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Some gunmen have reportedly attacked the Government Technical Secondary School, Mararaban Kajuru in Kajuru Local Government Area of the state, abducting the principal of the school. This is coming barely a week after the abduction of six female pupils and two staff members of the Engravers College, Chikun Local Government Area of the State. The …
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By Cindy Ruffalo The Senate’s ad hoc committee investigating a case of assault against Senator Elisha Abbo on Tuesday submitted its report to the upper chamber. Astatement by the red chamber said the report was presented during plenary by the Chairman of the ad hoc committee, Senator Sam Egwu. The Senate had on July 3, …
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The Federal Government has asked travellers and tourists to be careful wherever they notice the presence of Bobrisky, mostly as it affects sharing of public facilities, including toilets. The report followed a report received by the Federal Government on how Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, caused a stir at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport …
Operatives of the Rapid Respond Squad of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested two suspects, Victor Remi and Ekeh Maxwell, for allegedly dispossessing a computer dealer of three Apple laptops worth N1.5m. Remi, a foreign exchange trader, and Maxwell, a musician, were said to have disguised as buyers and lured the seller to a …
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By Nnaji Cynthia Former president Goodluck Jonathan has been accused of refusing help when Boko Haram kidnapped 274 schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno state. The allegation was raised by former British prime minister, David Cameron, In For The Record, his memoir and published by The Cable. According to him, British troops traced the location of some …
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Governor Nasiru el-Rufa’i of Kaduna State says his child will remain in public school despite the reported invasion of the state by kidnappers and Boko Haram elements. El-Rufa’i stated this while reacting to the abduction of six pupils and two teachers at the Engrave’s College in Kakau Daji area of Kaduna State on Wednesday. The …
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A Computer Science teacher at the Faith Academy, Ota, Ogun State, Voke Voma, has allegedly beaten a Senior Secondary School 2 pupil of the school, David Emekeme, to a pulp. The victim’s sister, Love Onos, however, took to her Instagram page to lament David’s ordeal. She said, “This is child abuse… a teacher at the …
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The Lagos Waste Management Authority said on Wednesday that it had engaged the services of 20 physically-challenged persons as sweepers of pedestrian bridges across the state. The Asst. Director, Public Affairs of LAWMA, Mrs Folashade Kadiri, disclosed this in a statement made available to the newsmen in Lagos. Kadiri quoted the Managing Director of LAWMA, …
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By Teni Lana There were indications on Tuesday that some schools in Lagos State may have also been affected by the infection which hit Queen’s College, Yaba, Lagos. The PUNCH learnt that some schools in the Lekki area of the state, had been shut temporarily, while pupils had been released for treatment. A source said …
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By Ola Ajayi - Ibadan SOME of the new kings who were installed by the immediate past governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi yesterday made good their promise as they appeared wearing their beaded crowns to a function which the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji also attended. The kings had earlier vowed to …
By Eniola Segun Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has advised Nigerians evacuated from South Africa following the xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals in the Rainbow Nation to get ready to go back. This is because he is confident the meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, next month will yield a …
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Many Nigerians have continued to make diverse comments over the sudden disqualification of Tacha, one of the more prominent faces in the ongoing Big Brother Naija reality show. She was disqualified for being physically violent towards a fellow housemate, Mercy. Tacha had been engaged in a shouting match with Mercy, which turned physical after Tacha …
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By Bada Sotonwa There is a plan to dethrone the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, if he declines to swap positions with the Emir of Bichi, a Kano group, Renaissance Coalition, has alleged. In a press statement on Thursday by the spokesman for the group, Ibrahim Waiyaon, the group said the “evil plan from …
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By Bunmi Sofola Some few weeks back, I was talking to the father of a teenage boy who was despairing that his son insisted on putting his play-station above homework, chores and even sleep. He asked, with a defeated shrug: “What can I do?” I was afterall an agony aunt. He seemed to believe that …
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Nigerian record producer and entrepreneur, Michael Ajereh, a.k.a Don Jazzy is celebrating one year of quitting smoking cigarettes. The Mavin record boss who quit smoking last year after indulging in the habit for years, took to his Twitter handle @DONJAZZY to announce that he has kept to his promise. “Today makes it one year since …
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The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate in the February election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have filed before the Supreme Court an appeal against the September 11, 2019 judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. The tribunal had dismissed their petition and affirmed President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory at the disputed poll. The appeal with 66 …
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By Godwin Isenyo Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, on Monday fulfilled his campaign promise to enrol his six-year-old son, Abubakar El-Rufai, in public school. El-Rufai junior was enrolled as a primary one pupil at the Kaduna Capital School, Malali, in the Kaduna North Local Government Area of the state. Speaking shortly after enrolling his …
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Peter Dada Following the mysterious death of cows at a ‘sacred land’ called Oke Owa in Ijare, Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State, the community was preparing to perform some traditional rites on the land and the dead cows. No fewer than 36 cows, belonging to some Fulani herdsmen, were struck dead by thunder …
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By Olaleye Balise The Operation Lafiya Dole Theatre Command of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, Borno State, on Sunday said it had begun an exercise, Operation Positive Identification, in the North-East to fish out the Boko Haram and Islamic State West African Province fighters who are hiding in some communities of Borno and Yobe states. The …
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In this interview with OLALEYE ALUKO, 60-year-old Louis Ebodaghe, who returned to Nigeria last year from the United States of America to participate in the National Youth Service Corps scheme, talks about his experiences, challenges and the way forward for the programme What motivated you to return to Nigeria for the national youth service? For …
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