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Police Rescue 50 Allegedly Kidnapped Children From Church Cell In Ondo

The children were allegedly kidnapped and kept in the underground apartment of the church for trafficking. The police in Ondo on Friday confirmed the rescue of 50 children locked in a church cell in Ondo town. They were reportedly found in an underground apartment of a church in the Valentino area of the town. The children were allegedly kidnapped and …

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Osinbajo Departs For Ghana Ahead Of ECOWAS Summit

*VP representing President Buhari at regional summit & $42m Abidjan – Lagos Corridor Highway Project meeting Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), departed Lagos on Saturday for Accra, Ghana to represent Nigeria at the 61st Ordinary Session of the Authority of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government holding tomorrow. A statement by his spokesman, Mr. Laolu Akanda said Prof. Osinbajo, …

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Edo Cult Killings: Police Nab 4 Suspects… Court Remands 7 In Custody

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City, Nigeria – Operatives of Edo State Police Command have arrested four suspected cultists in Benin City in a move to end the ongoing cult clash. The police command therefore warned against incessant cult-related killings so far recorded in Benin City in the last 24 hours. The command stated this in a statement signed by its …

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Court Jails Senator Nwaoboshi For Seven Years Over Money Laundering

The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal today July 1, 2022, convicted and sentenced Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, senator representing Delta North Senatorial District at the National Assembly, to seven years imprisonment The court ordered that his two companies, Golden Touch Construction Project Ltd and Suiming Electrical Ltd, be wound up in line with the provisions of Section 22 of …

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Why Illegal Harvesting Of Organs Thrives In Nigeria

• Doctors blame lack of regulation, enforcement of medical ethics, poverty• Many young people offered to sell their kidneys but we refused to link them up with recipients, say doctors• Experts seek centralised coordination of organ transplantation Medical doctors have given reasons black market or underground/illegal dealings in organ donation, harvesting and transplantation thrive in Nigeria. They identified lack of …

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UK Signs Migration Deal With Nigeria

Home Secretary Priti Patel in a tweet announcing the deal said the UK’s new “landmark agreement with Nigeria will increase the deportation of dangerous foreign criminals to make our streets and country safer.” The British government on Thursday announced a new migration partnership with Nigeria. Home Secretary Priti Patel in a tweet announcing the deal said “our new landmark agreement …

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Atiku Battles To Avert PDP’s Collapse, Wike’s Loyalists Threaten Defection

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party ahead of the 2023 general election has worsened with the loyalists of the Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike threatening to leave the party if their principal (Wike) defects. Political leaders loyal to Wike, in separate interviews with The PUNCH on Thursday, warned the PDP that they were ready to mobilise other supporters of the governor …

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ASUU Strike: NLC To Hold Nation-wide Protest

As part of efforts to push the Federal Government to meet the demands of striking university-based unions, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has said it would embark on a one-day national protest. NLC decried the lack of progress in the negotiations with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Non-Academic Staff …

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Shiroro Attack: Buhari Vows To Rescue Captives, Punish Perpetrators

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday, said his government would do everything possible to ensure the return of those abducted in an attack on a mining site in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. This was as he described the attack as a direct assault on Nigeria which will not be allowed to go unpunished. In …

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BREAKING: Court Favours Ekweremadu, Orders NIMC, Others To Release Ukpo’s Biodata

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, to release the official bio-data of David Nwamini to a former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice. reported that Ekweremadu and wife had, in the application dated and filed on June 27 by Awomolo, sued NIMC and four others. Others mentioned in the suit …

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