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Chisom Nwogbo in court for allegedly stealing iPhone 14 Pro, four phones in church

1 year ago3415 min

A mother of two was charged by the police on Monday at the Wuse Zone II Magistrates’ Court in Abuja for allegedly stealing phones during church. Chisom Nwogbo, the 26-year-old defendant, is accused of criminal conspiracy and theft, two counts she denies. Nwogbo works as a cosmetics artist. Oyeyemi Adeniyi, the police prosecutor, said the court that on September 13, a Miss Esther Silas from Mana Apartment in Dawaki, Abuja, submitted a petition to the...

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Army: “Allegations of diversion of troops’ allowances are untrue.”

1 year ago3353 min

The Nigerian Army declared on Monday that it will not tolerate any kind of money theft and that it firmly opposes any action that could lower unit morale. Reports of corruption and misappropriation of troops’ Ration Cash Allowance (RCA) by Nigerian Army troops stationed to protect Chinese workers at the ongoing Zungeru Hydro Electricity Dam Project in Niger state were refuted by the Army as incorrect. Contrary to the implication in the online report, preliminary...

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News

Supreme Court: Fire incident has nothing to do with presidential election petition

1 year ago3292 min

Festus Akande, the public relations officer for the Supreme Court, has guaranteed that the fire incident that happened on Monday morning will not impact the petition for the presidential election. This was revealed by Akande on Monday during an interview on Arise TV. He claims that nothing in the court will be impacted by the fire incident. As previously reported by ProbitasNews a Monday morning fire consumed a portion of the Supreme Court building located...

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Nigeria @ 63: No world leader invited, says FG

1 year ago3236 min

No foreign leaders have been invited to the 63rd anniversary of the country’s independence, which is set for October 1, according to the Federal Government on Monday. According to the authorities, the choice to have a low-key celebration was made. This was said at a press conference in Abuja by George Akume, Secretary to the Government of the Federation. Low-key celebration has nothing to do with whether or not we’re performing poorly, he declared. The...

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Metro

Gunmen kidnap, Matthew Abo, information commissioner in Benue

1 year ago3302 min

On Sunday night, a group of gunmen broke into Matthew Abo’s home in Benue State, the commissioner of information, culture, and tourism, and took him hostage. According to reports, the event happened at his rural Zaki Biam residence in the state’s Ukum Local Government Area at around 8:00 p.m. The shooters reportedly entered the commissioner’s living room on four motorcycles while he and his family were inside the house. An eyewitness described how the kidnappers...

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Metro

Weeks after killing Rivers DPO, the prime suspect is still unknown

1 year ago3284 min

Two weeks had passed since suspected cultists had kidnapped and murdered Bako Angbashim, the Divisional Police Officer of Ahoada in Rivers State, and the police had neither located his body or detained Gift Okpara, the main suspect. Read Also: Minimum wage, budget first seven problems as National Assembly resumes Remember that on September 8, 2023, Angbashim, a Superintendent of Police, and his men were conducting raids on criminal hideouts in the Odemude community, Ahoada West Local...

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News

Minimum wage, budget first seven problems as National Assembly resumes

1 year ago3248 min

After a lengthy break that lasted more than eight weeks, members of the National Assembly will return to work on Tuesday. The expense of living is becoming increasingly difficult for Nigerians nationwide as a result of the government’s actions, which have caused prices for products and services to continue rising while the lawmakers were on vacation. ProbitasNews outlines some of the challenges that the National Assembly will need to address when it reconvenes following the...

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Metro

Vulcaniser sentenced to life imprisonment for defiling 15-year-old girl

1 year ago3183 min

Wasiu Ibrahim, a vulcaniser who is 41 years old, was sentenced to life in prison on Friday by an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court for molesting his wife’s niece, who is 15 years old. The incident took place in 2014. The judge who handed down the verdict, Rahman Oshodi, came to the conclusion that the prosecution had presented sufficient evidence to support the accusation of defilement against Ibrahim. The prosecution claims that the...

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Hardship: Newborn baby abandoned on a farm in Jigawa

1 year ago1253 min

On Sunday morning, a newborn baby that had been abandoned on a farm in the Gwaram Local Government Area of Jigawa State was found to still be alive. A farmer who was working on his field made the discovery of the infant boy when he was inside a box. The farmer immediately informed the village head of Wurya in Gwaram Tsohuwa about the incident. According to Alhaji Tamaji Gwaram, the chairman of Gwaram Local Government’s...

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Education

Prof. Akande explains why Nigerians pursue further education in Ghana and Togo

1 year ago1593 min

Prof. Busari Shaamsuddeen Akande, an education expert, has concluded that among the numerous reasons why young Nigerians and their parents continue to seek higher education in Ghana and Togo despite the high prices are the countries’ safe environments, the need for certain talents in certain industries, and a high-quality electrical supply. Speaking in a Sunday interview with our reporters in Calabar, Akande is the Secretary of Council for the American Chartered Institute of Management and...

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