By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City, Nigeria – Twenty-six-year-old man arrested for alleged child theft has confessed to have made over N.7million, selling stolen babies in Benin, Lagos, Enugu and Port-Harcourt. The suspect who identified himself as Kenneth Ofoke from Ohrza village in Izzza local government area of Ebonyi State was among other suspected criminals paraded by the commissioner of police …
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has decried the high rate of foreign medical trips by Nigerians, calling for a total overhaul of the health sector to allow efficiency. Speaking at a public hearing organised by the House Committee on Health on two bills at the National Assembly in Abuja on Wednesday, Dogara stated that the attendant …
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Following the killing of 10 Boys Brigade members with a car by a Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps officer, Adamu Abdullahi, in Gombe State on Monday, the Corps Commandant-General, Abdullahi Muhammadu, has ordered a psychological test for all NSCDC personnel nationwide. The CG said he had also directed the forensic psychology unit of the Corps to work out the …
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The Court of Appeal on Wednesday in Abuja reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola, challenging the declaration of Ademola Adeleke as the duly elected governor by the state election petition tribunal. The appellate court also reserved judgment in the two other appeals filed by Mr Oyetola’s All Progressive Congress (APC) and the …
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The 2019 budget will be passed on Tuesday, April 30, Senate President, Bukola Saraki has announced. Mr Saraki announced this on Wednesday. Consideration of the report by the Committee on Appropriations was slated on the order paper for Wednesday but the Senate could not consider the item. Mr Saraki explained that the need for all lawmakers to be fortified with …
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Activities along the busy Benin -Lagos highway were grounded by Pharmacy students of the University of Benin yesterday over fears that their graduating students may not be able to undergo induction due to non-completion of program. The non-conclusion according to them is due to a two months strike by their lecturers over non-payment of sundry allowances by the management of …
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Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki has said the state government’s investment in education is aimed at tapping the transformative power of books and the knowledge economy to drive growth and development in the state. The governor said this in commemoration of the World Book and Copyright Day, marked every April 23, by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural …
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Edo State Government has warned petroleum marketers in the state to desist from diverting petroleum products allocated to Edo State to neighboring states, thereby causing artificial scarcity of the products. In a statement, Commissioner for Minerals, Oil and Gas, Hon. Joseph Ugheoke said as part of effort to ensure consistent and increased supply of petroleum products, particularly Premium Motor Spirit …
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A newly-obtained batch of documents has further exposed how information minister Lai Mohammed was instrumental to the release of N2.5 billion in questionable payments to a private digital broadcast signal provider. The payments in May 2017 to Pinnacle Communications Limited by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) have now been deemed fraudulent by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences …
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The 2019 edition of the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum enters its second day this morning in Ikeja, Lagos. Participants from across Africa and beyond would take part in today’s event. Paradigm Initiative, Ford Foundation, Google, Henrich Boll Stiftung, and Premium Times — the major partners for the conference — plan to use this year’s edition to trigger debates on …
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