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Libya orders arrest of eight officials over flooding
Libya’s prosecutor general on Monday ordered the arrest of eight officials as part of his inquiry into the recent flood disaster which killed thousands, his office said. The flash flood, which witnesses likened to a tsunami, broke through two ageing dams on September 10 after a hurricane-strength storm lashed the area around Derna, a port
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Tuition hike: 50% of students may drop out in two years – ASUU
***Says student loan policy will fail The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, has raised the alarm over the looming 40 to 50 per cent of students whom he predicts may drop out of school within the next two years if the Federal Government fails to stop the continuous fee
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Army put on standby as UK police hand in weapons
The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence is offering soldiers to support armed police in London after dozens of police officers stood down from firearms duties, BBC reports. More than 100 officers have turned in permits allowing them to carry weapons, a source told the BBC, in support of a fellow officer who has been charged
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African ministers seek improved access to water, sanitation services
The African Ministers’ Council on Water has tasked African countries to ramp up efforts to strengthen systems that would improve the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Programme and make water more accessible for Africans in line with the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. AMCOW’s Executive Secretary, Dr Rashid Mbaziira, made the call on Monday,
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Olojo festival: What I’ll be doing during my seclusion- Ooni
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, revealed that he would be offering serious prayers for the Bola Tinubu-led administration during his time of seclusion at the forthcoming Olojo festival. The monarch also said he would pray for a turnaround of the current hardship experienced in the country as occasioned by the removal
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BREAKING: Fire guts section of Supreme Court
A portion of the Supreme Court is on fire. Our correspondent gathered that the fire engulfed a side of the judges’ chamber of the apex court. Details about the incident are still sketchy as of the time of filling this report. The spokesperson of the court, Akande Festus, could not be reached as of the
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Senate calls for immediate rescue of abducted Zamfara varsity students
The Senate has called for the immediate rescue of abducted female students of Federal University in Gusau, Zamfara State, by yet-to-be-identified bandits. The PUNCH reports that the suspected bandits kidnapped a significant number of students of the university in the early hours of Friday The Chairman Senate Committee on the Army, Senator Abdulaziz Yar’ Adua,
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Police vow to rescue Zamfara kidnapped students
The Zamfara Police Command on Sunday, reassured the general public that the security operatives were making efforts to rescue the remaining kidnapped students of the Federal University Gusau. This was contained in a statement in Gusau by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Yazid Abubakar. Scores of students, comprising males and females of the
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Niger Republic power struggle lingers two months after coup
The July 26 coup in Niger unleashed a power struggle that remains unresolved between the new military leaders and the ECOWAS regional bloc backed by several Western nations demanding the elected president’s return. But France’s decision to pull out its ambassador and then troops by the end of the year could now help to break
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Chicago academic record: US judge reviews Tinubu, Atiku’s legal row Monday
A United States District Judge, Nancy Maldonado, will on Monday review the controversy surrounding the Chicago State University’s academic documents of President Bola Tinubu which was put on hold on Thursday. The Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, had earlier secured an order for CSU to make the president’s academic records available to his
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