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18 Oct
A global financial services provider focused on education and mobility solutions, Proconnect, has advocated for Nigerian students who study abroad to return home to contribute to the country’s economic development. The global CEO, Elda David Samuel, made this call during a chat with reporters at a global press conference organised by Proconnect on how Nigerians…
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The Adamawa State Police Command has made a significant breakthrough in its fight against crime with the recovery of a stolen Toyota RAV4 and the arrest of two suspects linked to the theft. In a press release on Wednesday morning, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Nguroje, said the vehicle, bearing registration number RSH…
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The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the University of Ilorin Alumni Association has urged a ceasefire by the warring factions of the alumni group. A statement by the chairman, Cecilia Cook, also commended the Vice Chancellor (VC), Prof. AbdulWahab Egbewole, for various notable achievements in office, noting that the developmental strides are customary to the…
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College of Medicine students at the University College Hospital (UCH), on Wednesday, staged a peaceful protest over the persistent blackout at the hospital. The protest, supported by the Students Union (SU) of the University of Ibadan (UI), was held as early as 7.00 a.m. The SU president, Bolaji Aweda, said the protest became necessary following…
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Sunday Ozimede, a 43-year-old man, was arraigned in the Federal High Court, Lagos, on Monday by the police. He was accused of hacking the Moniepoint Microfinance Bank’s vault and stealing N1,190,728,076 from the bank. The Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU)’s prosecution counsel, Justine Enang, informed the court that Ozimede hacked Moniepoint and obtained the sum…
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The Turkish Police have arrested Ezra Vandan alias Azranur AV, a 23-year-old OnlyFans model who vowed to break a Turkey record by having sex with 100 men in a day. Vandan had announced on social media that she would film and make a live broadcast of the session. “'My goal is to break a Turkish…
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The Panama Canal was not a gift from the United States, President Jose Raul Mulino said Wednesday, after US President Donald Trump threatened to take it back.
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The Saudi Arabia embassy in Abuja has hosted a farewell ceremony for 20 Nigerians selected for the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques’ Guests Programme for Umrah 2025. A statement issued by the embassy in Abuja said the ceremony held under the leadership of Faisal Al-Ghamdi, the Saudi Ambassador to Nigeria. It said the initiative…
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Jigawa Command, says it secured the conviction of 107 illicit drug peddlers in the state in 2024. The State Commander of the Agency, Mr. Musa Maina, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Dutse, on Wednesday. Maina said that 702 suspects, comprising 25…
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Just 48 hours after a petroleum tanker explosion at Dikko Junction along the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway in Niger State on Saturday, January 18, 2025, another tanker crashed again, though this time with groundnut oil contents in Bida Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that the incident occurred inside Bida town, close to A.Y.…
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Democratic-led states and civil rights groups filed several lawsuits challenging U.S. President Donald Trump’s bid to roll back birthright citizenship on Tuesday in an early bid by his opponents to block his agenda in court. After his inauguration on Monday, Trump, a Republican, ordered U.S. agencies to refuse to recognize the citizenship of children born…