Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and officers of the Nigeria Police Force have engaged in a physical tussle over the arrest of a police inspector’s wife, allegedly caught with a bag of cannabis sativa and other illicit drugs.According to SaharaReporters, the incident happened around 11 a.m.
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The Federal Government has announced that President Bola Tinubu will launch the new cash transfer program to 15 million households across Nigeria on Tuesday, October 17.The Nigerian Presidency made the announcement in a tweet on Tuesday.The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, had disclosed the FG’s
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Senate President Sen. Godswill Akpabio has responded to an allegation by Sen. Elisha Abbo that he was involved in his removal at the Court of Appeal.The spokesperson for Senate President, Eseme Eyiboh, says his principal has no hand in the removal of Senator Elisha Abbo, who represented Adamawa North in
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A set of conjoined twins delivered by medical experts at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) have died, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.The Chief Medical Director, LASUTH, Adetokunbo Fabamwo, a professor, made this known in an interview with NAN on Monday in Lagos.The hospital's management had announced that
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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a 30-day implementation plan for the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the federal government and organized labour unions.The Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, made this known on Monday in Abuja while speaking to State House correspondents at the end of the
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Some traditionalists in Adim community in Biase local government of Cross River State have destroyed a church in the area.The incident, which started with pockets of harassment and intimidation of some Christian folds in the area, culminated in the wanton destruction of the Christ Divine Liberation International Church.Senior Pastor of
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Uchechukwu Okoroafor, AbujaRecently, the highest ranking person of Igbo extraction in governance in Nigeria in this dispensation and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, said that observance of sit-at-home, unknown gunmen, and other social vices is alien and abhorrent to Igboland socially, economically, and
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Nigeria’s inflation rate has increased to 26.72 percent for September 2023, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).The body made this known on Monday in its latest Consumer Price Index report for September 2023.The September rate, as shared on its X handle, marks an increase of 0.92 percent from
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Aisha Alkali Wakil also known as Mama Boko Haram before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, on two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and cheating to the tune of N150 million.Mama Boko Haram was arraigned alongside Tahiru Saidu
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Workers of the Nigerian Postal Service have shut down the head office of the service in Abuja, protesting against the appointment of Tola Odeyemi as its Chief Executive Officer/Post Master General, on Monday.UNITY TIMES reports that President Bola Tinubu fired the former Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Postal Service’s
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