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Live in your wards or be sacked, Akwa Ibom gov warns new aides
Akwa Ibom State governor, Umo Éno, has warned the newly appointed Personal Assistants to live within their ward areas or risk being sacked. He said he would not hesitate to sack any of them found not living in his ward, adding that as they were appointed, so would they be disappointed. The governor gave the
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NSEMA releases Niger boat accident victims’ names
The Niger State Emergency Management Agency, on Wednesday, released the names and photos of some recovered bodies of victims of the boat accident which occurred on Monday morning. NSEMA spokesman, Hussaine Ibrahim, who spoke to The PUNCH on telephone said one of them, Murna Ezekiel, was from Kebbi State while Bilyaminu Kontagora, Dauda Alhassan Kasabu and Iliya Kpchra Busuru
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Over 90 Kenyan schoolgirls hit by strange illness
No fewer than 90 schoolgirls in a Kenyan school have been reported ill after having difficulties walking, BBC reports Wednesday. Kenyan health authorities say the health crisis is currently under investigation as the students have been admitted to hospital. The female students from Eregi Girls High School, located in the western part of the country,
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A’Ibom PDP debunks social media report celebrating Tinubu’s alleged fake certificate
The Peoples Democratic Party, Akwa Ibom State chapter, has debunked a social media report linking it and the state governor, Umo Éno, to secretly celebrating the efforts of the party’s February 25 election candidate, Atiku Abubakar, for exposing President Bola Tinubu’s alleged fake certificate, describing it as fake. The party urged well-meaning Nigerians to ignore
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Tinubu attended Chicago varsity, registrar testifies in US court
A Registrar of Chicago State University, Caleb Westberg, on Tuesday, swore under oath that President Bola Tinubu attended and graduated from the institution in 1979. Westberg also admitted that the admission letter issued to the Nigerian President evidently proved he was a male and attended the school between 1977 and 1979. He said: “There were
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Sunak to kickstart UK election campaign
The British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, is set to fire the starting gun Wednesday on Britain’s next general election campaign, with a much-anticipated keynote speech closing his ruling Conservatives’ annual conference. The UK leader faces a daunting challenge rallying his beleaguered Tories to win the election – due sometime in 2024 – after several years
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FCTA to partner Israel on agriculture, security
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has expressed the willingness of his administration to partner with the State of Israel on agriculture and the security of the nation’s capital. Wike stated this when the Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Michael Freeman, paid a courtesy visit to the minister’s office in Abuja, on
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Rivers explosion: Police begin probe
…police, NSCDC casualty figures differ Dennis Naku, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Police Command said it had begun a full-scale investigation into the explosion that claimed many lives at an illegal oil refining site in Ibaa community, Emuoha Local Government Area of the state. The Force said the probe was to unravel the root cause of the
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Cop dismissed for raping 16-year-old girl in police station
The Benue State Police Command has dismissed a constable identified as Belasa Iyangedue for raping a 16-year-old kept in detention. Our correspondent gathered that the victim was detained for defamation. While in detention at the Divisional Police headquarters, Tse Agbaragba in the Konshisha Local Government Area of the state, the constable who pretended to be
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Aiyedatiwa: Ondo Assembly asks CJ to raise impeachment panel
The Ondo State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, gave a fresh directive to the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Olusegun Odusola, to set up a seven-man panel to investigate the allegation of gross misconduct against the Deputy Governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The Assembly began the impeachment process against the deputy governor last week, serving
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