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JUST IN: Osun Police Constabularies protest ‘non payment’ of 18 months salaries
Ayobami Agboola, Osogbo Roughly 480 youth recruited as Constabularies into the Nigeria Police Force to complement the police in maintaining security in Osun State on Wednesday staged a protest in Osogbo, the state capital over non payment of 18 months salaries. The Special Constables marched from Oke-Fia down to the popular Olaiya Flyover,
N103bn has been paid to oil marketers as bridging claims – NMDPRA
Success Nwogu The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), has said that it has disbursed a total of N103,037,183,922.91 between December 2021 to August 2022 as bridging claims to oil marketers. NMDPRA in a statement on Monday also said it had a meeting with the Northern Independent Petroleum Marketers Forum (NPMF)
JUST IN: Gunmen abduct Plateau Council Chairman in Jos
Musa Pam, Jos Gunmen on Tuesday night kidnapped the Executive Chairman of Kanke Local Government Council of Plateau State, Hon Henry Gotip. The Plateau State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Alabo Alfred confirmed the incident to New Telegraph on Wednesday morning in Jos said that there was a reported case of robbery
JUST IN: Chelsea sack manager, Tuchel
Chelsea have sacked manager Thomas Tuchel following Tuesday’s night’s Champions League defeat by Dinamo Zagreb. The 49-year-old former Borussia Dortmund and Paris St-Germain boss leaves Stamford Bridge after 20 months, reports the BBC. Owner Todd Boehly has placed Tuchel’s coaching staff in temporary charge until a replacement is found. A club statement said the
EFCC arrests 40 alleged Internet fraudsters in Lagos
Yemi Olakitan The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), announced Wednesday that operatives from the Lagos Zonal Command of the commission had detained 40 individuals believed to be perpetrating internet fraud in various parts of Lagos State. They were taken into custody between August 29 and September 1, in the Awoyaya and Oral Estate
Booker Prize announces shortlist for 2022
Tony Okuyeme The shortlist of this year’s Booker Prize has been announced. The shortlist of six includes the Zimbabwean writer, NoViolet Bulawayo, author of ‘We Need New Names’ (that was shortlisted for the same prize in 2013). She has been shortlisted for her novel, ‘Glory’, the story of an uprising, “told by a vivid
Seven dead in flooded S’Korea car park after typhoon
Seven people in South Korea have died after they were trapped in an underground car park during floods caused by Typhoon Hinnamnor. They had gone down to move their cars but got caught by the incoming torrents, reports the BBC. Crew said they rescued two people, who reportedly survived by clinging to ceiling pipes
Ukraine backs UN call for nuclear plant safe zone
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has welcomed calls by the UN nuclear agency for a safety protection zone at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. The plant has been occupied by Russia since the start of the war and it has come under repeated attack since, with both sides blaming each other, reports the BBC. The
US bars ‘advanced tech’ factories in China for 10 years
US tech companies that receive federal funding will be barred from building “advanced technology” facilities in China for 10 years, the Biden administration has said. The guidelines were unveiled as part of a $50bn (£43bn) plan aimed at building up the local semiconductor industry, reports the BBC. It comes as business groups have pushed
US Open: Kyrgios loses to Khachanov, Ruud beats Berrettini
Nick Kyrgios is out of the US Open after eventually being out-battled by Russia’s Karen Khachanov in a tense quarter-final in New York. The 27-year-old Australian, who needed treatment on his left thigh after the first set, lost 7-5 4-6 7-5 6-7 (3-7) 6-4 to 27th seed Khachanov. Khachanov is into his first major
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