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‘69% of inmates in Nigerian prisons awaiting trial, 3,413 on death row’

The Nigerian Correctional Services, (NCOs) has said 69 per cent of the 77,849 inmates in its custody across the country are awaiting trial while 3,413 others are on death row. Mr Abubakar... Read more »
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Don’t hand over Port Harcourt refinery to cabal, NLC warns FG

The Nigeria Labour Congress has warned against a possible takeover of the Port Harcourt Refinery by cabals of government. The union also demanded an audit of the refinery and called on the... Read more »
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Why I accepted to run for second term – Makinde

Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde has revealed why he agreed to run for a second term in office after persuasion from religious leaders and other stakeholders. He said he would not have... Read more »
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JUST IN: CBN lifts ban on cryptocurrency transactions

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has changed its stance on crypto assets in the country and asked banks to disregard its earlier ban on crypto transactions. This is according to a... Read more »
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Protest Rocks Port Harcourt Over Tinubu’s Intervention In Rivers Crisis

Protesters have gathered at the Government House in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, expressing discontent over President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s reported intervention in the political crisis in the state. The demonstration, in solidarity... Read more »
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Under Godwin Emefiele As CBN Governor – What The CBN Investigator Found

— Unauthorized funded 593 Bank accounts located in the UK, US, and China — Fraudulent cash withdrawal of $6.23 million from CBN vault under a purported approval of the president to pay... Read more »
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FG Has Paid 3.5m Nigerians N25,000 Each In Conditional Cash Transfer – Edu

The Federal Government has paid N25,000 each to 3.5 million Nigerians under the conditional cash transfer scheme, minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Betta Edu said. She said this on Thursday,... Read more »
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Death Toll Rises To 148 In China’s Terrific Gansu, Qinghai Earthquake

On Friday, local authorities reported that the death toll from the 6.2-magnitude earthquake in Northwest China has reached 117 in Gansu province, contributing to a total of 148 casualties in Gansu and... Read more »
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Police arrest housewife for allegedly killing domestic staff in Kano

The Kano State Police Command has arrested a 24-year-old housewife, Hafsat Surajo, for allegedly stabbing her domestic staff, Nafi’u Hafiz, to death. The Commissioner of Police, Hussaini Gumel, confirmed the incident while... Read more »
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President Tinubu Orders Payment Of 400,000 N-Power Beneficiaries’ Nine-Month Stipends

President Bola Tinubu has ordered the immediate payment of the unpaid nine-month stipends of N-Power beneficiaries across the country. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, made this known in a statement... Read more »