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Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Tuesday, decorated Mr Kayode Egbetokun, as the Acting Inspector-General of Police, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. “I feel like a lion in me, ready to devour all the internal enemies of Nigeria. That’s my feeling right now,” Egbetokun told State House Correspondents after a short ceremony at the Vice President’s […]
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The Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, has berated the immediate past Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba, for not extending the benefits of his ministerial appointment to the Benin people. Responding to Agba’s stewardship as a minister during the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government, the traditional ruler on Tuesday said it was […]
Continue ReadingThe immediate past Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali, has expressed confidence in the new acting IGP, Kayode Egbetokun, noting that he will champion the course of the police force. Alkali, who said this on Tuesday while handing over to Egbetokun, added that he has no ill feelings about his removal from the position of […]
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The Anambra State government warned brothel operators on Tuesday to stop using underage girls to run their businesses or face prosecution. The Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Mrs. Ify Obinabo, gave the warning in Awka on Tuesday while reacting to the rescue of 12 such girls from brothels in the state capital on Sunday. […]
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A 36-year old, Ayotomide Adeniyi, on Tuesday, appeared before an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court, for posing as a lawyer and defrauding unsuspecting residents of the state. Adeniyi, who was arraigned on six counts bordering on posing as a lawyer, obtaining money under pretence, stealing and membership in an unlawful society, pleaded guilty to the crimes. […]
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Skill Challenge Promotions’ Head of Boxing Amer Abdallah is confident that a tournament featuring Oleksandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua vs Deontay Wilder will hold in Saudi Arabia as planned. Abdallah’s company is looking to stage a major heavyweight doubleheader in the Middle East on a date in December that would see former […]
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Seated in the presidential box as Nigeria tackled Sierra Leone in the Day 5 game of their group for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, President George Oppong Weah of Liberia could not stop singing the praises of Super Eagles’ forward Victor Osimhen. Following his excellent season in which he scored 25 league goals to […]
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Former Barcelona defender, Dánì Alves, could face up to 12 years in prison for an alleged sexual assault in a Spanish nightclub. His trial is expected to be held between October and November. Alves has been in custody since January 20, following allegations of sexual assault by a 23-year-old woman at a nightclub. Alves has […]
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The Director, External Affairs and Sustainability, Seplat Energy, Chioma Afe, has disclosed that no fewer than 4,218 patients have benefited from the organisation’s free eye surgery programme in 12 years. Chioma disclosed this in Benin, the Edo State capital during the organisation’s free medical care termed “Eye Can See”, organised in collaboration with its partner, […]
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Governor Dauda Lawal Dare of Zamfara State has said he has been running the affairs of the state on debt, since he was handed over government because no money was left in the state’s treasury. The Governor in an interview, said his administration only met N3 million in the Zamfara state coffers when he was […]
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