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Forget Morals, You Are Fit For President, Oba Of Lagos Tells Amaechi
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAmaechi, who is Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, visited the Oba of Lagos on Thursday. The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has told a presidential aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress, Rotimi Amaechi, to “forget about morals” as he aims to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Akiolu said,…
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49 Wives, Husbands Killed By Spouses In 15 Months As Domestic Violence Rises In Nigeria
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Reading Time: 3 minutesData compiled that At least 49 spouses reportedly died between January 2021 and March 2022. The data showed that 35 women were killed by their husbands while wives killed their husbands on 14 different occasions From the cases compiled, 39 deaths were related to domestic violence while six killed their spouses…
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Eid-Fitri: Security beefed up at airports
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMrs Faithful Hope-Ivbaze, the acting General Manager, Corporate Affairs of FAAN said The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has been beefed up security at the nation’s airports ahead of the Eid-el-Fitri celebration In her statement on Saturday Hope-ivbaze said: “As part of our preparations to ensure seamless facilitation of…
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Nigerian Government To Procure Aircraft To Tackle Large-Scale Fire Incidents – Aregbesola
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Rauf Aregbesola, The Minister of Interior has said the federal government is planning to procure aircraft in the six zonal bases of the Federal Fire Service to combat large-scale fires requiring aerial attacks. He disclosed this on Friday while speaking at the decoration ceremony of the new Controller General of…
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Corps Members narrowly escape death on POP day
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Reading Time: 2 minutesSome members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) narrowly escaped death on Thursday in Warri, Delta State as the coaster bus they boarded to Asaba for the passing out parade (POP) to complete their service year exploded at a filling station. The incident occurred at a filling station close to…
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Lawless Policemen Open Fire On Shiites During Rally In Kaduna, One Killed, Many Injured
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAt least one person was killed while many others were injured when policemen opened fire on members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), popularly known as Shiites during annual Quds Day rally in Zaria, Kaduna State. Quds Day, which uses the Arabic name for Jerusalem, is a Palestinian solidarity…
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Electoral Act: Your non-resignation is risky, Gbajabiamila warns ministers, others
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Femi Gbajabiamila, The Speaker of the House of Representatives has said political appointees who refuse to resign before contesting the forthcoming 2023 elections pose a risk to themselves and their parties. Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022, which was signed by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), provided…
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Family advised Yul Edochie not to marry second wife – Brother
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Nigerian artist Uche Edochie, brother to Nollywood star, Yul Edochie, has spoken about his family’s stance on the actor’s decision to marry a second wife. Yul went public about his second marriage with colleague, Judy Austin, adding that she already had a son for him. Uche revealed this on his…