17 Nov, 2024
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Ortom Approves Arms-bearing Vigilantes For Benue

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has approved the establishment of vigilante groups to combat the high rate of insecurity in the state. Governor Samuel Ortom disclosed on Thursday while briefing journalists on the outcome of the expanded stakeholders’ meeting held at the new banquet hall of the Government House. Ortom, who said renewed attacks […]

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JUST IN: Okada Riders Clash With Police In Lagos

Operatives of the Lagos Police Command have clashed with commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as okada riders, in the Ogba area of Lagos State. We gathered that the riders clashed with the police officers over the alleged shooting of their member by a police officer. It was learned that the unrest started on Thursday night when a […]

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COVID-19: UK Eases Foreign Travel Restrictions

  File photo: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends a virtual press conference inside 10 Downing Street in central London on December 19, 2020. TOBY MELVILLE / POOL / AFP   Britain on Friday announced it was lifting a coronavirus ban on people in England going on holiday to Portugal and Israel due to their […]

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UEFA Sanctions Nine Clubs Over Super League Project

This combination of file pictures made on April 19, 2021, shows the logos of the European football clubs who initially signed onto the Super League project.   UEFA on Friday announced sanctions, including financial punishments, against nine of the 12 clubs behind the aborted Super League project, after the clubs “apologised” and acknowledged “a mistake”. […]

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Ex-Minister, Aisha Al-Hassan ‘Mama Taraba’ Dies At 61

Former Minister of Women Affairs of Nigeria, Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan   Former Minister of Women Affairs of Nigeria, Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan, popularly known as Mama Taraba is dead. Her media aide, Bala Maina, confirmed the incident to Channels Television via the telephone on Friday. The ex-minister was said to have passed away at an undisclosed […]

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EFCC Denies Offering ₦1m To ‘Yahoo Yahoo’ Informants

File photo of EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa   The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied offering a financial reward of ₦1 million for anyone with information that could lead to the arrest of an internet fraudster, popularly known as ‘Yahoo Yahoo.’ EFCC stated this in a statement issued on Friday and signed by […]

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JAMB Nabs 50-Year-Old, One Other Over Impersonation

File photo of JAMB Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede   Two suspects have been arrested by the police over their alleged involvement in impersonation during the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) registration. The suspects identified as 50-year-old Sesan Obasa, and his alleged accomplice, Salvation Terhembe, were arrested and paraded before journalists at the headquarters of […]