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UN-backed ICC issues arrest warrant for Russian President, Putin

NewsDeskNgMar 18, 2023March 18, 20230

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, March 17, 2023 (NAN) The Pre-Trial Chamber of the UN-backed International Criminal Court (ICC), on Friday issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin of Russia. ICC President, Piotr Hofmański, said that the arrest warrant is in connection with alleged war crimes concerning the deportation...

Armed conflict: 10m children in Central Sahel need assistance – UNICEF

NewsDeskNgMar 18, 2023March 18, 20230

UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), says children are increasingly caught up in armed conflict in the climate-affected, food insecure central Sahel region. “Brutal” armed conflict has left 10 million children in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger in need of humanitarian assistance – more than double the number in 2020, UNICEF warned...

Caution Peter Obi against making incendiary remarks, APC urges security agencies

NewsDeskNgMar 18, 2023March 18, 20230

The APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has called on security agencies to caution Mr Peter Obi, Labour Party presidential candidate, from making incendiary remarks over the outcome of Feb. 25 presidential election. Mr Bayo Onanuga, the Director, Media and Publicity, APC PCC, made the appeal in a statement on Friday...

Burundi announces 1st polio outbreak in 30 years – WHO

NewsDeskNgMar 18, 2023March 18, 20230

World Health Organisation (WHO) says health authorities in Burundi have detected eight samples of polio, officially declaring the landlocked African nation’s first outbreak in more than 30 years. Heath authorities said there was a confirmed case in an unvaccinated four-year-old child in Isale district, in western Burundi, as well as...

Debarment Allowance: Military Pension Board requests documents from beneficiaries

NewsDeskNgMar 18, 2023March 18, 20230

The Military Pension Board (MPB) has urged eligible military retirees and Next-of-Kin (NOKs) of deceased retirees to bring all the needed documents for the payments of their Security Debarment Allowance (SDA). The Chairman of the board, Rear Adm. Sabiru Lawal, made the call in a statement on Friday in Abuja....

We has no hand in murder of man at Ogidi – Anambra Police Command

NewsDeskNgMar 18, 2023March 18, 20230

The Anambra Police Command says it has no hand in the murder of a middle-aged man at Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra. The Command’s Public Relation Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, made the claims in a press statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...

Video of Ado Doguwa firing AK-47 was in Falgore forest – DHQ

NewsDeskNgMar 18, 2023March 18, 20230

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has clarified that the video showing Alhassan Ado Doguwa, firing AK-47 rifle guided by military personnel was taken at Falgore Forest Military Training Camp in Kano State. Ado Doguwa is the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives from Kano State. The Acting Director, Defence Information,...

Police Officer Gunned Down During Sexcapade With Lover In Bush

NewsDeskNgMar 17, 2023March 17, 20230

A police officer, Judas Chiloane, was killed in a sexcapade with his lover in a bush in Mpumalanga in South Africa. According to Harare on Thursday, the officer was shot twice in the back seat of his Ford Ranger bakkie while his lover was unharmed. The South African Police Service...

Family Buries Pastor After Waiting 579 Days For His Resurrection

NewsDeskNgMar 17, 2023March 17, 20230

A South African pastor, Siva Moodley, has been buried 579 days after he died because his family was waiting for his resurrection. The South African News reports that Moodley’s body had been kept at a Johannesburg mortuary since his death on August 15, 2021. The 53-year-old Moodley proclaimed that he...

Police Arrest Woman With 550 Laminated INEC Materials

NewsDeskNgMar 17, 2023March 17, 20230

The police command in Lagos State arrested a 53-year-old woman, who was allegedly found with laminated electoral materials. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday. Hundeyin said that the suspect was arrested on Thursday at about 4.00 p.m. at Candos Road,...

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UN-backed ICC issues arrest warrant for Russian President, Putin

Armed conflict: 10m children in Central Sahel need assistance – UNICEF

Caution Peter Obi against making incendiary remarks, APC urges security agencies

Burundi announces 1st polio outbreak in 30 years – WHO

Debarment Allowance: Military Pension Board requests documents from beneficiaries

We has no hand in murder of man at Ogidi – Anambra Police Command

Video of Ado Doguwa firing AK-47 was in Falgore forest – DHQ

Police Officer Gunned Down During Sexcapade With Lover In Bush

Family Buries Pastor After Waiting 579 Days For His Resurrection

Police Arrest Woman With 550 Laminated INEC Materials