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Sat, 19 Jun 2021 21:04:26 +0000The World Needs To Act Now Before COVID-19 Overwhelms Africa, By Mosoka P. Fallah And Zacharia Kafuko
So far Africa has survived the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in spite of its weak health systems, limited health care workforce and crumbling infrastructure. The continent as a whole experienced low official case and death ...
Sat, 19 Jun 2021 20:49:57 +0000
16-Year-Old Girl Plans With Lover To Fake Kidnap, Demands N500,000
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The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested a 16-year-old girl, Abimbola Suluka, alongside her boyfriend, Oluwaseun Olajide, for alleged conspiracy and self-kidnapping.
Abimbola is alleged to have conspire...
Sat, 19 Jun 2021 20:49:04 +0000
Mob Sets Dangote Truck Ablaze For Killing Motorcyclist, Passenger In Ogun
A mob has set ablaze a truck belonging to Dangote Cement Factory, Ibese, Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State after it crushed two men – an okada rider and his passenger – to death.
The driver of the truck is said to have narro...
Sat, 19 Jun 2021 19:37:40 +0000
Thousands Dump APC In Kwara State, Burn Brooms
Thousands of aggrieved members of the ruling All Progressives Congress on Saturday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, dumped the party to form what they described as a "Third Force."
This is coming just as political activities for th...
Sat, 19 Jun 2021 14:33:24 +0000
Retired Permanent Secretary At Fashola's Ministry Reacts To N2.5billion Contract Mismanagement Allegation
A retired Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Alhaji Mohammed Bukar, has said he is innocent of allegations that he mismanaged the award of N2.5billion road contracts in 2017 and 2018 while working under the min...
Sat, 19 Jun 2021 13:51:13 +0000
Why EFCC Chairman Is Covering Up Fashola’s Ministry Of Works Director Found With N1billion, Refused To Prosecute Him
EFCC Chairman Bawa
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, refused to name and prosecute a Federal Ministry of Works and Housing director caught with N1billion because of certain shady considerations, top...
Sat, 19 Jun 2021 13:43:32 +0000
I Don't Have N1.5million To Give Police, My Husband Is Not IPOB Member, Release Him – Pregnant Woman Cries Out
An eight-month-old pregnant woman, Chioma Okoro, has cried out to the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, to direct the Intelligence Response Team to release her husband, Chukwudi Okoro.
Chioma told SaharaReporters on Saturday mor...
Sat, 19 Jun 2021 13:22:11 +0000
Angry Residents Block Abuja-Kaduna Expressway Over Bandits' Killing of 13-Year-Old
Many travellers are currently trapped on the Abuja-Kaduna highway as angry residents have blocked the road over attacks, especially the killing of a 13-year-old girl by bandits.
The tragic incident occurred at Anguwar Magaji in Chikun Local ...
Sat, 19 Jun 2021 13:07:14 +0000
Why Is Ben Ayade Competing With Idi Amin Of Uganda? By Elias Ozikpu
It is disturbing to see the rising level of lawlessness and tyranny in Cross River State which, ironically, is championed by the state governor Ben Ayade.
It is important to note that since assuming office in 2015, Ayade has been at the fore...
Sat, 19 Jun 2021 13:06:31 +0000
ISWAP Captivity Is An Empire On Its Own – University Worker Recounts How He Survived Terrorists' Den
A member of the Federal University staff, Kashere, Gombe State and indigene of Damaturu, Muazu Bawa, who was abducted by members of the Islamic State of West African Province, finally regained freedom and reunited with his family members las...