Teacher arrested for defiling SSS 3 student in Ogun

By Bose Adelaja A 26 years old teacher Mathew Adebayo, was Friday, arrested for defiling a 15 years old Senior Secondary Student (SSS) 3 student in Sango, Ogun.State. The suspect was a teacher with a private school in Sango area where the victim currently writes her final examination.However, men of the Nigeria Police Force, Sango …

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Edo guber poll: Police won’t compromise standard, IGP assures

…As National Peace Committee engages stakeholders in Abuja Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu By Joseph Erunke AHEAD of the September 19 governorship election in Edo State, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has vowed to ensure that officers and men of the force deployed for the election uphold the standard requirements for a peaceful and …

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PDP expresses dismay at fire incident at Ondo INEC office

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ondo State Chapter, has frowned at the fire outbreak that engulfed a container at the Akure office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday night. The party noted that it received the news of the fire in a container with no fewer than 5,000 card reader machines with great …

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PHOTO: Police chain gunshot victim to bed over Enugu killings

By Dennis Agbo Arising  from the August 23rd massacre of Enugu youths in Emene-Enugu, the state police command have forcefully chained a patient, with bullet wound injury to his hospital bed in the emergency unit of National Orthopedic Hospital Enugu. The patient, Abraham Ani, told Vanguard that he has been on the chain since August …

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How 30 armed men attacked police officers, killed one, cut off ones wrist

Abia Police Command has arrested four persons in connection with the killing of a police inspector, Princewill Divine. Mrs Janet Agbede, the state’s Commissioner of Police, disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Umuahia on Friday. Agbede said that the late Divine was among the five Police Mobile Force personnel attached to 28 and 55 squadrons …

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Ila cedes land to FG, urges farmers to withdraw suits against police college

By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo The people of Ila-Oragun have agreed to cede their land, housing the Mobile police training college to the Federal Government free of charge to pave way for development of the ancient community. Speaking at the Ajagunla Hall located inside Orangun’s Palace, Chief Paul Ogunrinade, the Ejemo of Ila, said those claiming compensation …

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Fuel subsidy: FG to distribute 2, 000 buses to cushion effects on transportation

*File photo: Fuel sold in black market The Federal Government has concluded plans to distribute 2, 000 buses to cushion the effects of transportation on Nigerians, especially those living in rural dwellers. Dr George Akume, Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs made this known on Friday at the interactive he had with stakeholders of cooperative …

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Farmers hail Buhari for stoppage of forex for fertilizer, food importation

By Gabriel Ewepu THE umbrella body of farmers in Nigeria, All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, Friday commended President Muhammadu Buhari, over stoppage of foreign exchange for fertilizer and food importation into the country. This was contained in a statement signed by the National President, AFAN, Arc Kabir Kankara, while reassuring Nigerians and government that …

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Strike: Buhari approves stakeholders meeting with organized labour

…Directs Finance Minister to present nation’s economic status to unions …As Labour plans to protest over fuel, electricity tariff hike President Muhammadu Buhari By Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Friday approved a meeting between the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr. Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige and …

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AbdulRazaq leads APC Govs’ achievement chart

Kwara State Governor, Abdulrazaq The Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), secretariat has declared Kwara State as the leading state among the APC-held states in developmental initiatives for the month of August 2020. A statement by Kwara commissioner for Communication, Mrs Harriet Afolabi-Osatimehin, in Ilorin on Friday quoted a magazine published by the Progressives Governors’ Forum (PGF), as …

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strike: Buhari approves stakeholders meeting with organized labour

…Directs Finance Minister to present nation’s economic status to unions …As Labour plans to protest over fuel, electricity tariff hike President Muhammadu Buhari By Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Friday approved a meeting between the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr. Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige and …

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Meet UNICAL first female Vice-Chancellor after 45 years

By Ike Uchechukwu The University of Calabar, UNICAL, on Friday announced Prof. Florence Banku Obi as it’s 11th Vice-Chancellor and first female to occupy the position after 45 years since it’s inception. Announcing the result on Friday in Calabar, Sen. Nkechi Nwaogu, Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Unical Governing Council, said the process of the selection …

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MALI: Junta holds consultations as handover pressure mounts

Vice-President of the CNSP (National Committee for the Salvation of the People) Colonel Malick Diaw (C) takes a seat with other military leaders during the opening of two days of talks aimed at validating the terms of reference for a transitional government in Mali, on September 5, 2020, in Bamako. – Mali’s military junta began talks …

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Boats mishaps claim 12 lives in Niger

No fewer than 12 persons have been confirmed dead in two separate boat mishaps in Shiroro and Borgu Local Government Areas of Niger State. The accidents occurred on the River Shiroro and River New Awuru on Wednesday evening in Shiroro and Borgu, respectively. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident in …

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Senatorial Primary: Cross River Rep drags PDP to court, blasts Ayade

By Tordue Salem A member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, has dragged the people’s Democratic Party, PDP to Court over an alleged skewed outcome of the last Senatorial primary election of the party in Cross River State. The lawmaker who represents Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency of Cross River State, who was also …

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Senatorial Primary: Rep drags PDP to court, blasts Ayade

By Tordue Salem A member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, has dragged the people’s Democratic Party, PDP to Court over an alleged skewed outcome of the last Senatorial primary election of the party in Cross River State. The lawmaker who represents Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency of Cross River State, who was also …

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DSS reinvite Mailafia as Court adjourns case to September 29

Dr. Obadiah Mailafia By Marie-Therese Nanlong – Jos Again, the Department of State Service, DSS has for the third time in less than two months invited Dr Obadiah Mailafia to appear before its officials on Monday, the 14th of September, 2020. The recent invitation came even as Dr Mailafia is asking the court to restrain the …

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Anglican Bishop condemns increase in electricity tariff, petrol price

….asks FG to stop making life unbearable for citizens Olayinka Latona The Bishop of Lagos Diocese, (Anglican Communion), Church of Nigeria, Rt. Rev. Humphrey Olumakaiye, has frowned at the recent increase in electricity tariff and price of petrol, calling on the federal government to find a way of making life better for Nigerians. Speaking at Our …

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Angola seize assets of ex-president Dos Santos’s son-in-law

Angola’s attorney general has seized buildings and hotels belonging to AAA, a company associated with Carlos Manuel de São Vicente whose $900 million fortune has been frozen by Swiss authorities. De São Vicente was a key figure in Angola’s oil industry, heading a group of companies, including AAA Seguros, which sold insurance and reinsurance contracts to …

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