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Veteran actor Lere Paimo is alive, ANTP debunks death rumour

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The Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners (ANTP) has debunked the Lere Paimo death rumour, assuring the public that the iconic Nollywood veteran, popularly known as Eda Onile Ola, is alive and in good health. In a statement issued by its National Public Relations Officer, Prince Adejonwo Oluwafemi Femson, the association described reports circulating on […]

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FG didn’t pay ransom for release of kidnapped victims  —  Senate Spokesperson

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The spokesperson for the Senate, Yemi Adaramodu, has debunked claims that the Federal Government paid ransom to secure the release of abducted schoolchildren in Kebbi and Niger states. Speaking on Channels Television’s Morning Brief on Friday, Adaramodu said growing public suspicion was understandable but insisted that no money was exchanged to free the victims. His

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Rivers: Househelp kills employer’s 7-year-old daughter, takes own life

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The Rivers State Police Command has begun investigating the death of a seven-year-old girl, Alicia Olajumoke, who was allegedly stabbed to death by her minder in Rumueme, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state. The incident happened on Tuesday, though details were still unclear at the time of filing this report. It was gathered that

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Appeal Court strikes out Nnamdi Kanu’s rights enforcement case against DSS DG, AGF

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The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday struck out the appeal filed by the convicted leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, ruling that the case lacked merit and had become academic following his November 20 conviction for terrorism by a Federal High Court. A three-member panel of Justices held in

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CDCFIB to release shortlist for recruitment screening, December 1

Ministry of Interior to release shortlist for recruitment screening, December 1

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The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has announced that the shortlist for physical screening and document verification in its ongoing recruitment exercise will be available from December 1. In a statement issued on Friday, the Board’s Secretary, Abdulmalik Jubril, urged applicants to visit the recruitment portal, recruitment.cdcfib.gov.ng , between December 1

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Harmattan: Tunji-Ojo blasts fire service officer over half-filled water truck

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Interior Minister, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has sharply reprimanded a Federal Fire Service officer after discovering that one of the agency’s fire trucks had only a half-filled water tank, a lapse he described as dangerous and unacceptable during the harmattan season. Visibly angered during the inspection, Tunji-Ojo stressed that such negligence puts lives and property at greater

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Nigeria’s satellites can’t track terrorists, Ndume warns

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  Senator Ali Ndume says Nigeria does not have the satellite capability required to effectively track terrorists or support real-time military operations.   Speaking on Christmas TV on Thursday, the Senator representing Borno South said that although the country owns five satellites, only two are functioning, and even they cannot provide the level of coverage

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Anambra: One dead, policeman, others injured as gunmen attack Ngige’s convoy

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Gunmen on Thursday launched a violent attack on the convoy of former Anambra State Governor, Dr. Chris Ngige, along the Nkpor–Nnobi Road in Idemili North Local Government Area, leaving one person dead and several others injured. According to a statement issued by Ngige’s former media aide, Sir Fred Chukwuelobe, the former governor was not in

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A father reportedly died of a heart attack after his three children were kidnapped in the recent Niger school abduction, as families struggle with fear and uncertainty.

Police confirm 10 farmers kidnapped in fresh Niger attack

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The Nigeria Police Force, Niger State Command, has confirmed that 10 farmers were abducted by suspected bandits on Wednesday in Shiroro Local Government Area. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Minna. According to him, the attackers entered Angwan-Kawo and Kuchipa villages at night and

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VIDEO: Ammunition falls from moving bus

VIDEO: Ammunition falls from moving bus heading to Katsina near ABU Zaria

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Passersby and students of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria were thrown into panic on Tuesday when several rounds of ammunition reportedly fell from a moving bus along the Zaria–Katsina highway. Eyewitnesses said the incident occurred directly in front of ABU Zaria’s main gate, as a commercial vehicle heading towards Katsina lost some of its cargo.

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