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Police Boss Hints On New Strategy To Curb Crime, Attitudinal Change By Officers
The Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 8, Lokoja, Kogi State, Babatunde Babaita Ishola, on Wednesday said the Police ...
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NIPR: Kwara Governor Backs Saudat Abdulbaqi For Council Seat
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has urged delegates to the upcoming convention of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) to cast their ...
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NUAAE Expresses Dissatisfaction Over Exclusion of Organized Labour From Palliative Distribution C’ttee In Kwara
The Nigerian Union of Agriculture and Allied Employees (NUAAE), has expressed dissatisfaction over the exclusion of the representative of the Organized Labour Union ...
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We will set timeline, target to end insecurity – Defence minister
Minister of Defence Muhammed Abubakar Badaru Tuesday said he will demand timelines and targets from Service Chiefs on when to end insecurity in ...
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Commissioner of Police, Emir lead Palliative Distribution in Kwara
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday inaugurated the 12-person committee on distribution of the N5bn federal government’s palliatives in the state, restating ...
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NUJ hails appointment of Fagbemi as Justice Minister
The Kwara State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has felicitated the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, ...
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BBNaija All Stars: Why I kissed Mercy – Kidwaya
Evicted Big Brother Naija All Stars housemate, Kidwaya, has spoken on the kiss he shared with fellow housemate, Mercy Eke. Kiddwaya had shared ...
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FG move to deploy more tech to secure borders
…To remove passport processing bottlenecks, shorten emergency response time The federal government has said it would deploy more technology, as opposed to heavy ...
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Pastor Kumuyi expresses hope in Tinubu’s govt, calls for support
The founder and General Superintendent of Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor Williams Kumuyi, has expressed hope that Nigerians will witness good things in ...
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Tinubu gives marching order to top government official, makes new appointments
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the Director-General/CEO of National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Engr Aliyu Abubakar Aziz to commence 90-day pre-retirement leave ...
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Gunmen reportedly abduct 8 NYSC members on way to camp
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted eight members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, along a highway in Zamfara State. The ...
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Women groups set to protest against Akpabio, demand his resignation or be sacked
Some Women Leaders across the Niger Delta region and beyond, under the aegis of Niger Delta Women League (NDWL), have demanded immediate resignation ...
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Suspended Adamawa REC Petitions NBA Over Planned Disciplinary Action
The suspended Independent National Electoral Commission’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa Ari, Esq. has petitioned the Nigerian Bar Association, ...
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Kwara Governor consoles families of deceased pilgrims
Kwara State Governor, Mallam Abdulrahaman Abdulrasaq has consoled with the families of the two Pilgrims who passed on during the just concluded 2023 ...
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Gov. Sani cuts down Kaduna Varsity, Nuhu Bamalli Poly, other schools’ fees
Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna state has reduced the school fees of Kaduna State University (KASU) by 30%. The governor also slashed other ...
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Tinubu inaugurates 45 ministers
President Bola Tinubu has sworn in 45 ministers designated at the State House event Center. The Vice President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill ...
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HOMEF Reacts To Creation of Ministries For Gas Resources, Marine, Blue Economy
The Home of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has expressed worries over the creation of ministries of Gas Resources, Petroleum, Marine and Blue Economy. ...
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Niger: ECOWAS rejects coup leaders’ 3-year transition plan
The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has rejected the three-year transition plan proposed by Niger Republic’s military junta. It will be ...
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Stop Wike, Umahi, others from collecting life perks, SERAP urges Tinubu
SOCIO-ECONOMIC Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to stop former governors, currently serving as ministers, from collecting life pensions, ...
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Gambia President bars self, other top government officials from foreign trips
Gambia’s President Adama Barrow has suspended all foreign travel by officials, including himself, to reduce public spending, a government spokesman announced Saturday. Barrow ...
