The police on Tuesday, charged two students with unruly public behaviour and cursing school authorities, in an Ado Magistrates’ Court. The police charged Oluwaseyi Osadare and Blessing Ayodele, students of the Anglican High School, Adebayo, Ado Ekiti with breach of peace. They pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Prosecution …
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The Department of State Services has confirmed receipt of a court order granting the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky to travel to India for medical attention. The service said it was currently liaising with relevant stakeholders to allow him travel to seek medical attention in India. …
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The Ebonyi Government has warned that any civil servant in the state that fails to undergo the August 6 verification faces possible sack from the civil service. The warning was contained in a statement issued on Monday in Abakaliki by Mrs Jennifer Adibe-Nwafor, the Special Assistant to Gov. Dave Umahi …
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The police in Ondo on Monday arraigned a 26-year-old student, Abel Oluwatosin, in an Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing a patient’s cell phone and N104, 500 cash. Oluwatosin, is charged with theft. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp. Ayodeji Omoyeigha, told the court that the defendant on April 8 around …
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it has no plan to relocate its subsidiary, Nigerian Gas Company (NGC) outside the Niger Delta region. The spokesman of the corporation, Ndu Ughamadu, in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja, reassured the host communities and all stakeholders in the region that …
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Security agents have surrounded the National Stadium in Surulere, Lagos, in anticipation of the #RevolutionNow protest march scheduled to hold today. The security agents have the OP MESA vans parked around the stadium. The Operation MESA or OP MESA, as it is commonly referred to, is a joint Internal Security …
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The Obaseki/Ogbeide-Oyo dynasty in Edo State has said that there is no disharmony between the family and their son, the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki as being insinuated in some quarters. In a statement read by the Family Head, Pa Igbinokpogie Amadasun, to journalists at the family compound in Benin …
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A student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Opeyemi Dara, has reportedly committed suicide. The deceased, a student in the Department of English, allegedly took a banned pesticide, Snipper. Although the details of the incident were unclear as of Saturday, newsmen learnt that she took her life over …
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Sunny Onuesoke, a chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has appealed to prominent Nigerian activists in persons of Professor Wole Soyinka and Femi Falana, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) among others, to add their voices in demanding for the unconditional release of human rights activist, the convener of #RevolutionNow, …
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Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Sunday described the Saturday morning arrest of human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, by the Department of State Services, as “a terrorist midnight arrest.” He added that it was “a travesty and violation of the fundamental rights” of citizens to congregate and make public their …
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