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Four Held Over India Naked Women Video, May Face Death Penalty

NewsDeskNgJul 23, 2023July 23, 20230

Indian police have arrested four men accused of parading two women naked in front of a mob in a northeastern state where months of ethnic violence have left at least 120 dead. The suspects were identified from a video clip of the incident in early May that went viral on...

NAF airstrike destroys ‘illegal refinery’ in Rivers

NewsDeskNgJul 23, 2023July 23, 20230

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has reportedly destroyed an illegal refining site at Dariama village in Rivers state. Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, said the site was destroyed by the air component of operation Delta Safe. The publication said the airstrike on the illegal...

Illegal Arm: Emefiele To Be Arraigned July 25

NewsDeskNgJul 23, 2023July 23, 20230

A Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed July 25 for the arraignment of the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, over alleged unlawful possession of firearms. The date was fixed by Justice Nicholas Oweibo after controversy in the delay by the State Security Service...

We’re Not A Recruiting Agency, FCC Alerts Nigerians

NewsDeskNgJul 23, 2023July 23, 20230

The Federal Character Commission (FCC) has said that reports that it has become a recruiting agency are false and should be ignored by Nigerians. The Director, Public Affairs and Communication of the FCC, Dr Chuks Okoli, noted in a statement yesterday that the mandate of the commission did not include...

Timi Frank to tribunal Judges: Do justice to Nigerians

NewsDeskNgJul 23, 2023July 23, 20230

Justices presiding over the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) have been called upon to give justice to Nigerians now that it is clear that former vice President, Atiku Abubakar won the February 25, 2023 presidential election as against Bola Ahmed Tinubu who was erroneously declared winner by the Independent National...

The Need For A Holistic Review Of The NYSC And The Way Forward

NewsDeskNgJul 23, 2023July 23, 20230

By Philip Agbese After 50 years of its establishment, enduring a journey built on great heroes’ legacies for its continuity, Nigerians are now disenchanted with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Completing a year of service with the NYSC is mandated by Nigerian law, and thus made a necessity, except...

UK sanctions Wagner leaders linked to killings, torture in Africa

NewsDeskNgJul 22, 2023July 22, 20230

Head of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has said his men will continue to fight in African countries, where they are already present. Ever since Prigozhin mounted a failed mutiny in Russia last month and was banished to Belarus, there have been questions over Wagner’s future. “There was no,...

FG increases Unity schools’ fees to ₦100,000

NewsDeskNgJul 22, 2023July 22, 20230

The Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Education has increased the school fees of new students into Federal Government Colleges otherwise known as Federal Unity Colleges to ₦100,000. This was contained in a directive from the Office of the Director of Senior Secondary Education Department of the Federal Ministry...

Court orders AGF to take over Stella Oduah’s ‘N5bn fraud’ case

NewsDeskNgJul 22, 2023July 22, 20230

A federal high court in Abuja has ordered the office of the attorney-general of the federation (AGF) to take over the N5 billion suit filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against Stella Oduah, former aviation minister. The EFCC alleged that Oduah misappropriated public funds estimated at N5...

Tinubu’s Reference To Anarchy, Extremely Dangerous, Too Low – Obi

NewsDeskNgJul 22, 2023July 22, 20230

Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has submitted that President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima’s reference to “anarchy” against the legal decision of their petition is dangerous and low. Obi and LP’s submission is contained in the final written addresses in reply to the copies earlier...