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Isese Festival: Police, NSCDC, SSS, Soldier Beef Up Security At Yemoja River In Ilorin
Security personnel comprising Police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) State Security Service (SSS) and soldiers on Sunday beefed up security at ...
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Niger Does Not Want War, Says Coup Leader
The leader of the rebels that seized power in Niger, Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani, said on Saturday that his country does not want war, ...
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Alleged land grabbing: Olubadan suspends Ibadan Chief
The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Olalekan Balogun, has suspended Chief Olawale Oladoja, the Mogaji of Akinsola village in Akinyele Local Government Area (LGA) ...
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Isese day: Lagos, Oyo, Osun, Ogun Declares Monday Public Holiday
Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has declared Monday as a work-free day for the state’s public servants to commemorate the 2023 Isese Day.
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Fire guts university hospital in Ibadan
Tension is now mounting at the Intensive Care Unit of the University College Hospital (UCH) following fire incident on Saturday. It was learnt ...
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Subsidy: FG to establish Presidential CNG-fuel initiative for vehicles nationwide
President Bola Tinubu, in furtherance of his commitment to easing the impact of fuel subsidy removal on Nigerians by reducing energy costs, has ...
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Niger: Coup leaders panic, move wife, children, other family members to Dubai, Burkina Faso
There are strong indications that members of the Niger junta have begun to evacuate their families to Bukina Faso and Dubai over the ...
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Kwara Govt. Confirms Receipt of Monetary ‘Palliative’ From FG, Announces Committee Members
Kwara State Government has confirmed receipt of N2bn out of the N4bn relief funds that the Federal Government released for purchase of rice ...
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Gov. AbdulRahman Assures Corps Members Topnotch Welfare, Security
The governor of kwara state, his Excellency Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has assured Corps Members premium welfare and security in the state. The governor ...
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Fuel Price Hike: Group Calls for Removal of NNPCL Boss, Kyari
A Lagos-based anti-corruption agency, Integrity Watch has urged President Bola Tinubu to immediately relieve the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum ...
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Organized Labour faults N180bn palliatives, says governors will frustrate programme
The organized labour has knocked the Federal Government for releasing a N180bn palliative package to states to cushion the impact of the fuel ...
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Military reveals number of troops killed by terrorists in Niger, debunks viral video
Nigeria’s military has disclosed that three officers and 22 soldiers were killed on August 14 in an ambush laid by armed bandits in ...
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CSOs hail Audi as NSCDC graduates 208
The Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ahmed Abubakar Audi, has been commended for displaying “outstanding leadership”. No ...
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NDLEA crowns Naira Marley ambassador
Popular Nigerian artiste, Azeez Fashola who is professionally known as Naira Marley, has been crowned ambassador of fight against drug abuse in Nigeria.
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Palliative: 36 States, FCT Gets N5bn Each As FG Shares N185bn
The Federal Government has approved a whopping N185 billion support to be given to each of the 36 states of the federation and ...
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Senator, Media Chiefs, Extol Virtues of late Doyin Mahmoud at Annual lecture
Media Chiefs and a Senator yesterday extolled the virtues of the late icon of Journalism, Doyin Mahmoud. Mahmoud, a former Senior journalist at ...
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Afolabi Babawale resumes as NSCDC Director of Public Relations
Newly appointed Director of Public Relations, DPR, for Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Chief Superintendent of Corps, CSC, Afolabi Zaid Babawale, ...
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People’s expectations Encourages Corruption – ICPC Boss
The Chairman of ICPC, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, has declared that the rising level of corruption in public offices and the country as a ...
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Delta, Ondo, Sokoto, Kwara 15 others to experience flooding — NEMA
The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, said yesterday that Delta, Ondo, Sokoto and 16 other states, as well as 56 communities
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Subsidy removal: More refineries won’t reduce fuel pump price – Tinubu aide
The Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Public Affairs, Aguri Ngelale said more refineries in Nigeria will not reduce fuel pump ...
