The officers of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), have excelled and emerged best at the just concluded US Special Programme for Embassy Augmentation Response (SPEAR) team mission at Amman, Jordan.The training, which commenced on the 10th of March 2024 and concluded on the 3rd of April 2024, was designed to
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Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN) has phased out the process of registering medical laboratory facilities manually in the country.With this development, practitioners and proprietors would no longer be required to come to the headquarters in Abuja with piles of documents, seeking to open paper files, which would slow
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested a Delhi, India-bound passenger, Freeman Charles Ogbonna, at the screening point of terminal 2 of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA), Ikeja Lagos, for ingesting 80 wraps of cocaine.Ogbonna was arrested on March 31, 2024, while attempting to board his flight
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Akwa Ibom State governor, Umo Eno, has terminated the contract for Nsit Atai/Okobo/Oron Road abandoned for several years by successive governments.It was gathered that the termination of the failed contract followed complaints and protests by the people of the three local government areas, including the Oro Union (OU), a socio
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The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has cried out over the way and manner in which his trial on the terrorism charges preferred against him by the federal government is being handled.He said his trial is turning from prosecution to persecution.At a press
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For its ninth season, a new panel of judges will be vetting the music hopefuls that will grace the stage of Nigerian Idol. They are the iconic songstress Omawumi, R&B crooner Ric Hassani, and the legendary lyricist 9ice.The trio will take over the judging panel, which in previous editions had
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President Bola Tinubu will be leaving Abuja today for Lagos, where he will celebrate this year’s Eid-el-Fitr.This was revealed yesterday in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale.“President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja, the Nation’s Capital, for Lagos on Sunday ahead of Eid-el-Fitr.“In deference
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The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has disclosed that 51,447 intending Nigerian pilgrims registered for the 2024 Hajj under the federal government quota of 90,000.The Assistant Director, of Public Affairs, NAHCON, Fatima Sanda Usara, disclosed this yesterday in a statement.The Hajj rites for this year are scheduled for Mecca
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Multichoice Nigeria Limited, a company engaged in the provision of satellite television services across Africa, was defrauded of the total sum of N7.9 billion in a controversial foreign currency exchange deal, court documents seen by Premium Times have shown.The botched foreign currency exchange transaction involved Akintunde Giwa, a currency exchange
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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Saturday, April 6, gave out his daughter, Modupeoreoluwa, in marriage to her lover, Oladele.The white wedding is happening a week after his daughter’s very private engagement ceremony took place.The holy solemnization, which took place at the Cathedral Church of Christ in Lagos, was officiated
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