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Air Force, Armed Forces, Headlines, Kogi, State News, Women Politics
Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
(NNP) Amidst tears, sobbing and sadness, Nigeria’s first female combat pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, who died from head injuries suffered in a car accident last week, was buried Thursday in Abuja military cemetery. Among the dignitaries who attended the solemn event were Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Abubakar Sadique; Chief of Defence Staff, […]
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EFCC Politics, Headlines, Rivers, State News
Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
By Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Nkechi Mercy Ikogwe, a Port Harcourt lady, squandered on sports betting N139.7 million of the money she fraudulently collected from some Nigerians and then she paid N1 million as tithe to her church. Her fraud is now the subject of a court action filed by the EFCC against her at the […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, July 21st, 2020
Ekiti State Corps Commandant of Amotekun, Brigadier-General Joe Komolafe (Rtd.) said that the agency will deploy ancient, local and modern security techniques to ward off kidnapping, robbery and other heinous crimes from the state. Speaking at Efon Alaaye during a sensitisation tour to Ekiti West, Komolafe averred that the neglect of traditional culture and patterns […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Canadian Politics, Headlines, Osun, State News
Sunday, July 19th, 2020
By Taiwo Okanlawon The Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II in collaboration with others have paid for a charter flight to bring back stranded Nigerians in the United States of America and Canada. According to the monarch, the pandemic is a collective fight that requires support both at home and abroad. […]
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EFCC Politics, Ekiti, General Politics, Governors, Latest Politics, National Politics, State News
Friday, July 17th, 2020
Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has alleged that the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, sold recovered assets under his watch to his associates. Fayose demanded that the sales of properties confiscated by the anti-graft agency under Magu be investigated. In a statement on Friday released via his […]
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Governors, Latest Politics, Niger Delta, Rivers, State News
Friday, July 17th, 2020
Nyesom Wike, Governor of Rivers State, has visited the house of former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Joy Nunieh, to “rescue” her after the place was surrounded by policemen, who barred her from leaving home this morning. Wike forced entry into Nunieh’s house and ordered the police officers out of the premises. […]
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Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News
Friday, July 17th, 2020
By Eniola Akintuotu, Abuja The Vice-President’s daughter, Kiki Osinbajo, has denied owning a property worth N800m in highbrow Wuse 2 area of Abuja. Kiki said this in a post on Instagram on Friday. She said the property in question was a rented one. The Vice-President’s daughter wrote, “For me it is completely unbelievable that a […]
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COVID-19, Headlines, Health, Plateau, State News
Thursday, July 16th, 2020
By Martha Agas The Commissioner for Health in Plateau, Dr. Nimkong Lar, said 57 health workers were infected with COVID-19 in the course of their duties in health centres in the state. Lar stated this at a press briefing after an executive council meeting on Wednesday in Jos. He said that they were workers managing […]
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Abuja (FCT), COVID-19, Headlines, Health, State News
Thursday, July 16th, 2020
Abujah Racheal The Presidential Task force (PTF), on COVID-19 has revealed that 63 per cent of hand sanitiser sold in Abuja, have no NAFDAC registration. The Chairman of the PTF and Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF Boss Mustapha, stated this while Speaking at the daily briefing of the PTF COVID-19, in Abuja, […]
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Air Force, Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Thursday, July 16th, 2020
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Defence Headquarters says the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole has destroyed a Boko Haram camp in Borno, killing several terrorists in a massive air strikes on July 15. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Thursday, said the air raid took place at Ngwuri […]