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Why We’re Rising Against Staging of Isese Festival In Ilorin – Council of Ulamah
The Council of Ulama( Islamic clerics) in Kwara State on Tuesday warned those planning to celebrate Ifa festival in Ilorin, the state capital ...
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Unilorin don, others make Kwara commissioner-nominees list
A senior lecturer in the Department of Microbiology, University of Ilorin, Amina El-Imam, was among the list of Kwara State commissioner-nominees unveiled by the ...
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Police Warn Against Isese Festival Celebration In Kwara
The Kwara State Police Command, on Monday, warned the leadership of traditioner worshipers in the state not to carry out their planned festival ...
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Police clamp down on protesters demanding Kano Emir’s removal
The Kano State Police Command, on Monday, said it had declared a manhunt for some persons who chanted provocative slogans against the Emir ...
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Niger Delta Youths Must Rise Above Entitlement Mentality – PAP
The Office of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), has charged youths in the Niger Delta region to “rise above the entitlement mentality”, to ...
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NLC threatens to picket police stations nationwide over arrest of labour leaders
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to mobilise workers to picket the headquarters of the Nigeria police in Abuja as well as ...
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Nigerian Air Force helicopter crashes in Niger State
A Nigerian Air Force, NAF, Helicopter has reportedly crashed in Niger State, North Western Nigeria. This was confirmed on Monday evening in a ...
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2 Nigerian siblings extradited to US for sexual extortion
U.S. Attorney Mark Totten for the Western District of Michigan, on Monday, announced that Samuel Ogoshi, 22, and Samson Ogoshi, 20, both of ...
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Youth organisation demands law for establishment of NYDC
Youth group known as Nigeria Youth Organization (NYO) weekend called on the federal government to make a law for the establishment of National ...
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Military never received any Coup d’etat request – DHQ
Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has dismissed claims that it has received request from certain quarters to forcefully effect a change of leadership in ...
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Coup: We sacked Bazoum to save Niger, Nigeria, says Tchiani, meets Islamic clerics, submits to dialogue
The Nigerien military leader, General Abdourahmane Tchiani, has said the military sacked the President Mohamed Bazoum-led government to save both Republic of Niger ...
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Pastor Tunde Bakare hits Tinubu’s ‘Emilokan’ political ideology, warns on implications of hardship
The Founder and General Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has again berated the ‘Emilokan’ politics of President Bola ...
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Army pledges to deploy troops for population and housing census exercise
The Nigerian Army has assured the National Population Commission that it will deploy troops during the 2023 census. This, it said, is to ...
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Man drags wife to court for changing children’s surname to lover’s
A middle-aged man, Theophilius Obayan, has dragged his wife, Chibuzor Lillian Obayan, before a Customary Court sitting in Oke-Eda, Akure, seeking the dissolution ...
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Call on God to kill me if … Pastor Adeboye
Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, the general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, has said call on God to kill me if ...
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230 miners operating without valid licences, Kwara govt tells EFCC
Kwara state government on Friday decried the illegal activities of miners operating in different parts of the state disclosing that 230 of them ...
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Police confirms arrest of officers caught by Osun speaker extorting commuters
The police officers caught by the speaker of the Osun state House of Assembly, Adewale Egbedun, for extorting members of the public have ...
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Nigerians in Belgium Set for Arts and Culture Festival to Boost Tourism Industry
In its bid to promote Nigeria’s culture and boost the tourism industry, the Embassy of Nigeria in Belgium in collaboration with Nigerian community/associations ...
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Nigeria got more revenue from remittances than in oil sector – Ag CBN Gov
Acting Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Folashodun Shonubi has said that no country can develop economically without remittances saying that the ...
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Job Racketeering Probe: Reps Order Arrest of Ex-Federal Character Commission Desk Officer
The House of Representatives has issued an order for the apprehension of Haruna Kolo, a former desk officer overseeing the Integrated Payroll and ...