Archive for year: 2023

The students of Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State on Saturday, June 17, blocked the Zaria-Gusau expressway to protest the alleged abd¥ction of five of their colleagues by t£rrorists. The five students (three males and two females) were abd¥cted on Friday night, June 16. According to the protesting students, many...

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Honorable Garba Madami, a member of the 10th Kaduna State House of Assembly, has di£d at a hospital in the state. The member representing the Chikun constituency passed away on Saturday, June 17, just three days after he and other members of the Assembly were inaugurated. The late lawmaker...

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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested an 18-year-old boy, identified as Ayo Olamide, while allegedly removing iron fasteners from the Agege railway track. The suspect was arrested by foot patrol officers from Elere Division on Saturday morning, June 17. The command’s spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin disclosed this in a...

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At least 78 people have di£d and more than 100 have been rescued after their migrant boat sank off southern Greece. The boat was traveling from the coastal city of Tobruk in Libya to Italy when it capsized off the coast of Greece earlier this week. More than 500...

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No fewer than 37 students were k#lled when militants linked to Islamic State att@cked a private secondary school in Mpondwe town, Uganda on Friday, June 16. The t£rrorists also abd¥cted at least six people, according to local media reports. The victims included the students, one guard and two members...

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Following the adoption of the recent anti-gay law in Uganda, the United States has imposed visa restrictions on some of the country’s officials for “undermining the democratic process” in the East African country. The U.S. State Department made the announcement in a statement on Friday, June 16. The new...

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Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka says the ab¥se of technology and social media is gradually taking humanity b@ckwards. Soyinka made the remark during an event in Lagos, on Friday, June 16. According to TheNation, he said social media has now been dominated by ignor@muses who use it to profile...

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The Nigerian Army has reacted to allegations by prominent Niger Delta leader and former agitator, Asari Dokubo, that some cabals in the military are involved in oil th£ft in the region. Dokubo made the claims after a close door meeting with President Bola Tinubu in Abuja on Friday, June...

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Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, have arrested a 23-year-old man, Isyaku Lawal, for allegedly sod%mizing a 9-year-old neighbour’s son in Jigawa state. It was gathered that the suspect took his 9-year-old victim to an uncompleted building in Chiromari village, Malam Madori Local Government, and...

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American Reality TV Star, Kourtney Kardashian and her musician husband, Travis Barker, are expecting their first child together. Kourtney, 44, announced the news at Travis’ Blink-182 concert in Los Angeles on Friday night, June 16. The couple, who has three children each from different relationships, tied the knot in...

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