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Navy reshuffles 57 senior officers
The Nigerian Navy has reshuffled the appointments of top senior officers comprising 56 rear admirals and a Commodore. The Director of Information, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, in a statement on Thursday said those affected by the reshuffling are Rear Admiral Olusanya Bankole formerly the Director of Logistics, Defence Space Administration, is now appointed as the Chief
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Anambra school wins national entrepreneurship competition
The students of Mater Amabilis Secondary School, Umuoji in Anambra State, have won the 2023 National Entrepreneurship Exhibition and Awards competition. This remarkable achievement came after fierce competition from 20 top secondary schools across the country. The annual competition, organised by the Nigerian segment of the Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship, is aimed
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IG mourns late Ogun Amotekun commander
The acting Inspector General of Police, Ag. IGP Olukayode Adeolu Egbetokun has commiserated with the family and friends of the late Ogun state Commander of the State Security Network Agency, Amotekun, CP David Ajibola Akinremi. PUNCH reports that the security chief died on Monday, having battled with an undisclosed ailment. He was appointed the pioneer
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Assassination attempt report on Gov Adeleke outrageous — Cleric
The Asiwaju Musulumi of Yorubaland, Edo and Delta, Dr Khamis Olatunde Badmus, has described the alleged assassination attempt on Governor Ademola Adeleke at the Osogbo Eid praying ground on Wednesday by thugs suspected to have been employed by the opposition party in the state as outrageous. According to the cleric, the incident that the Osun
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Contaminated Sprite in circulation, NAFDAC warns Nigerians
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has alerted Nigerians to a batch of unwholesome Sprite 50cl glass bottles circulating in Nigeria. NAFDAC said the product was discovered following a consumer complaint received and investigated by the post-marketing surveillance unit of the agency. The agency said the investigation revealed that over five
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Guard, gunman dead in shooting at US consulate in Saudi
Saudi authorities were investigating Thursday after an assailant and a security guard were killed in an exchange of gunfire outside the US consulate in Jeddah, the gateway city for the massive hajj pilgrimage taking place in Mecca. The gunman and a Nepalese security guard both died after the exchange of fire outside the consulate on
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Army, Air Chiefs visit troops, demand synergy
The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Hassan Abubakar, and The Chief of Army Staff, Major General Taoreed Lagbaja, have urged troops at the various theaters of operations to work in synergy with other security agencies. They appreciated the troops and their families, particularly the dead and the wounded, for their sacrifices toward
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Suspected human remains discovered in Titan sub wreckage
Experts have recovered presumed human remains from what is left of the Titan sub that imploded during a dive to the Titanic wreck, with the death of five people, the US Coast Guard said Wednesday. “United States medical professionals will conduct a formal analysis of presumed human remains that have been carefully recovered,” the agency
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Obaseki to place LASU best student on salary, sponsor Law School programme
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said that the Edo State Government will place Aminat Yusuf who graduated as the best law student from Lagos State University (LASU) with 5.0 Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) on salary and sponsor her Law School programme. The governor, who spoke through the Head of Service, Anthony Okungbowa,
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French police arrest 150 protesting teenager’s killing over traffic violation
Violent protests broke out in France in the early hours of Thursday as anger grows over the police killing of a teenager, with security forces arresting 150 people in the chaos that saw balaclava-clad protesters burning cars and setting off fireworks. Nahel M., 17, was shot in the chest at point-blank range on Tuesday morning
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