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Gombe police begin spy number plates ban enforcement
Gombe State Police Commissioner Ishola Babaita, on Friday, tasked Head of Departments, and Divisional Police Officers to tactically enforce the ban on the Spy number plates. The PUNCH reports that this is following the directives of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Baba, on the total ban of the use of Spy number plates
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Sri Lanka’s PM sworn in as acting president
Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, was sworn in Friday as acting president, his office said, replacing Gotabaya Rajapaksa who fled to Singapore following months of protest against him. Wickremesinghe, 73, took his oath of office before chief justice Jayantha Jayasuriya, Wickremesinghe’s office said in a brief statement. AFP
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Sri Lanka parliament to elect new president Wednesday
Sri Lanka’s parliament will vote on a new president Wednesday, the speaker’s office said, on Friday, following the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa after he was driven out of the country. Nominations for the post of president will be received on Tuesday and MPs are due to vote the following day, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana’s office
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A’Ibom decries decline in use of mother tongue
The Deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Moses Ekpo, has decried the decline in the use of vernacular, particularly by the younger generation, and called for the inclusion of vernacular in schools curriculum to forestall its extinct. This was contained in a statement on Thursday issued by the press secretary to the deputy governor,
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FG approves N400bn for poverty reduction schemes
The Federal Government has approved the sum of N400 billion under the National Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy. This covers certain welfare schemes which include the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme, Conditional Cash Transfer, Farmer Money, and Market Money. The approval for 2022 was made known by the Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule. Governor
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News of Drake’s arrest in Sweden false – Team
Following the rumours that Canadian rapper, Drake, was arrested in Sweden, the artiste’s team has come out to debunk the claims. Speculations of his arrest hit social media on Thursday night, as unverified reports rumoured that the rapper had been arrested at a Stockholm nightclub by the local police. The reports further alleged that the
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Osun poll: Group warns against Amotekun corps deployment
Yiaga Africa has warned against the engagement of the personnel of the South-West Security Network, also known as Amotekun, during the Osun governorship election. The group added that the Nigeria Police Force, which was the lead security agency in election security in Nigeria, must ensure that the Amotekun was not given any role in the
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NLC, TUC imposing LP gov candidate – C’River chair
The Cross River State Chairman of the Labour Party, Ambassador Ogar Osim, has alleged that the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress want to foist a governorship candidate on the party. He made this known in Calabar on Thursday while reacting to the alleged vote of no confidence passed on him by the
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Commission establishes regional offices for arms control
The National Coordinator, National Center for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, Major General Abba Dikko (retd.), said the center has established regional offices across the six geopolitical zones for arms control in the country. He said the offices are located in Maiduguri for the North East, Kaduna for the North West, Minna
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Muslim-Muslim ticket, slap on Northern Christians – Philippines-based pastor
A Nigerian cleric in the Philippines, Rev. Tony Marioghae, on Thursday faulted the decision of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to pick a Muslim, Kashim Shettima, as his running mate for the 2023 election, describing it as “foolish” and a slap on Christians of Northern extraction. He also warned
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