Uchechukwu Okoroafor, AbujaRecently, at least 17 soldiers, including four officers, were killed in Delta State, Nigeria, while responding to a distress call during fighting between two communities.The attack in the oil-rich, riverine Delta State happened in the Bomadi council area when the soldiers, deployed to keep the peace, were allegedly
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The Police Service Commission (PSC), has fixed April 16, 2024 for the medical screening of applicants for recruitment into police constable. This was contained in a statement by the spokesperson of the PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, yesterday.Ani said the choice of April 16, was to allow for the completion of the
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Over 60,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in various camps in Cross River State need urgent assistance, the Red Cross Society has said. They were displaced by communal conflicts. A representative of the Red Cross Society in the state, Dr Asuquo Enoch, spoke yesterday on their plight when he addressed participants during
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The Nigerian Army has fixed a date for the burial of 17 soldiers killed by gunmen who were on a peacekeeping mission in Delta State.In a statement on Tuesday, the Army noted that the soldiers killed in the Okuama community in Delta State will be buried on Wednesday, March 27,
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The Kano State High Court has sentenced a Chinese national, Frank Geng-Quangrong, to death by hanging for the murder of his girlfriend, Ummukalthuum Buhari.Recall that Quangrong allegedly killed his erstwhile girlfriend, Buhari, following a misunderstanding.UNITY TIMES reported that Quangrong was accused of culpable homicide in the death of his girlfriend,
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The Adamawa State government has released N2.4 billion for the payment of WAEC and NECO registration fees for qualified candidates in the state.The press secretary to the governor disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola yesterday.He said that the amount would cover the examination registration fees
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The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has spent over N23 billion on funding research across Nigeria.Its assistant director of research and development (R&D), Dr. Hadiza Ismail, disclosed this at a validation workshop on “Strengthening Research and Innovation Funding Agencies in West Africa,” which was held at the Fund’s headquarters in
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