The Nigeria Police Force raided a game house in Zuba, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, where they arrested 311 suspects for kidnapping, drug peddling, and other illegal activities.Parading the suspects in Abuja, yesterday, FCT police commissioner, CP Ben Igweh said the suspects involved 297 males and
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A suspected armed cultist has been burned to death, while three others fled following the gruesome murder of a final year computer science student at the University of Uyo (UNIUYO). The deceased was allegedly killed by hoodlums who struck in the students' communities of Idak Okpo, Nnung Anyan, and other adjoining
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The leadership of the Southern and Middle Belt Forum (SMBLF) has condemned the continued incarceration of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, on treason charges by the federal government.The group stated this in a communiqué issued yesterday at the end of its meeting
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Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have arrested two ring leaders of the cult gang responsible for the killings in Ihiala, Ihiala local government area of the state.In a special operation carried out by the Police Crack Squad deployed to Ihiala by the state commissioner of police, CP Aderemi
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Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has approved the N30,000 minimum wage for local government workers in the state.He ordered the immediate payment of all withheld allowances, gratuities, and promotions as well as all accrued benefits.Fubara gave the approval yesterday when he met with the acting chairman of the Rivers State
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The government of Borno State has warned ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) to refrain from spending beyond their budgetary provisions.The government warned that defaulters would be sanctioned in line with the civil service rules.The directive came as Governor Babagana Umara Zulum hinted that his administration had relocated and resettled about
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The first lady, Oluremi Bola Tinubu, has visited Kano State, where she was received by the emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, during a courtesy call.The monarch deplored the prevailing hardship among most Nigerians and urged the authorities to act fast.In her address during the visit yesterday, Mrs. Tinubu called
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Tajudeen Abbas, and the National Assembly at the Federal High Court, Abuja, over failure to disclose, clarify and explain the details of the N344.85 billion National Assembly budget and
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President Bola Tinubu has commended the Super Eagles of Nigeria for their resilience in the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), held in Cote d’Ivoire.Tinubu thanked the team, the coach, the crew, and the entire management team for their hard work, assiduity, and sacrifice to come this far in the
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A grade one Area Court sitting at Aco Estate, Abuja, has convicted a Computer-Based Test (CBT) centre owner, one Ezechinoso Augustine.A statement signed by the spokesman of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Dr Fabian Benjamin, on Sunday said Ezechinoso, who operates a CBT centre in Onitsha, was arraigned
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