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NGO provides 20,000 tree seedlings

1 year ago1424 min

The Iliya Kwache Foundation, a non-governmental organization, has distributed another batch of 20,000 tree seedlings to survivors of the Boko Haram insurgency in Michika Local Government, Adamawa State, in order to combat climate change and improve the living conditions of residents in the area. These tree seedlings were given out in an effort to improve the living conditions of residents in the area. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Chairman of the Board of...

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Kiss-a-thon promoters risk three-year jail term – Ekiti

1 year ago3305 min

Kiss-a-thon is a planned kissing marathon with the goal of breaking the Guinness World Record. It is scheduled to begin in the state of Ekiti on Friday, and the government of Ekiti State warned on Thursday that those who organized or participated in the event could face three years in prison for their actions. Mr. Dayo Apata, the state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, stated that the proprietors or owners of any facility used...

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Seun Kuti: Absence Of Magistrate Stalls Assault Hearing

1 year ago3277 min

Seun Kuti, an Afrobeat musician, was charged with assault by the police on Monday, but the hearing was postponed at the Chief Magistrate Court in Lagos’ Sabo-Yaba neighbourhood. Despite Kuti and his attorney being present in court, along with the prosecution team, Chief Magistrate Adeola Olatubosun did not sit. According to information obtained, Chief Magistrate Olatubosun is currently off work. However, the parties involved in the case have agreed to return to court on September...

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Falana asks DSS to speed up investigation against Emefiele, Bawa

1 year ago3313 min

Popular human rights attorney Femi Falana has urged the Department of State Services (DSS) to quicken the investigation into the cases involving Abdulrasheed Bawa, the temporarily suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and Godwin Emefiele, the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Emefiele was arrested on June 10 by DSS agents on suspicion of financing terrorism, while Bawa was detained on suspicion of misuse of authority. Speaking on...

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Ooni wants hunters to fill security roles

1 year ago3714 min

Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife, has urged for the constitutional inclusion of the Nigerian Hunter and Forest Security Service in the country’s security framework. The NHFSS Commander General, Joshua Osatimehin, paid the monarch a visit at his palace in Ile Ife, Osun State, the statement from Abuja on Sunday said. The traditional leader said giving constitutional recognition to NHFSS would go a long way in reducing banditry, kidnapping, Boko haram, terrorism, and...

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Insecurity: Anambra vigilance group to seize illicit weapons

1 year ago3354 min

Chief Nweke Nweke, the Anambra Vigilance Group’s Director of Media and Publicity, announced that the organisation would launch a mop-up operation to seize illegal firearms from people or organisations operating without permits in the state. Nweke, who made this announcement during a news conference on Sunday, revealed that the action was a result of their learning that criminal gangs and hoodlums operating in the state have illegally obtained firearms. In order to identify people who...

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Taraba residents praise gov for reforms

1 year ago3367 min

On Saturday, some Taraba State people praised the governor’s efforts to date in bringing the state forward and predicted that if continued, the state will experience significant growth. Residents who spoke to our correspondent separately said that, among other things, the purchase of tractors for farmers, the proclamation of an emergency in the field of education, the enrollment of local government pensioners, and the 50% reduction in the College of Nursing and Midwifery’s tuition fees...

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Coalition of Election Observers Commends NSCDC for Professionalism During 2023 Elections

1 year ago3426 min

In a recent development, the Coalition of Civil Society Election Observers (CCSEO) has come forward to commend the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) for its exemplary professionalism during the 2023 elections, with particular reference to NSCDC’s outstanding performance and the absence of any recorded cases of involvement in election malpractice or human rights violations. In a press release signed and made available to journalists in Abuja over the weekend, Rev. Solomon Semaka who...

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Subsidy removal: Address financial hardship, Falana urges FG

1 year ago3333 min

Femi Falana (SAN), a human rights attorney, has urged the Federal Government to intervene immediately to ease Nigerians’ suffering as a result of the elimination of fuel subsidies. On Friday night, Falana made the call while appearing on Politics Today on Channels TV. He pointed out that the government’s recklessness and broken promises to reform the oil industry led to the current fuel subsidy regime. Because of the Nigerian ruling class’s negligence, he said, “the...

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