Archive for year: 2024

Graduates from Akwa Ibom State, who were kidn@pped last year in Zamfara while en route to their National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) duty in Sokoto State, have recounted their ordeals in captivity. The eight ex-corps members, abd¥cted on August 17, 2023, alongside their bus driver, were ambushed on the...

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The Kwara State Police Command has revealed that three dismissed officers involved in the misconduct leading to the tragic d£@th of a Kwara State Polytechnic student, Qoyum Abdulyekeen Ishola, have been charged to court. The officers, Inspector Abiodun Kayode, Inspector James Samuel, and Sergeant Oni Philip, face charges of...

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Former Real Madrid player Vinicius Tobias got his baby’s name inked on his arm, only to later learn he’s not the biological father. The 20-year-old Brazilian defender, now with Shakhtar Donetsk, and his ex-wife Ingrid Lima welcomed their daughter, Maite, on October 8. To celebrate her birth, Tobias had...

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The Akwa Ibom State government has reportedly allocated N14.7 billion for repairs and purchases, including renovations of the governor’s and deputy governor’s lodges, and the acquisition of Toyota Prado SUVs for State House of Assembly members. According to a report by civic tech organization BudgIT, and seen on SaharaReporters,...

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A young man is currently battling for his life at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) after an alleged encounter with operatives of the Lagos State Police Command. It was gathered that the unfortunate incident occurred on Wednesday morning, October 16, in Ipaja area of the state. According to...

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  Former Premier League and South Korean footballer Hwang Ui-jo is reportedly facing four years in prison after illegally filming himself ‘working out’ without the consent of his partners. According to prosecutors in the South Korean capital of Seoul, the 31-year-old striker filmed encounters on four different occasions between...

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The federal government has officially announced the end of fuel and foreign exchange subsidies. Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, made this declaration during the presentation of the Nigeria Development Update by the World Bank in Abuja on Thursday, October 17. Edun revealed that...

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The World Bank has said that Nigeria is seeing positive results from the economic reforms by President Bola Tinubu’s administration. World Bank’s lead economist, Alex Sienaert, said this during a presentation in Abuja on Thursday, October 17, 2024. Sienaert said Nigeria’s fiscal deficit has reduced from 6.2 percent in...

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The former deputy national chair (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, has disclosed that he would have left Nigeria if President Bola Tinubu had not sent Femi Gbajabiamila to appeal to him. Recall that in January 2022, after Tinubu announced his presidential bid, George vowed to...

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Members of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Other Associated Institutions (NASU) have announced plans to resume their suspended strike due to four unpaid salaries from the Federal Government. Prince Peters Adeyemi, the General Secretary of NASU, shared this information during the union’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting...

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