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Thu, 18 Feb 2021 08:18:31 +0000
We Won't Return To Ibadan Shasha Market Again — Victims Of Yoruba/Hausa Clash
Abdul Raman Bukoye 45, a tomato seller and other variety of pepper stands amidst his burnt shop at Shasha market on Tuesday 16th February 2021. Some victims of the crisis in Shasha market in the Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State hav...

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 04:50:43 +0000
Amnesty Int'l Demands Rescue Of Kagara School Pupils, Arrest Of Abductors
Global human rights' body, Amnesty International, has called for the rescue of the 42 school pupils and teachers of the Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State, abducted on Wednesday, saying the attack undermined the right to educati...

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:53:12 +0000
Ovation Group Gives N5, 000 Each To 1,004 Nigerians As Palliative
The Ovation Media Group has announced 1,004 winners of its Ovation palliative which is drawn from over 10,000 applications by Nigerians. The Chairman of the Ovation Group, Chief Dele Momodu, noted that the process was designed and coordinate...

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:46:44 +0000
Man Allegedly Beats Wife To Death In Lagos
Detectives attached to the Lagos Police Command have arrested a man, David Idibie, for allegedly beating his wife, Juliana, 42, to death in Ajah. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement on ...

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:21:39 +0000
EFCC Arrests Medical Doctor, 17 Others For Alleged Internet Fraud In Imo
Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, February 17, 2021, arrested a 28-year-old medical practitioner, Chijioke Precious, and 17 others over alleged internet fraud in Owerri, ...

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 18:55:34 +0000
Protesters Block Gombe-Yola Highway Over Governor's Delay In Announcing Preferred Kingship Candidate
The people of Tangale Chiefdom in the Billiri Local Government Area of Gombe State have taken to the highway to protest the delay in announcing their preferred candidate to replace the late King of the Chiefdom, Abdu Buba-Maisheru II. Accord...

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 18:34:08 +0000
Bandits Attack Easily Because Nigerians Are Cowards — Defence Minister, Magashi
Defence Minister, Major-General Bashir Magashi. Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi, has blamed residents of Kagara in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State for the recent abduction of secondary school students in the co...

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 18:25:15 +0000
Youths Ask Gombe Governor, Inuwa To Confirm Maiyamba As New Mai Tangale
Some youths in Tangale Chiefdom in the Billiri Local Government Area of Gombe State have asked Governor Yahaya Inuwa to confirm Dr Musa Idris Maiyamba as the new Mai Tangale.  The youths in a letter to the governor asked him to respect ...

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 18:10:10 +0000
Seventh-Day Nursing School Suspends Students For Protesting Poor Feeding In Osun
The Seventh-Day Adventist School of Nursing, Lagere, Ile Ife, Osun State, has suspended seven students of the institution indefinitely for daring to protest against poor feeding in the school. SaharaReporters learnt that the school authoriti...

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 17:54:32 +0000
Court Blocks Shell's Accounts Over Alleged Oil Theft
A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos has granted a temporary Mareva injunction directing commercial banks to block Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited accounts. The court ruled in a bid to recover the cash value of more th...



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