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Stop planned burial for #EndSARS victims, Amnesty tells Lagos govt
Amnesty International has asked the Lagos State Government to stop the planned mass burial of 103 #EndSARS victims. This was following the state government’s response to a leaked memo addressed to the state Ministry of Health by the state’s procurement agency. The Lagos State Government, however, confirmed the leaked memo but said the victims to
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Emefiele pleads not guilty to illegal possession of firearms charge
The suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, on Tuesday, pleaded not guilty to the two counts of alleged illegal possession of firearms and ammunition when he was arraigned before the Federal High Court in Lagos. Emefiele is facing two counts bordering on illegal possession of firearms and ammunition preferred against him
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Anthrax: FCTA to vaccinate one million cattle
The Federal Capital Territory Administration says it has targeted no fewer than one million cattle for immediate vaccination to prevent the spread of anthrax into the FCT from nearby Suleja, Niger State. This was made known by the Acting Secretary, Agricultural and Rural Development Secretariat of the FCTA, Ishaq Sadeeq, during the flag-off of the
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Why Emefiele is facing trial
The suspended Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, on Tuesday, pleaded not guilty to the alleged gun possession charge filed against him by the Federal Government. The embattled CBN boss arrived at the court premises around 9:20am for his alleged gun possession trial. He is standing trial on two counts of possessing a single-barrel
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Obama’s family chef drowns near ex-president’s residence
Tafari Campbell, former White House chef who served during the Barack Obama administration, has died near the ex-president’s home after a drowning incident. Campbell went missing while paddleboarding on Sunday night at Edgartown Great Pond, near the Obamas’ residence at Martha’s Vineyard, NBC News reports. Massachusetts State Police stated that a search began afterwards, and
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JUST IN: Suspended CBN gov Emefiele arrives court for trial
The suspended Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has arrived at the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State The embattled CBN boss arrived at the court premises around 9:20am for his alleged gun possession trial. He is to stand trial on two counts of possessing a single-barrel shotgun (JOJEFF MAGNUM 8371) without a
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Nigeria’s medical tourism spending rises by over 40%
Nigeria spent a total of $1.04m on foreign healthcare-related services in the first quarter of 2023, The PUNCH has learnt. The total spending for the period under review was obtained from the quarterly statistical bulletin of the Central Bank of Nigeria for Q1 2023. The PUNCH observed that the amount spent in Q1 2023 was
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Speaker meets Tinubu over planned resident doctors’ strike
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, will meet with President Bola Tinubu as part of efforts to avert the planned industrial action by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors. Abbas noted that his meeting with the President would be to intimate him of the pending issues raised by NARD and appeal to
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2023 Women’s World Cup ticket sales may break record — FIFA
The Women’s World Cup being hosted by Australia and New Zealand is on track to be the best attended in the competition’s history, world football governing body FIFA has announced. Ticket sales have now exceeded 1.5 million in just five days, a new benchmark for any FIFA women’s World Cup event. At the 12 matches
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Reps probe $9.5bn loss to gas flaring annually
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, has inaugurated an Ad hoc Committee to investigate the alleged $9.05 billion revenue loss from gas flaring in the last decade in Nigeria. Abbas, at the inauguration of the House ad hoc committee on Gas Flaring on Monday, charged the committee to get to the
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