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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has explained the discrepancies in his Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) certificate. Atiku made the clarification through Dele Momodu who took to his X handle to convey the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party’s Presidential flagbearer’s explanation. Momodu, who was the Director of Strategic Communications of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, said the clarification is a response …

Many people are experiencing homelessness as housing prices and rents have increased in Canada’s real estate markets. Reports said tens of thousands have started living on the streets of Canada, which remains a top destination for immigrants and refugees. According to a new study in September, one in two homeless people in Quebec can be located in rural areas of …

Reactions have begun trailing the clarification of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar over discrepancies in his Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) certificate. Atiku, who spoke through one of his media aides, Chief Dele Momudu, clarified what appeared to be a discrepancy in his secondary school certificate. He explained that the clarification became necessary following allegations of forgery against Atiku by …

United States said today that it is suspending most of its assistance to the government of Niger as it has concluded that a military coup d’etat has taken place in that African nation.  On August 5, the United States temporarily paused certain foreign assistance programs to the government of Niger, totaling nearly $200 million, the State Department Spokesperson, Matthew Miller said in …

…says ‘Edo no longer safe for child abusers’ Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that proactive reforms and legislation have been implemented in Edo State to ensure that the girl-child is safe and protected in the State. The governor said this in commemoration of the International Day of the Girl Child, marked by the United Nations and its …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON An Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City, Edo State of Nigeria has ordered the remand of a 54-year-old Head of Tactical Teams of Edo State Security Network (ESSN), Mr. Osarenren Johnson (A.K.A. Small Baba), over alleged murder and other crimes. The accused is facing a six- count charge of murder, attempted murder, conspiracy, armed attack …

Operatives of the Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, arrested two suspected internet fraudsters at  House F10, Victoria Crest 4, Lekki, Lagos. The suspects: Udemba Chukwuemeka (a.k.a Jody) and Jamal Jamiu Onasola (a.k.a. Jamal) were arrested at the residence of a musician: John Njeng Njeng (a.k.a Skales), according the Agency’s posting on its X, for twitter …

Police in Benin, Edo State of Nigeria have arrested one Idris Amedu, 25, alleged to had earlier been declared wanted for various bloody kidnappings in the state and some other states in South-south of the country. The suspect, popularly known as ‘Dogo’ was apprehended at Ahor Community near Benin City when he emerged from a bush with a bag containing …

US President Joe Biden is expected to speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, an administration official says. The anticipated call would mark the third call between the two leaders since Hamas launched its attacks on Israel on Saturday and would come as the president is set to speak about the “terrorist attacks” Tuesday afternoon. Netanyahu has been in “continuous …

The French army said Tuesday it had begun withdrawing its troops from Niger after being ordered out of the country by the leaders of a coup that ousted a pro-Paris president. The move kicks off a complex and sensitive process that Paris expects to be completed by the end of the year, drawing the curtain on another French anti-jihadist operation …