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Many leaders of opposition parties in Cross River State have attacked the chairman of the major opposition party, PDP, Venatius Ikem. The hot exchange between other opposition leaders and Ikem happened after the chairman of the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission, CROSIEC, Dr Ekong Edet Boco, on Wednesday afternoon, gave them one month to […]

Opposition parties attack PDP chairman as CROSIEC unveils LG polls timetable

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Abuja, Sept. 25, 2024 – Floods have destroyed crops that would have fed 8.5 million people for six months, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimated. Farmers in Nigeria were expecting a bumper harvest this year, but land planted with groundnuts, vegetables and rice has been inundated, the organization said in a response to questions on Wednesday. Livestock ranging from chickens to cattle have drowned. The floods, which stretch from Guinea on Africa’s west coast to the Central African Republic more than 2,000 miles to the east, have …
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Pay your bills & win big: Meet WinBundle, turning everyday payments into N100 million jackpots

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At least 28 people died while 19 others were seriously injured after a bus swerved off the road and plunged into a river in southern Ethiopia on Wednesday, local authorities have confirmed. The accident occurred in the Wolaita region, roughly 400 kilometers (250 miles) south of the capital, Addis Ababa. According to local officials, the […]

28 persons die in Ethiopia bus accident

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The Yobe State House of Assembly has given accelerated consideration to a bill seeking compulsory tests for sickle cell disease and hepatitis before marriage in the state. The bill sponsored by members representing Machina, Mamudo, Damaturu Central, Damaturu 2 and Bade West constituencies, Kachalla Ajiya Maina, Mohammed Isa Bello, Nasiru Hassan Yusuf, Buba Ibrahim Kalallawa, […]

Yobe Assembly to make law for compulsory sickle cell, hepatitis tests before marriage

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The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has expressed worry over an allegation that officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, collected N15 million bribe to drop a money laundering case against a convicted crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky. In a statement by its President, Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, the legal body while […]

NBA demands probe of N15m bribery allegation against EFCC

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Abuja, Sept. 25, 2024 – Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, the Minister of Interior, has directed an investigation into allegations of bribery and corruption within the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS). The minister gave the directive on Wednesday following allegations of corruption levelled against some officials of the ministry during the incarceration of Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, while in custody. Bobrisky served a five-month imprisonment in the custodian service after he was found guilty of naira abuse charge. in a video released by a blogger, Martins Otse, known as VeryDarkMan. Bobrisky had alleged …
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Abuja, Sept. 25, 2024 – President Bola Tinubu is to reshuffle his cabinet soon. Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja while addressing the press. He, however, said he did not know the did when the reshuffling would take place, but it could happen before October 1.  “The President has expressed his desire to reshuffle his cabinet and he will do it. I don’t know whether he wants to do it before October first and he will surely do …
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An 18-year old boy, Olawumi Ayomide, has been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, Kwara State Command, for alleged theft of foodstuffs and setting a residence ablaze. A statement by the spokesman of the Kwara State Fire Service, Hassan Adekunle, disclosed that the incident occurred on Wednesday, at about 12:11 hours, […]

18-year-old boy sets house ablaze after stealing foodstuffs in Ilorin

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Nigeria’s First Lady Oluremi Tinubu has reiterated her commitment to sustaining the fight against Tuberculosis (TB) in the country. She made this known at United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) side event by Stop TB Partnership. “Today, I bring a message of hope and determination. We have the tools, the knowledge, and the expertise to end […]

Ending tuberculosis in Nigeria my priority – First Lady Oluremi Tinubu

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