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Jul
08
2024
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Police Rescue 5-Year Old Chained, Starved For 3 Days

Police Rescue 5-Year Old Chained, Starved For 3 Days

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Operatives of the Bauchi Police Command have rescued a five-year-old boy found chained by his father and starved for three days. The Police got wind of the alleged maltreatment following a tip-off from concerned neighbours in the Gwallagan Mayaka area in the Bauchi metropolis. Spokesman of the Command, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, in a statement on Friday, explained:  “On July 3, 2024 when the ward head of  Gwallagan Mayaka area of Bauchi reported that  he received information from a good Samaritan, a resident in the community, who revealed that his wife Amina (not real name) had  informed him that she saw a…
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Jul
08
2024
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Corps Members’ Allowance To Be Increased With New Minimum Wage

Corps Members’ Allowance To Be Increased With New Minimum Wage

Education, News
By Hadiza Suleman The monthly allowance of the national youth service corps members will soon be reviewed upward in line with the soon-to-be implemented national minimum wage for workers. The director general of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, disclosed this while speaking to 2,762 corps members of Batch B, Stream one at Ogun State NYSC Orientation Camp, Sagamu, weekend. He said the corps members were too special to be forgotten by the federal government. In his words, "For your allowance, don’t worry, as soon as the ongoing negotiation on the minimum wage is concluded, you…
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Jul
08
2024
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Learn From Kenyan Experience, Obi Charges Nigerian Leaders

Learn From Kenyan Experience, Obi Charges Nigerian Leaders

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By Jonathan Okpanachi Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Sunday, charged political leaders in the country to learn from the recent experience of Kenyan and demonstrate true leadership by listening to the citizens. Recall that protesters stormed the parliament of Kenya over a new bill to increase taxes. Kenya’s President William Ruto under 24 hours announced tax reforms after mass protests turned violent a day earlier, leaving 23 people dead, according to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights. Obi, via his X-handle on Sunday, said, "We, the Nigerian political leaders,…
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Jul
08
2024
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Enugu Viral Video “Case Of Extortion, Not Organ Harvest” – Police

Enugu Viral Video “Case Of Extortion, Not Organ Harvest” – Police

Crime, News
By people & politics The video narrative that the two ladies rescued in a hotel room in Enugu are meant for organ harvest is misleading. Our correspondent reports that the viral video showed the two ladies tied up in an attempt to harvest their organs by two young men. The Enugu State Police Command, in a release issued by its spokesman , DSP Daniel Ndukwe, stated that preliminary investigation revealed a case of 'demanding money with menaces and fraud, and not murder or human organs or parts harvesting as being peddled'. Ndukwe said, "Further investigations revealed that the ladies, operating…
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Jul
08
2024
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Oshiomhole Wants FG To Ban Products Of Companies That Exited Nigeria

Oshiomhole Wants FG To Ban Products Of Companies That Exited Nigeria

Economy, News
By Hadiza Suleman Former Edo State Governor and senator representing Edo North in the Senate, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, has called on President Bola Tinubu to quit the importation of products manufactured by companies that the country. He said Thursday said that if the multinational companies had considered the country to be bad for their company’s growth, they should not be allowed to make Nigeria a dumping ground for their products. Oshiomhole, who was a guest speaker at Prof. Emeka Umerah’s Public Lecture organized in Solidarity with President Bola Tinubu’s Administration, said that companies like Michelin, Dunlop, Toyota and many others…
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Jul
07
2024
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APC Chieftain To Tinubu: “Nigerians Are Hungry”

APC Chieftain To Tinubu: “Nigerians Are Hungry”

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By Adadareporters Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to urgently address the high cost of food items in the country. Oyintiloye told newsmen on Sunday in Osogbo, that Nigerians "are hungry and living below the poverty line". The APC chieftain said that scores of Nigerians were disillusioned wondering where the next meal will come from due to the extreme economic hardship. Oyintiloye also urged the president not to ignore the United Nations’ prediction that 82 million Nigerians, which is about 64 per cent of the country’s population, might go…
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Jul
07
2024
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BREAKING: President Tinubu Re-Elected ECOWAS Chairman

BREAKING: President Tinubu Re-Elected ECOWAS Chairman

BREAKING, News
By Jonathan Okpanachi Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has been re-elected as the chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for a second term. Our correspondent reports that Tinubu took over the leadership ECOWAS about one year ago, and he was re-elected on Sunday in Abuja. Tinubu hosted the ECOWAS heads for the 65th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Channels TV reports that Tinubu, who rose to power in May 2023, was re-elected as the ECOWAS chairman during the bloc’s meeting.
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Jul
07
2024
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Court Orders Buhari’s Former Humanitarian Minister To Account For ₦729bn Meant For Poor Nigerians

Court Orders Buhari’s Former Humanitarian Minister To Account For ₦729bn Meant For Poor Nigerians

Crime, News
By Hadiza Suleman A former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disasters Management and Social Development, Sadia Umar-Farouk, has been ordered to account for the payments of ₦729bn to 24.3 million poor Nigerians for six months. A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos ordered Umar-Farouk to provide the list and details of the beneficiaries who received the payments, the number of states covered and the payments per state. The judgment was delivered in June by Hon Justice Deinde Isaac Dipeolu following a Freedom of Information suit numbered FHC/L/CS/853/2021, brought by the Socio-Economic Rights And Accountability Project (SERAP). SERAP said it obtained the…
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Jul
06
2024
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Eight Nigerians Secure Parliamentary Seats In UK Election

Eight Nigerians Secure Parliamentary Seats In UK Election

News, Opinion
By Hadiza Suleman Eight UK citizens of Nigerian descent were elected into the House of Commons following the announcement of results from the July 4 general election. Over 30 Nigerians took part in the poll, using their respective constituencies. Out of the eight elected, six are returning members of parliament, having served in the last session of the House. The victors include the Conservative duo of Kemi Badenoch (North West Essex), and Helen Grant (Maidstone). Despite her victory at the poll, Badenoch, who is a frontline contender in the Tories leadership contest after the resignation of former PM Rishi Sunak,…
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Jul
06
2024
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My Candid Opinion On David Adeleke vs Sophia Momodu

My Candid Opinion On David Adeleke vs Sophia Momodu

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By Dele Momodu Last night, I received a distressing message from Mr David Adeleke (aka Davido). He was obviously devastated by the counter-affidavit submitted in court, earlier in the day, in response to his affidavit seeking a joint custody of his daughter with my niece Sophia Momodu. I had seen David's affidavit about two weeks ago and I was very surprised as David and I had spoken on a video call days earlier, with him and Pastor Tobi Adegboyega, and he never told me he had any custody issues with my niece. So you can imagine my confusion to find…
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