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North Korea fires two missiles, blames US
North Korea fired two ballistic missiles Thursday and claimed its recent blitz of sanctions-busting tests were necessary countermeasures against joint military drills by the United States and South Korea. As the United Nations Security Council met to discuss Pyongyang’s Tuesday launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile over Japan, North Korea blamed Washington for “escalating the
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ASUU to sue FG over CONUA, NAMDA registration
The Academic Staff Union of Universities is set to sue the Federal Government over the registration of the Congress of Nigerian Universities Academics and the National Association of Medical and Dental Academics. ASUU’s lawyer, Femi Falana, said this on Channels Television, on Thursday. The minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige, had on Tuesday presented certificates of
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Osun 2022: Oyetola appeals court ruling nullifying candidacy
The Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has appealed the Federal High Court’s judgment that nullified his nomination as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the July 16, 2022, governorship election in the state. This was contained in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Ismail Omipidan, on Wednesday, in Osogbo. Oyetola in
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Woman arrested for murder of maid in Anambra
A yet-to-be identified woman has been arrested by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and Other Related Matters, Anambra State Command, for the murder of her maid. In the video shared on social media, on Thursday, the suspect had taken NAPTIP officials to the bush were she dumped the already decomposing
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Family demands corpse of Anambra man from police
A Twitter user, @Ada_mummyya, who allegedly lost a brother to the fangs of police brutality has taken to the social media platform to demand her sibling, Chijioke’s corpse about 10 years after he was allegedly murdered by personnel of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad led by one CSP James Nwafor (retd.). Ada tweeted, “Good morning
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Lawan, Gbajabiamila, others to attend Abuja house fair
Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, Thursday, will join experts and stakeholders within the housing and property development industry to address the issues of the housing deficit in the country with a view to affordability and sustainability. This was disclosed by the organisers of the National House Fair,
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Two die, vehicles burnt in Ogun tanker explosion
Two persons have been burnt to death while 12 vehicles were gutted by fire in a petrol tanker explosion that occurred at Sango-Ota Old Toll Gate Plaza, along the Lagos-Abeokuta road in Ogun State. The incident occurred early Thursday morning, leaving three other persons with burns. The Spokesperson for the Federal Road Safety Corps, Ogun
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Adron campaigns against breast cancer, screens women
Adron Homes and Properties has commenced its yearly breast cancer awareness campaign with the screening of women for early detection, treatment and prevention of the killer disease. According to the World Health Organization, 2.3 million women worldwide got diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020, while 685,000 people died from the disease worldwide in that same
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Customs intercept ammunitions, contrabands worth N600m
The Nigeria Customs Service said it arrested five suspects, intercepted ammunitions and other contrabands worth Duty Paid Value of over N622m in September. The Acting Customs Area Controller in charge of the Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, of the service, Hussein Ejibunnu, while addressing journalists at the unit on Wednesday, said the unit also recovered
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Ebola deadlier than COVID-19, heighten surveillance, warn virologists
Virologists and epidemiologists in the country have called on federal and state governments to strengthen public health surveillance across the borders and port services following the outbreak of the Sudan strain of Ebola Virus Disease in Uganda. The experts, who spoke in separate interviews with The PUNCH called for increased awareness and urged that flights
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