Category: News
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New policy on salary payment not punitive, says Kwara Govt
The directive to Kwara state workers to open new salary accounts with commercial banks of their choice is neither punitive nor designed to cripple micro finance banks in the state, the government clarified on Thursday. The government added that the move, among other measures to be taken, is to fight the menace of ghost workers…
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Three internet fraudsters plead guilty in Ilorin
Three suspected internet fraudsters who were being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ilorin Zonal Office have pleaded guilty to the criminal charges levelled against them. The defendants who were brought on separate charges before a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin presided over by Justice Adenike Akinpelu are, Olopade Oladimeji…
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No officer has right to check your phones, Police tell Nigerians
A former Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos State, Dolapo Badmus, has said that officers of the Nigeria Police Force have no business with the mobile devices of Nigerians, adding that officers engaging in such an act are harassing the citizens. Badmus stated this while speaking at the ongoing Social Media Week 2020 in Lagos…
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[BREAKING] Terrorism: AU to deploy 3,000 soldiers to Niger, Mali, others
As a way of ending the terrorism ravaging the Sahel region of Africa, the African Union is preparing to deploy 3,000 troops to the countries in the region, an official has said. Countries identified are Mali, Chad, Mauritania, Niger, Burkina Faso, among others. Details later…
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BREAKING: Another man jumps from cab into Lagos Lagoon
Barely 10 days after a man alighted from a cab and jumped into the Lagos Lagoon, another young man past mid-night has leapt from an UBER car and jumped into the Lagos Lagoon. The man, whose identity is being kept, jumped into the Lagoon from the Third Mainland Bridge at midnight. Our correspondent gathered that…
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Breaking: Court gives Lagos Assembly nod to probe ex-Gov Ambode
Justice Yetunde Adesanya of an Ikeja High Court today gave the Lagos State House of Assembly nod to probe former Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode over the procurement of 820 buses for public transportation. READ ALSO: Ambode loses bid to stop probe into purchase of 820 vehicles The Lagos State House of Assembly had…
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To date, there’s no specific medicine for coronavirus treatment —WHO
The World Health Organisation has said that, so far, there is no specific medicine recommended for the prevention or treatment of the new coronavirus, a.k.a 2019-nCoV. The global health body also warns that vaccines that are usually used in the treatment of pneumonia, such as pneumococcal vaccine and Haemophilus influenza type B (Hib) vaccine, do…
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BREAKING: Protesters clash at APC Secretariat in Abuja
Protesters are attacking each other at the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress in Abuja over a yet-to-be ascertained issue. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Court nullifies impeachment of ex-Kogi deputy gov, Simon Achuba We learnt that the protesters, who had also gathered to protest against the APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, on Tuesday, turned on one another…
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BREAKING: Court nullifies impeachment of ex-Kogi deputy gov, Simon Achuba
The impeachment of the former Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Simon Achuba, has been declared null and void by a State High Court in Lokoja. Achuba was in October 2019 impeached by the State House of Assembly. READ ALSO: Ambode loses bid to stop probe into purchase of 820 vehicles But Justice John Olorunfemi on Wednesday…
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Ambode loses bid to stop probe into purchase of 820 vehicles
Justice Yetunde Adesanya of an Ikeja High Court, on Thursday, struck out a suit filed by former Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos, seeking to stop his probe by the state Assembly over the purchase of 820 buses for Bus Reform Project. According to the judge, an investigation is not an indictment. “The claimant (Ambode) has…