Category: News
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The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has said enough Naira notes are in circulation amid reports of scarcity of banknotes. In a statement issued by the Corporate Communications Department of the CBN, the apex bank explained the reasons behind the scarcity of Naira notes in some parts of the country. CBN’s reaction is coming amid…
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One Mr. Samuel Soyemi has recounted how some men who claimed to be police officers from Zone 2, Onikan, Lagos State invaded his house and drove him and his family away in their vehicle. In what Soyemi described as both an abduction and armed robbery, he said the cops transferred the sum of N1,025,000 from…
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Following the death of 18 persons in a crash involving an articulated vehicle on the Abuja-Kaduna Highway on Sunday, the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr Dauda Biu, has directed that vehicles conveying humans and animals together should be impounded. Apart from those who lost their lives to the crash, 27 other…
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Deputy Governor of Edo State Philip Shaibu has said he is not in competition with Governor Godwin Obaseki. This followed the governor’s decision to pay the hospital bills of the attacked players and officials of Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, side, Sunshine Stars Football Club of Akure. Armed Robbers had attacked a bus conveying Sunshine…
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Prices of foodstuff increase as bandits prevents farmers from harvesting crops in Taraba. Prices of foodstuffs are on the rise in Taraba State following activities of bandits who have prevented farmers from harvesting their crops. Findings revealed that… Prices of foodstuffs are on the rise in Taraba State following activities of bandits who have prevented…
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A married man has anonymously taken to social media to complain about his wife’s addiction to watching cartoons with their children. According to him, his wife was always excited to watch and sing along to the cartoon with their kids and she would narrate the stories to them if they missed them. According to the…
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The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers, on Thursday, seized $68,000 from a Nigeria-bound family who lied about the value of cash in their possession. The confiscation was made at the Washington Dulles International Airport when the officers were conducting inspections on outbound passengers departing on a flight to Cairo, Egypt. Though there…
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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Saturday 9th December 2023 intercepted at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, AIIA, Enugu, twelve (12) consignments of cocaine belonging to members of a Drug Trafficking Organisation. A businessman, Augustine Justine Emeka, 44, who claims he deals in copper wire was arrested at the airport upon…
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Russia has become stronger as a result of the conflict in Ukraine – just as it did by defeating Hitler and Napoleon, its foreign minister has claimed. In a wide-ranging series of assertions, Sergei Lavrov said the “hybrid war” that the West is supposedly waging against Russia is based on “cancel culture”. He also claimed…
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Elon Musk and his rarely seen son, X Æ A-Xii were spotted enjoying the 124th Army-Navy Game on Saturday, December 9th amid the billionaire’s custody battle with the boy’s mother, singer Grimes. Three-year-old X Æ A-Xii sat atop his dad’s shoulders as the pair watched the Army Black Knights close out the final game of…