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BREAKING: Tension over alleged blasphemy in Bauchi, pastor injured, houses burnt
A pastor has allegedly been injured and many houses burnt by irate youths who went on the rampage over alleged blasphemy in the Katangan area of Warji Local Government Area of Bauchi State. Details of the incident were still sketchy as of the time of filing this report. Our correspondent learnt that trouble started when…
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Electoral Act: PDP complies with amended section to elect delegates
The Peoples Democratic Party has said only three elected ad hoc delegates per ward and one elected national delegate per local government will vote at its forthcoming primaries and national convention. The party made the declaration in a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday by its National Organising Secretary, Umar Bature. Bature stated that the…
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Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire to deepen bilateral relations
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority and the Ivorian National Bureau of Technical Studies and Development are collaborating to foster bi-lateral relations between both countries. The Authority Chief Executive of NMDPRA, Mr. Farouk Ahmed, made this known when he received a delegation from the Ivorian organisation, BNEDTD, in Abuja. The delegation was led…
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Hero-worshipping Senator Basiru’s agbada caught in a barbed wire
This is a rejoinder to Senator Ajibola Basiru’s piece titled, “Osinbajo: Senator Adeyeye and his dishonest thesis”, published in The Guardian of Saturday, May 14, 2022 and republished on PUNCH Online on Friday. Basiru is my successor in the Red Chamber as the senator representing Osun Central. So, he is my senator, but he’s in…
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Gunmen abduct Nasarawa council boss, driver, kill police
The Executive Chairman of Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Muhammad Shehu, has been reportedly abducted alongside his driver by yet to be identified gunmen. A source who pleaded anonymity told our correspondent that the chairman, on Friday night, was travelling with his driver and police orderly but the gunmen mounted roadblocks along the…
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EFCC releases ex-Speaker Etteh after three days
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mrs Patricia Etteh, has been released on bail by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. She was released Friday night after fulfilling bail conditions, according to a statement on Saturday. Etteh was arrested on May 17 over suspicious and shady financial involvement with Phil Jin Projects Limited. EFCC…
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Nasarawa monarch hails NPHCDA director’s efforts in tackling COVID-19
A paramount traditional ruler in Nasarawa state, the Sangarin Shabu, Mahmoud Bwalla, has commended the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Shauib Faisal, for his efforts in tackling the coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria. Bwalla stated this in Lafia on Friday during a press briefing in honour of the Executive Director who…
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Why I dropped out of varsity after two weeks – BBNaija Angel
Former Big Brother Naija season 6 finalist, Angel Smith, has opened up about her short-lived stay at the University of Lagos. The reality TV star noted that she only spent two weeks in the institution and her dropping out was in connection to a sexual assaut experience she had. She made this known in an…
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Why we raped, killed Greenfield students – Suspects
Two suspected kidnappers, Aminu Lawal, aka Aminu Kano, and Murtala Dawu, aka Mugala, said to be members of a gang code-named the ‘Yellow Ashana’, speak on their involvement in the infamous kidnap of 140 pupils of the Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna State, and 16 students of the Greenfield University on the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway in…
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Why I won’t support northerner as APC presidential candidate – Lalong
The Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, said he is backing the presidential ambition of a former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amachi, saying he won’t back any of the aspirants from the North. Lalong made the declaration in Jos when Amaechi was in the state to woo delegates in the state ahead of the party’s…
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