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Thu, 14 Oct 2021 20:38:27 +0000Islamic State Fighters Now Chasing Boko Haram To North-West Region – Governor El-Rufai
Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai
The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has disclosed that his biggest fear is that the Boko Haram insurgents are relocating to the North-West region after being displaced in the war-torn North-East by ...
Thu, 14 Oct 2021 20:35:27 +0000
22 Thai Sailors Arrested In Lagos Over Attempt To Smuggle 32.9Kg Cocaine Into Nigeria
No fewer than 22 Thai citizens were detained at the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS), BEECROFT, Apapa, Lagos State, on Thursday.
It was alleged that the foreigners attempted to smuggle 32.9kg cocaine from Brazil to Nigeria.
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Thu, 14 Oct 2021 20:32:49 +0000
Delta Residents Mock Governor Okowa Over 'Dubious Best Governor Award’ By Nigerian Civil Engineers
Some Delta State residents have lambasted the state governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, over an award given to him as the best performing governor in Nigeria by the Nigerian Institution of Civil Engineers (NICE).
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Thu, 14 Oct 2021 19:26:02 +0000
Three Shot Dead, Many Injured As Transport Workers Clash Over Toll Collection In Lagos
At least three persons have reportedly been killed and many others injured as members of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) and the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) clashed at Mile 2 area in Lagos Sta...
Thu, 14 Oct 2021 18:50:28 +0000
Ogun Resident Accuses Landlady Of Sending Vigilante To Shoot Him, Damage His Legs
An Ogun State resident, Chukwu Franklyn, has narrated how he was shot by a vigilante, Godspower Lawani, whom he believed connived with his landlady.
According to Franklyn, who is now bedridden, the incident happened on December 23, 2019, at ...
Thu, 14 Oct 2021 18:47:38 +0000
Aggrieved Investors In Forex Company Blame Central Bank Of Nigeria For Dragging Investigation On Frozen Funds
The aggrieved investors of MBA Trading and Capital Investment Limited in Rivers State, a forex company, have met with officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to know the outcome of its investigation into their funds.
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Thu, 14 Oct 2021 18:35:59 +0000
Three Teenagers Arrested In Ogun For Robbing, Killing Motorcyclist
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested three teenagers, Sodiq Awokoya, Odunayo Samson and Jimoh Rilwan over their alleged involvement in the murder of a motorcyclist, Bashiru Umaru.
This was made known in a statement issued by the comman...
Thu, 14 Oct 2021 18:30:27 +0000
Enugu Youths Coalition Gives Ebonyi Governor 24 Hours To Release Ex-Aide Arrested Over Facebook Post
Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi.
A coalition of Enugu State youth leaders has condemned the arrest of one his members, Godfrey Chikwere, on the orders of the Ebonyi State Government over a post which he made on his Facebook page against the...
Thu, 14 Oct 2021 17:55:39 +0000
Nigerian Basket Ball Players Protest Against Imposition Of President On Its Federation, NBBF
Past and present Nigeria’s basketball players on Thursday staged a peaceful protest in Abuja over an alleged plan to impose one Musa Kida as the President of Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF).
The protesters marched from the Area 10 Old...
Thu, 14 Oct 2021 17:29:22 +0000
I Need A Job — Lagos Graduate Writes Governor Sanwo-Olu, Stands At Secretariat Gate
A physically challenged graduate in Lagos State, Agosu Fagla, has written an open letter to the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, seeking his help for a job.
Fagla caught the attention of people when he made a billboard with the inscriptio...