Author: Alex Enemanna
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Leave our land now or… Ohanaeze youths tell killer herdsmen
Ohanaeze Ndigbo youths, the youth wing of pan-Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has given two-week ultimatum to all killer herdsmen in Igboland to quit the forests and bushes in the area or face forceful ejection. While insisting that the bushes and forests belong to the people of the territory, the youths say they can no…
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50 lives lost as mysterious death hits Jos
Authorities of Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State have expressed concern over strange deaths in the council in recent times, as the number of deaths and burials have surged to 50 within three weeks in various cemeteries across the council area. A source close to the biggest cemetery in the city, the Zaria…
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Insecurity: Frustrated protesters burn down billboards bearing Buhari, Masari images
Protesters in Yantumaki town, Damusa Local Government Area of Katsina State, on Tuesday burnt down a campaign billboard of the All Progressives Congress with the pictures of the President Muhammadu Buhari and that of the State Governor, Aminu Masari. The state had come under serious attack by bandits who kill residents and rustle their cows.…
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Suspected robber shot while fleeing with N3.5m
Officers of the Nigeria Police Anambra command have gunned down a man alleged to have snatched a bag containing N3.5m from a victim near a new generation bank in Awka, the state capital. An eyewitness the suspect, Chukwuemeka Afor, had engaged the police in a gun duel for several hours in an attempt to escape…
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Nasarawa governor sacks SSG over corruption allegation
Following his indictment by the state House of Assembly, the Secretary to Nasarawa State (SSG) has been sacked. His relief of appointment is contained in a release signed by Hamza Gayam, the Permanent Secretary (PS), Government House Administration, on Monday in Lafia and made available to SGTV. The statement said the governor, Abdullahi Sule had…
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Buhari forwards Justice Dongban-Mensem’s name to Senate for confirmation as PCA
President Muhammadu Buhari, has forwarded to the Senate for confirmation as President Court of Appeal (PCA) the name of Her Lordship, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, the Acting President, Court of Appeal. This is following days of outcry by Nigerians over the delay in her nomination and possible confirmation as President, Court of Appeal. According to a…
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Former CP passes on in Benue
A former Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav has died. Tsav, a social critic was said to have died in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, after an undisclosed protracted ailment. According to his personal assistant, Torkuma Uke, the former fight fighter died at Federal Medical Center, Makurdi, Monday afternoon. Uke, declining to…
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Obaseki’s credentials, others’ on display at APC national secretariat
The All Progressives Congress on Monday displayed the academic credentials of the six contestants in the forthcoming Edo State governorship primary. The six contestants are Governor Godwin Obaseki, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, Dr Pius Odubu, Chris Ogiemwonyi, Osaro Obazee and Matthew Aigbuhuenze Iduoriyekemwen. According to the document, Obaseki attended Saint Mathews Anglican Primary School from 1963…
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Panic as doctors begin strikes next amidst upsurge in COVID-19 cases
The National Association of Resident Doctors, the umbrella body of all doctors working in government health facilities, has issued a notice of strike effective Monday, June 15, 2020. The association said the call to strike also includes doctors attending to COVID-19 patients and other emergencies. The National President of NARD, Dr Aliyu Sokomba, said this…
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Sam Okwaraji’s mother passes on at 83
Lady Janet Okwaraji, octogenarian mother of late Green Eagles Superstar, Samuel Okwaraji is dead. According to a report by NAN, the death of the matriarch of Okwaraji family was confirmed by his eldest son, Patrick Okwaraji on Monday. She was 83 years old. Lady Okwaraji is the mother of late Sam Okwaraji, an ace footballer…