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Seventeen Niger soldiers killed in attack near Mali — Ministry
Seventeen Niger soldiers were killed on Tuesday in an attack by suspected jihadists near the country’s western border with Mali, the defence ministry said. An army detachment was “the victim of a terrorist ambush near the town of Koutougou,” said a ministry statement published late Tuesday. It added that another 20 soldiers had been wounded,
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NDLEA seizes N56.9m worth of illicit drugs in FCT, arrests 343 suspects
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, FCT Command, said it intercepted about 3,091.032 kilogrammes of suspected illicit drugs with a monetary value of over N56.9 million between January till date. Mr Kabir Tsakuwa, FCT Commandant of the agency disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja. Tsakuwa said that
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Land grabbing: Enugu youths protest against traditional ruler, ex-President General
Residents of Owo community in Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State have protested against their traditional ruler, Igwe Okeke Arum, and former President General, Mr. Okeke Akpu, over alleged “land grabbing” and “high-handedness”. Owo is the country home of the Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah. The residents led by various youths organisations in
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Land allocation: Committee indicts Okorocha
A former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, was on Tuesday indicted by the committee set up by the Imo State Government for the recovery of land belonging to Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education. The committee said Okorocha used brute force to dispose of the college of its land. In the report, signed by
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Abia woman arrested for stealing friend’s one-month-old baby
A 28-year-old woman, Adaeze Lawrence, is currently in the custody of the Abia State Police Command for allegedly stealing her friend’s one month and two days old baby boy. PUNCH Metro gathered that Lawrence gained the trust of the baby’s mother, Onyinyechi Owujie, and became her friend before she committed the crime. The suspect, a
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No federal university is allowed to charge tuition fees — FG
The Federal Government has insisted that no federal university is allowed to charge tuition fees in the country. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Mr David Adejo said this at a public hearing by the House of Representatives ad hoc committee on student loans in Abuja on Tuesday. Adejo said that the recent increase in
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UNICAL probes allegation of sexual harassment against lecturer
The management of the University of Calabar has begun an investigation into an allegation of sexual harassment levelled against the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Prof. Cyril Ndifon, on Monday by the students of the institution. In a viral video on social media on Monday, the students of the faculty accused Ndifon of sexually
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Bandits attack Plateau school, kill teachers, injured others
Bandits have attacked a secondary school in the Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State and killed two teachers. It was learnt that the victims were a newly-married couple who were teaching at the BECO Comprehensive Secondary School in the Kwi community of the LG. Eyewitnesses said the incident happened on Monday afternoon when the
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One dead, three missing in Delta oil rig collapse
One person has reportedly died while three others went missing after an oil rig, Majestic near Ovhor, collapsed in Delta State on Tuesday. The PUNCH gathered that the swamp drilling rig, operated by a Nigerian oil firm, Depthwize, collapsed in the early hours of Tuesday. The rig was contracted by the Seplat/Nigerian National Petroleum Company
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Fear of kidnappers grips Ogun community over bad road
Residents, traders and commuters who ply the Iberekodo-Mawuko Road in the Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State have called on the state government to help fix their road because it now puts them at the mercy of kidnappers. The residents, who spoke with PUNCH Metro on Tuesday in separate interviews, lamented that the
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