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Buhari exalts Amb. Rufai’s enviable global records as he clocks 70

NewsDeskNgFeb 13, 2023February 13, 20230

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent birthday greetings to one of the best operational brains in the nation’s intelligence circles, Ambassador Ahmed Rufa’i Abubakar as he clocks 70 years. Ambassador Rufa’i, who recently received the title of Sardaunan Katsina has worked as an intelligence officer and a foreign service specialist for...

How I Found My Daughter Dead During Inter-House Sports – Mother Of 12-year-old Chrisland Student

NewsDeskNgFeb 12, 2023February 12, 20230

Mrs Blessing Adeniran, the mother of a 12-year-old Chrisland International School student, Opebi branch, has taken to social media to cry out over the death of his daughter, Whitney Adeniran, who allegedly died during the school’s inter-house sports activities. In the video on her Instagram page on Sunday, the tearful...

Group Carpets EFCC Over Kogi First Lady, Says Gov. Bello Will Triumph Over Ant Graft Media Propaganda

NewsDeskNgFeb 11, 2023February 11, 20230

A group known as Kogi Democratic Movement (KDM) has cautioned the anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against conducting media trial but should employed professional best practices in the conduct of its operations. This is just as the group also urged operatives of the agency to always...

Kogi: KENW raises alarm over spate of kidnapping in Olamaboro

NewsDeskNgFeb 9, 2023February 9, 20230

A community policing organisation, Kogi East Neighborhood Watch, (KENW) has expressed concern over the rising cases of kidnapping in Olamaboro Local Government Area of Kogi State. A statement signed by the Secretary of KENW, Comrade Isaac Inah on Thursday said the organisation received information of the kidnapping of travellers in...

Funke Akindele’s mother died when needed most – PDP mourns

NewsDeskNgFeb 9, 2023February 9, 20230

The Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, women leader, Alhaja Idowu Akinsanya has commiserated with the party’s deputy governorship candidate, Ms Funke Akindele, on the demise of her mother, Dr R. B. Adebanjo-Akindele. Akinsanya, in a statement, said the death of the mother of the veteran Nollywood actress came as...

Court adjourns Ekiti impeachment case to Feb 20

NewsDeskNgFeb 8, 2023February 8, 20230

Ekiti State High Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of the suit filed by the former Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Gboyega Aribisogan due to resh issues raised by the claimant in his reply to the counter-affidavit of the defendants. The court subsequently adjourned the case till...

More hardships as Ogun banks shut down after violent protest

NewsDeskNgFeb 8, 2023February 8, 20230

Commercial banks in Abeokuta, Ogun State have refused to open for business to avoid being attacked in the wake of violent protests by some youths over the scarcity of the new naira notes and fuel. Protesters on Tuesday went on a rampage across the city attacking banks and their Automated...

Naira, fuel scarcity: FG reveals those restricting Buhari from ending cash crunch

NewsDeskNgFeb 7, 2023February 7, 20230

The Federal Government of Nigeria on Tuesday accused some opposition parties of legally restricting President Muhammadu Buhari from giving relief to Nigerians suffering agonies of cash crunch resulting from the naira redesign. Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, made the remark at the 23rd edition of President Muhammadu...

DSS vs Emefiele: CBN Gov doesn’t have money to fund us – IPOB

NewsDeskNgFeb 7, 2023February 7, 20230

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has said the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Godwin Emefiele does not have the money to fund its activities. IPOB accused the Department of State Services, DSS, of plotting to humiliate Emefiele out of office by making such claims. IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful,...

International Day of Education: Sightsavers calls for inclusion of children with disabilities in learning

NewsDeskNgFeb 7, 2023February 7, 20230

By Palma Ileye Sightsavers Nigeria, has called on governments, organisations, and communities to take action to ensure that inclusive education becomes a reality for all children with disabilities. In a press release issued by Sightsavers Communications Associate, Joy Tarbo, to commemorate the 2023 International Day of Education on January 24th,...