Mouka Partners with GNOSIS Help Initiative In Providing Succor for Victims of Domestic Violence and Abuse
Mouka, Nigeria’s preferred brand of mattresses, pillows and other sleep products, has comforted domestic violence and abuse victims by providing free mattresses to GNOSIS Help Initiative, a non-governmental organisation (NGO). In line with its mission of adding comfort to life, Mouka has helped improve the living condition of these displaced persons sheltered by th…
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Six Suspected Internet Fraudsters arrested In Makurdi
Operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested Six (6) suspected Internet fraudsters in Makurdi, Benue State. They were arrested on Friday, February 3, 2023, at their hideout in Makurdi, Benue State, following intelligence on their alleged involvement in internet fraud. The suspects are: Dominic Onea, …
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EFCC grills Actress Simisola over Spraying, Stepping on New Naira Notes
Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have commenced investigation of Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, an actress and cosmetologist, for allegedly tampering with the redesigned Naira notes, an offcence contrary to Section 21 (5) of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Act, 2007. Omoseyin was arrested by operatives of the Inde…
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IGP orders arrest, prosecution of People selling New Naira Notes
In furtherance of the Federal Government’s policy and drives to uphold the provisions of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act, 2007, and dignify Nigeria’s currency, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Force Criminal Investigations Department and the Assistant Inspector-General of Polic…
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Akwa United Footballers survive armed robbery attack
Team Akwa United survived an armed robbery attack along Ogoni road, Rivers State while returning from Ibadan after honouring Nigeria Professional Football League Matchday 5 against Kwara United. The incident happened on Thursday February 2, 2023 at about 6:48pm when the team’s vehicles ran into a road block mounted by hoodlums. The drivers on noticing the illegal roa…
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Film Director goes on hunger strike in prison in Italy
An Iranian director who was arrested last summer, weeks before his latest film was released to widespread acclaim, has gone on hunger strike to protest his continued detention amid more than four months of anti-government protests. Jafar Panahi, whose films have thrilled critics and won numerous international prizes, issued a statement saying he would refuse food o…
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Make anti-drug abuse Messages constant in your Sermons – Marwa to Religious Leaders
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has charged religious bodies and other faith based organisations to make the campaign against drug abuse a constant feature in their sermons and evangelical activities to save millions of Nigerian youths afflicted by the menace of substance abuse …
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Buhari asks Nigerians to give him 7 days for Major decision on Currency Redesign
President Buhari urged citizens to give him seven days to resolve the cash crunch that has become a problem across the country from the policy of the CBN to change high value Naira notes with new ones. Speaking to the Progressive Governors Forum who came to the Presidential Villa to seek solutions to the cash crunch which they said was threatening the good records of…
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Magistrate, Ugboma of Ejemekwuru Customary Court shot dead in Imo
The chairman of the Owerri Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, Ugochukwu Allinor, has confirmed the killing of Nnaemeka Ugboma. The presiding magistrate of Ejemekwuru customary court in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State. The Tragedy struck on Thursday evening after gunmen who came on motorcycles invaded the courtroom, dragged the magistrate out, and sh…
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Man loses Pregnant Wife over Scarcity of New Naira in Kaduna
A pregnant woman in Kasuwan Magani, Kajuru LGA who was due for delivery died because all efforts by her husband to withdraw money from the bank failed. Narrating the ordeal, James Auta, said he went with his wife to the hospital on Monday where the doctor asked him to deposit money before he could examine her. According to him: “I ran to my bank to withdraw money, bu…
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Police arresst 4 for allegedly assaulting Police Officers in Oyo
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan, Oyo State capital has on Thursday charged four men for allegedly attacking two police officers. The suspects, who can be identified as Mohammed Omobonike, 45, Abdulahi Akewula, 33, Idowu Basit, 25, and Alimat Muhammad were said to have physically assaulted one Insp. Edalere Samusideen of the Iyaganku Police Station. A…
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Army rescues 30 kidnapped Victims on Kaduna-Birnin Gwari Road, dislodge Bandits
Troops of the 1 Mechanised Division of the Nigerian Army, Kaduna; on Thursday dislodged armed bandits kidnapping commuters at Manini village along Kaduna – Birnin Gwari road. In a statement signed by Lt. Col. Musa Yahaya. Acting Deputy Director Army Public Relations; 1 Division Nigerian Army; he said that the troops “who where escorting the the Chief of Defence Tra…
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Aisha Buhari shares El-Rufai's Video on Aso Rock Elements working against Tinubu
The wife of the President, Aisha Buhari on Wednesday, shared a video of Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State saying that elements in Aso Villa are working against the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu ahead of the February 25 poll. Tinubu, a former Lagos State governor, had at the keenly contested presidential primary of t…
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Oil Company Director, Epelle docked for alleged N157m Fraud
Justice P. I. Ajoku of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Wednesday, February 1, 2023 remanded a Director of a Nigerian Gas Company, Charles Rudolf Epelle in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, pending the determination of his bail application. The defendant was arraigned on a six count charge bordering o…
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Supreme Court dismisses Suit against Oyetola’s participation in Osun poll
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking to restore the nullification of the participation of Osun’s ex-Governor and his Deputy, Gboyega Oyetola and Bendict Alabi in the July 16, 2022 governorship election. Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja had, in a judgment on September 30, 2022 nullified the parti…
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Football Fans charged with murder after fight between Arsenal and Manchester City fans
At least two Ugandan football fans are facing murder charges after a man was killed in the capital, Kampala in a row over the result of a match in England. A youth councillor died from stab wounds after intervening in a fight after Arsenal lost to Manchester City on Friday. Allan Kakumba died moments after being admitted to hospital the following day, the Daily Monit…
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INEC Officer set on fire in Anambra
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has disclosed its office in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, has been set on fire. The commission in a statement by its national commissioner, Festus Okoye, said the Resident Electoral Commissioner for Anambra State, Queen Elizabeth Agwu, said 729 ballot boxes, 243 voting cubicles, and 256 elect…
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EPL: Anthony Martial equals David Beckham's Record in Manchester United
Anthony Martial’s second-half strike versus Nottingham Forest means he is now one of Manchester United’s top 25 all-time scorers, equaling David Beckham's tally of 85 goals for the club. The Frenchman was introduced just after the hour-mark against Steve Cooper’s side, alongside Marcus Rashford and the returning Jadon Sancho, and just 10 minutes after joining the…
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Lagos Police declares Tajudeen Bakare wanted, for wielding pump action in Video threatening public peace in Surulere
- Vows to deal with anyone engaging in breach of public peace Following the emergence of a video earlier this week showing a man wielding a pump action rifle and threatening public peace, the CSP Egbeyemi-led Rapid Response Squad (RRS), working on actionable intelligence, carried out a sting operation on the residence of the man in the Surulere area of the state. …
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Over 9,000 Tanzanian Primary, Secondary School girls impregnated in 1 year
Over 9,000 Tanzanian school girls were impregnated between January 2021 and January 2022, an official told parliament in Dodoma, the capital of Tanzania, Tuesday. The Deputy Minister for Education, Science and Technology Omary Kipanga said out of the 9,011 impregnated school girls, 1,554 were in primary schools and 7,457 were in secondary schools. Kipanga also said 1…
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