Umar Shehu Nadada
1 Mar
The police in Nasarawa State have arrested a corps member in Keffi over criminal trespass, impersonation, and forgery.The suspect: Ogeh Bethel Chibuife, was arrested during the three-week orientation exercise at the Magaji Dan Yamusa Orientation...
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The police in Zamfara have detained a 58-year-old Algerian national for alleged transborder arms trafficking. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Mohammed Dalijan, made this known in Gusau on Tuesday. He said that the police recovered 16 AK47 riffles, during various raids within the last three weeks. He said that the command also…
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A 92-year-old man has been charged in the UK with the murder and rape of a woman almost six decades ago, British police said Wednesday. Louisa Dunne, 75, was found dead by a neighbour inside her home in the southwestern English city of Bristol in June 1967. Her cause of death was recorded as strangulation…
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The Kebbi State Polytechnic, Dakingari, has decried the low enrollment of students into the institution. The Deputy Rector of the polytechnic, Mallam Sa’idu Aliyu-Dankolo, made this known on Wednesday when he led the management team and members of Government Council of the institution on a courtesy visit to the Kebbi House of Assembly in Birnin…
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European powers and the United States have submitted a resolution censuring Iran for its poor cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, diplomats told AFP on Wednesday, as Tehran warned of a "proportionate" response if it passes. As a board meeting by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) kicked off in Vienna, diplomats told AFP that…
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Former France and Arsenal midfielder Patrick Vieira was named on Wednesday as the new coach of relegation-threatened Serie A club Genoa. "Genoa CFC announces that Patrick Vieira has been entrusted with the technical management of the first team," the club said in a statement. "The new coach will direct the first training session this afternoon…
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An attack by paramilitary forces that began Tuesday evening has left 40 people dead, a medic told AFP from a central Sudan village, following a month of escalating violence in Al-Jazira state. "All 40 people suffered direct gunshot wounds," the medic said from Wad Rawah Hospital, just north of Wad Oshaib village, requesting anonymity for…
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A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, ordered an unemployed man, Vincent Danladi, to sweep the court premises for three weeks for stealing one carton of floor tiles and other items worth N130,000. The police had earlier charged Danladi, 30, of Ungwan Pama in Kaduna, with theft. Delivering ruling, Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel, said the court…
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called on Members of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) to serve the country with sharp minds and skilled hands to make it a hub of great infrastructure and industrialisation. Tinubu made the assertion Wednesday at the 2024 International Engineering Conference, Exhibition, and Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Nigerian…
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A war monitor said Israeli strikes on central Syria's Palmyra on Wednesday killed four pro-Iran fighters, while Syrian state media reported an unspecified number of wounded in the attack. "Four non-Syrian fighters from pro-Iran groups were killed and six others including civilians were wounded in a provisional toll of the Israeli strikes" on Palmyra, the…
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Cross River chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has kick-started reconciliation and consultation process, as part of efforts to rebrand the party in the state. The consultation process commenced with the visits to critical party stakeholders in Cross River South Senatorial District by the newly-inaugurated acting Chairman, Chief Austin Edibe, and members of the State…