The bandits have said the parents must supply 30 bags of rice, 20 bags of beans and 10 kegs of palm oil. Recall that the bandits had at 1am on Monday invaded the school and kidnapped 121 students, who are mostly in Senior Secondary School 2 and 3. The parents and management of the Bethel Baptist High School, Maraban Rido, ...
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9 July
WHO Urges ‘Extreme Caution’ In Lifting COVID-19 Restrictions
The World Health Organization has urged “extreme caution” for countries considering lifting COVID-19 restrictions, warning that high vaccination rates would not stop transmission of the virus from increasing. The UN health agency urged governments not to squander hard-won gains and return to scenes of overwhelmed hospitals and exhausted health workers. Asked about England’s plans to ditch most of its coronavirus ...
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8 July
APC card carrying member Lauretta, @ Senate for INEC job
The Senate on Thursday started the screening of nominees for appointment as National Commissioners for the Independent National Electoral Commission. The nominees, including one of the aides of the President, Muhammadu Buhari , Lauretta Onochie, are already in the Senate for the exercise. Onochie arrived at the Senate wing of the National Assembly about 11 am; accompanied by the Special ...
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8 July
Ex-JAMB registrar Ojerinde gets bail in N5.2bn fraud case
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday has granted the bail application of a former Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof Adedibu Ojerinde. The court granted him bail in the sum of N200 million with two sureties in like sum. According to bail terms, one surety must be a professor in a Federal University and the ...
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8 July
Multichoice in N1.8trn tax mess, FIRS to freeze bank accounts
The Federal Inland Revenue Service has engaged some commercial banks to freeze and recover N1.8 trillion from accounts of Messrs MultiChoice Nigeria Limited and MultiChoice Africa. This was contained in a statement issued by Director, Communications and Liaison Department of FIRS, Abdullahi Ahmad, in Abuja on Thursday. The FIRS explained that the decision to appoint the banks as agents and ...
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8 July
UNILAG Best Graduating Student, Alimi, reveals his success secrets
The University of Lagos Best Graduating Student for the 2018/2019 set, Ibrahim Adedeji Alimi, has said that helping others to understand what was taught in class helped him to achieve his feat. Alimi explained that he neither had a fixed schedule for reading nor visited university’s library regularly. According to the Mechanical Engineering graduate, he was also motivated by scholarships ...
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6 July
Wife of Cele man,Badru, who died of incest & candle burnt, raises alarm !
Kofoworola Badru, the wife of late Lagos socialite, Kayode Badru, was on Thursday, July 1, arrested and detained by his family for allegedly conspiring with his pastor to burn him to death. Recall that the Lagos socialite died on Wednesday, May 5, 2021, after his pastor allegedly sprayed perfume on him while holding a lit candle. He had visited the ...
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6 July
Gunmen hit Bizman’s car, to get him out, then shot him dead
It all happened in front of his 7-year-old son. Unknown Gunmen have killed the Chief Executive Officer of AutoEase services in Enugu State, identified as Mr. Ifeanyi Okeke. According to reports, It was gathered that the deceased was shot dead by yet to be identified gunmen on Sunday night, July 4, while on his way to his house located at ...
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6 July
Trade minister slumps in Bauchi, hospitalized
The Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Amb. Mariam Katagum, slumped at an official event in Bauchi State on Monday. Katagum, who was in Bauchi to launch an empowerment programme on Monday at the Sani Mallam Shopping plaza located along the Ahmadu Bello Way, Bauchi, was said to have suddenly collapsed as she tried to deliver her speech. ...
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6 July
Fire outbreak in T.B. Joshua’s Synagogue Church, as burial rite begins
The Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN, owned by late Prophet T.B. Joshua is currently on fire. The cause of the fire is unknown. The church began a week-long burial ceremony for its founder, Joshua on Monday evening with a candle light procession. The fire engulfing the building is certainly going to disrupt the ceremony to herald Joshua back home. ...