The kidnapper who has allegedly bee asleep under the influence of Tramadol in Owo, Ondo State has passed away. The unidentified man was one out of a three who had planned to kidnap a renowned pharmacist in the area. The Ondo state Police Public Relations Officer, Femi Joseph said that he suspect died at Owo General Hospital. The…
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has sustained its intervention in the inter-bank foreign exchange market by injecting 210 million dollars into the various segments of the market. As received from Punch, the acting Director, Corporate Communications, CBN, Mr Isaac Okorafor, on Tuesday in Abuja, said the apex bank offered 100 million dollars as wholesale interventions and…
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The Federal Government says it has no hand in the call for resignation or impeachment of the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, because “it is purely party affairs.’’ According to Punch, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made government’s position known on Tuesday when he paid advocacy visit to the Abuja…
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The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has accused the ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo of being part of the problems Nigeria is faced with. He made the accusation in Lagos on Tuesday while addressing party members at a stakeholders’ meeting of the state chapter. He explained that the former president, whose…
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The Federal Government says it will involve commissioners of education and school proprietors in its partnership with a Chinese Firm to promote the establishment of digital classrooms across the country. The Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu, said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the inauguration of a digital classroom donated by NetDragon Websoft limited.…
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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar paid a visit to the Oba of Benin, HRH Oba Ewuare II on Tuesday. In photos shared on his Twitter handle, @atiku, he said the visit was part of his nationwide consultation. He also met the Iyase of Benin, Chief Sam Igbe, whom he said trained him at the Police Academy…
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A South Korean University, Ajou University, on Tuesday honoured the wife of President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, with World Leadership Prize. While the President’s wife was honoured with the prize at the Dasan Hall of the University, Suwon, South Korea on Tuesday, she also had a multimedia centre at the university named after her. Leave…
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Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday dismissed insinuations that he was desperate to emerge as president through the 2019 presidential election. Atiku said that despite claims by his critics that he was bent on becoming president, he was qualified to contest the presidential election and that he has the right ideas to address the challenges…
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10 Women have been killed in a fire in a nursing home in Chile, news portal Emol reported. The fire broke out early Tuesday in the home, which is situated in Chiguayante, a city 500 kilometres south of the capital, Santiago de Chil Emol said the 10 women who died had not been able to…
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The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday directed the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to immediately begin the overhaul of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad. He has also directed the National Human Rights Commission to set up a panel to probe allegations of rights abuse by the Police unit. The Senior Special Assistant to the Acting…
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