman, Chukwuma Campaign Council, conveyed the condemnation in a statement on Tuesday in Awka. The EFCC officer, Aminu Salisu, an…
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Some stakeholders have asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practice and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC) to make every state governor account for the security votes allocated to them in office. The argument is coming just as the Network Against Corruption and Trafficking (NACAT) stormed the cooperate headquarters of…