Category: News
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The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has denied conflicting video and reports trending on media over bribery allegations by its officials. The Service Public Relation Officer, Mr Sunday James disclosed this in a statement made available on Wednesday in Abuja. “The attention of the Comptroller General, NIS, Mr Muhammad Babandede, has been drawn to a reposted…
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Bayelsa judgment review: Adegboruwa asks NBA to sanction lawyers
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has called on the Nigerian Bar Association to sanction lawyers involved in the application that sought the review of the Supreme Court’s February 13, 2020 verdict on the Bayelsa State governorship election. In its February 13 verdict, the Supreme Court nullified the election of David Lyon of…
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Oshiomhole: Edo Apc Lampooned Obaseki
By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City Edo State Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Col. (Dr.) David Imuse has condemned the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki over his comment that the national Chairman of the APC Comrade Adams Oshiomhole should be notifying him whenever he wants to come to his home State, Edo State.…
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Movement of staff salary to commercial banks: MFBs urge Kwara govt to shelve action
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State Government has been urged to reverse its policy of moving civil servants accounts domiciled with Micro finance banks to commercial banks. Chairman, National Association of Microfinance Banks, Kwara state chapter, Alhaji Ahmad Baba Suleiman, made the appeal while addressing journalists on Wednesday in Ilorin. He expressed shock with…
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Tariff Review: BEDC To Improve Electricity Supply, Plans 300mw Embedded Power
By. Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City The management of BEDC Electricity Plc. (BEDC) on Tuesday disclosed that with a reviewed tariff, it will revolutionize electricity distribution and provision of top services to customers. BEDC will also embark on network re-alignment, and provide new distribution transformers and provide dedicated express feeders to supply 24×7 power to identified…
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Customs North Central Joint Border Operations seizes contraband items
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Nigeria Customs, North Central Joint Border Operations comprising Kwara, Kogi, Niger and Benue states in North Central Zone of Nigeria has seized a number of contraband items, including 57 vehicles of various types, 1,355 bags of foreign rice (50kg each), three long single barrel guns, knives and three cutlasses at the…
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BREAKING: Brazil confirms first coronavirus case
Brazil’s health ministry said on Wednesday a Sao Paulo resident has been diagnosed with coronavirus, the first such case recorded in Latin America. South Korea to launch mass coronavirus testing, U.S. pledges $1bn for vaccine The 61-year-old patient had returned on February 21 from the Lombardy region of Italy, the epicentre of an outbreak in…
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Police recover 43 rifles in Bauchi forest
The Police Command in Bauchi state has uncovered 43 rifles and 1,117 ammunition hidden at the Lame/Burra forest in Ningi Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. Gov. Bala Mohammad disclosed this when the weapons were displayed at the Government House, Bauchi, on Wednesday. CBN, RIFAN task rice farmers in C’ River on loan repayment…
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Just call me Harry, prince says as royal exit looms
Prince Harry asked to be introduced as just “Harry” at an event on Wednesday, kicking off a final round of public engagements before he and wife Meghan step back from their royal duties. Prophet in court for allegedly sodomising teenage boys The Duke of Sussex, a grandson of Queen Elizabeth II, will stop using “His…
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Child Rights Act: Gombe Assembly sets up committee to review domestication bill
Gombe State House of Assembly on Wednesday set up a committee to review the bill for the domestication of Child Rights Act to conform with the religious and cultural tenets of the people of the state. BREAKING: Egypt’s ex-president Hosni Mubarak dies at 91 Alh. Abubakar-Sadiq Kurba, Speaker of the State House of Assembly made…