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‘Attacks on sacred places recipe for destruction’
Categories: HeadlinesContinue Reading: ‘Attacks on sacred places recipe for destruction’Religious leaders in Christianity and Islam, on Tuesday, raised fears that the continued attacks on sacred places of worship in Nigeria may set the tone for destruction. Those who made…
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I sell hemp to survive, HIV patient begs, jailed
Categories: HeadlinesContinue Reading: I sell hemp to survive, HIV patient begs, jailedJustice Ayokunle Faji of a Federal High Court in Lagos State has convicted and sentenced a woman, Bilikisu Lawal, who claimed to be battling the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, to one-year…
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Sanwo-Olu seeks promotion of creative arts
Categories: HeadlinesContinue Reading: Sanwo-Olu seeks promotion of creative artsThe Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has assured creative art practitioners in the state of his administration’s commitment to the growth of the sector. The governor said this on…
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Fake soldiers in court for terrorising Lagos communities
Categories: HeadlinesContinue Reading: Fake soldiers in court for terrorising Lagos communitiesTwo men, Gabriel Oyewole and Nurudeen Agboola, have been arraigned before the Ogba Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, for allegedly impersonating members of the Nigerian Armed Forces. The duo were said…
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Hoodlums remove 12-year-old student’s eye, police hunt suspects
Categories: HeadlinesContinue Reading: Hoodlums remove 12-year-old student’s eye, police hunt suspectsTwo yet-to-be-identified hoodlums in Kafin Madaki, headquarters of Ganjuwa Local Government Area of Bauchi State, have removed one of the eyes of a 12-year-old student. gathered that the victim, Najib…
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Workers begin mass rallies on LG autonomy Tuesday
Categories: HeadlinesContinue Reading: Workers begin mass rallies on LG autonomy TuesdayThe National President, Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees, Akeem Ambali, has said that the union planned to meet with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) over the delayed…
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Nigeria’s import from Russia crashes by 92%
Categories: BusinessContinue Reading: Nigeria’s import from Russia crashes by 92%Nigeria’s import from Russia has crashed significantly, hitting its lowest this year, as the war in Ukraine persists. The foreign trade report of the National Bureau of Statistics for the…
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Police recover N263m from kidnappers in three years
Categories: HeadlinesContinue Reading: Police recover N263m from kidnappers in three yearsThe Nigerian Police recovered proceeds from kidnapping totalling about N262.6m between 2019 and 2021, has learnt. According to the 2022 National Risk Assessment document obtained by our correspondent from the…
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Senate passes NCC’s N559bn budget
Categories: BusinessContinue Reading: Senate passes NCC’s N559bn budgetThe Senate, at a plenary on Tuesday, passed the 2023 budget of the Nigerian Communications Commission following the presentation by the Committee on Communications. The lawmaker representing Yobe South, Ibrahim…
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Be careful with election cases, CJ warns judges
Categories: HeadlinesContinue Reading: Be careful with election cases, CJ warns judgesThe Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, on Tuesday, warned judges against dancing to the tunes of desperate politicians as they handle election-related cases in 2023….
