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Putin sends strippers, dancers to entertain Russian soldiers
Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has ordered strippers and pole dancers to be sent to the front line in a move to cheer up his troops and boost morale. The move comes as the Kremlin announces a medal for all Russian soldiers which have deployed in what he calls the “special military operation”. According to ABCNews,
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Elections: Probe attack on Obi, SERAP tells Buhari
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), “to direct the Inspector-General of Police Usman Baba to promptly, thoroughly, and transparently investigate the reported attack on the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, after a rally in Katsina State, and other cases of election-related intimidation, harassment and violence
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China resumes issuing visas for Japanese citizens
The Chinese embassy in Tokyo announced Sunday that it would resume issuing visas to Japanese citizens. The move ends a retaliatory step against Japan’s decision to require Covid testing for travellers arriving from mainland China, where the number of infections was surging. “Starting today, the Embassy and the Offices of Consulates-General of the People’s Republic
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Ebonyi: APGA supporters accuse Ebubeagu of brutality
…Security outfit denies allegations An All Progressives Grand Alliance supporter in Ebonyi State, Amobi Ujar, was on Saturday allegedly beaten to a pulp by members of the state’s security outfit, Ebubeagu. Our correspondent gathered that the victim, Ujar, allegedly got a call from a supposed Ebubeagu informant and was lured to the Why Worry area
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UNICAL probes student’s death at health centre
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof Florence Obi, has directed the Medical Board of the institution to urgently conduct a thorough investigation into the circumstances leading to the death of a student. The deceased, Miss Precious Agini, was a third-year student of the Department of Library and Information Science, who died on
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Resident doctors seek health sector funding
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has called for increased budgetary allocation to the health sector to improve the quality of healthcare delivery in the country. The President of NARD, Dr Innocent Orji, said this at the end of the three-day National Executive Council meeting of the association in Uyo on Saturday. The News Agency
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Kidnapping: Police arrest five Cameroonians in Adamawa
The Adamawa State Police Command has said it has arrested five Cameroonians suspected to be involved in the attempt to kidnap one Emmanuel Ebel, a resident of Jambutu, Yola-North LGA. The command’s spokesperson, SP Suleiman Nguroje, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Yola. He stated that the crime was foiled following reliable information
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US: Memphis police officers unit deactivated after fatal beating
Memphis police on Saturday permanently deactivated the unit of the five officers who fatally beat a young Black man, the latest instance of police brutality to elicit nationwide calls for reform. The shocking death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols has reopened anguished debate across the United States about officer violence, particularly after promises of reform swept the
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Why philanthropy stops at building a courthouse
“Nothing is to be done which creates even a suspicion that there has been an improper interference with the course of justice.” Lord Hewart, 9 Nov, 1923 in R v. Sussex Justices, 1924 1 KB 256 Something extraordinary happened in Ikere-Ekiti in Ekiti State, South-West Nigeria, on January 19, 2023. On that day, the governor
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World urges restraint in escalating Israeli-Palestinian violence
World leaders on Saturday condemned the escalating violence in Israel and the Palestine territories and called for calm after a series of deadly incidents in the West Bank and Jerusalem. An Israeli raid in the Jenin refugee camp on Thursday killed nine Palestinians. This was followed by a deadly shooting outside a Jerusalem synagogue on
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