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Kidnappers’ Den in Okpebholo’s Senatorial District Razed by Edo Govt
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Kidnappers’ Den in Okpebholo’s Senatorial District Razed by Edo Govt

4 weeks ago303 min

In Uromi, in the state’s Esan North East Local Government Area, and Illeh, in the state’s Esan West Local Government Area, the Edo State Government has destroyed homes connected to kidnappers. It was understood that the residences were situated in the senatorial district of Governor Monday Okpebholo. Michael Anetor, the Commander of the Special Task Force, and Akhere Paul, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Security, oversaw the operation. Paul claimed that the demolition...

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Trump’s Fight Over $2 Billion USAID Payments Ends in Supreme Court Defeat
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Trump’s Fight Over $2 Billion USAID Payments Ends in Supreme Court Defeat

4 weeks ago344 min

The U.S. Supreme Court, which is divided, rejected former President Donald Trump’s plea on Wednesday to stop the distribution of around $2 billion in foreign aid. In a 5-4 verdict, the justices maintained a decision by a lower court that required the government to pay for contracts that were completed. The court’s decision is the first significant one on a case involving Trump since he took office again. The justices said the federal judge who...

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Police Arrest Former Immigration Officer for Selling Sophisticated Firearms to Bandits in Abuja [Photos]
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Police Arrest Former Immigration Officer for Selling Sophisticated Firearms to Bandits in Abuja [Photos]

4 weeks ago245 min

The Nigeria Police Force’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) command has apprehended a former Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) official who was offering sophisticated guns for sale to criminals operating in the Abuja-Kaduna forests. At a press briefing on Wednesday, March 5, Mustafa Mohammed, the Officer in Charge of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit, reported the terminated officer’s detention; however, his identity has not been made public. According to Mohammed, an intelligence-driven police effort led to the suspect’s capture....

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FG Takes MTN, Top Executives To Court Over Alleged Information Hoarding
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FG Takes MTN, Top Executives To Court Over Alleged Information Hoarding

4 weeks ago283 min

The Federal Government has taken legal action against MTN Nigeria Communications Plc and three of its senior executives for allegedly failing to provide information requested by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC). Among others indicted alongside MTN in the criminal proceedings before the Federal High Court in Abuja are the company’s Managing Director and CEO, Karl Toriola; Chief Corporate Services Officer, Tobechukwu Okigbo; and General Manager, Regulatory Affairs, Ikenna Ikeme. The two-count charge...

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Tragedy in Abuja: Ex-Immigration CG Parradang Found Dead in Hotel Room
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Tragedy in Abuja: Ex-Immigration CG Parradang Found Dead in Hotel Room

4 weeks ago225 min

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has said the former Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, David Parradang, was found dead in a hotel room in Abuja, hours after lodging with a female guest. The command, in a statement by its spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, on Tuesday, said the retired CG checked into Joy House Hotel, Area 3 Junction, on Monday, at around 12:00 PM, driving a black Mercedes Benz. Adeh said he booked a...

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Customs Blocks N238 Million Petrol Smuggling Operation
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Customs Blocks N238 Million Petrol Smuggling Operation

4 weeks ago314 min

Approximately ₦238.1 million worth of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as gasoline, totaling 245,370 liters was successfully intercepted by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). As part of Operation Whirlwind’s ongoing anti-smuggling campaign, Comptroller-General of Customs Bashir Adeniyi revealed that these seizures took place in less than three months. Adeniyi also highlighted recent successful interceptions that the operation at the Federal Operations Unit in Ikeja has been conducting. He pointed out that the main reason...

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Kano Court Punishes Two TikTokers for Sharing Vulgar Clips
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Kano Court Punishes Two TikTokers for Sharing Vulgar Clips

4 weeks ago252 min

Two Nigerian TikTokers, Maryam Musa and Ahmad Isa, were given prison sentences for sharing offensive videos on the platform. Because Ahmad Isa and Maryam Musa violated the state’s moral and religious sensibilities, they were taken into custody by the Kano State censorship board. The state’s attorney, Barr. Garzali Maigari, presented them before a Kano Magistrate court on charges of criminal conspiracy and disseminating illegal content. After entering guilty pleas to the accusations, the TikTokers were...

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Fresh Zamfara Attacks: Bandits Kidnap APC Officials, Kill Residents
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Fresh Zamfara Attacks: Bandits Kidnap APC Officials, Kill Residents

4 weeks ago232 min

The All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman in Dan-Isa Ward, Kauran Namoda, Malam Yakubu Sani, and three of his executive members, Jamilu Usman, Dantahiya Kasa, and Dangandi Marnona, have been kidnapped by bandits. On Saturday, March 1, while they were traveling to Talatan Mafara, the incident took place. As they tried to fix their car after it broke down on Mayanchi Road, the bandits attacked, a resident said. After fruitless attempts to reach state APC chairman...

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Court finds Ekiti Prophet guilty of raping minor, sentences him to life in jail
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Court finds Ekiti Prophet guilty of raping minor, sentences him to life in jail

4 weeks ago244 min

Ado-Ekiti’s Ekiti High Court has sentenced 47-year-old Prophet Adeleye Akingbaso to life in prison for the rape of a 13-year-old girl. Akingbaso was first brought before Justice Blessing Ajileye in September 2022 on two charges: compulsion and rape, according to what was understood. According to Justice Ajileye’s decision, the defendant was found guilty on both counts of rape and coercion, and is so convicted. This sentence, she said, will be a warning to others in...

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Ibadan Fuel Station Fire: Driver and Motor Boy Burnt to Death
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Ibadan Fuel Station Fire: Driver and Motor Boy Burnt to Death

4 weeks ago252 min

Early Tuesday morning, a terrible fire broke out at the Orita Challenge branch of GABSTAB Petrol Station in Ibadan, killing two men. A statement published by the General Manager of the Oyo State Fire Services Agency, Yemi Akinyinka, stated that the victims were a petrol tanker driver and his motor boy. Akinyinka described the fire service’s prompt response, stating, “We received information about the GABSTAB Mega Petrol Station, Orita Challenge, fire incident at 5.15 a.m....

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