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May

2024

2024 UTME: Pure Water Seller Who Dropped Out 2 Years Ago Scores 309

Business, Education, News Flash, South East

2024 UTME: Pure Water Seller Who Dropped Out Two Years Ago Scores 309 A pure water seller, Ugwu Augustus, has reportedly secured a full scholarship into the university after scoring 309 in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. According to Alex Onyia, the founder of Educare, an organisation that prepares candidates for UTME, Augustus left school two years ago. However, he was challenged to join the preparatory class and score above 300 to get a full scholarship. “This youngster from my village, Ugwu Chibuzo Augustus, scored 309 in JAMB. “He left school two years ago and has been selling pure…

May

2024

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Police Arrest Man For Defiling One-Year-Old Step-Daughter

Crime, Gossips, News Flash

Police Arrest Man For Defiling One-Year-Old Step-Daughter The operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command have arrested one man, Idi Adamu, 30, for allegedly defiling his one-year-old girl step-daughter. The police noted that Adamu, a barber, committed the crime on April 30, 2024, at his residence in Wuro-Ardo, Mubi North Local Government Area. The spokesperson for the Adamawa State Police Command, SP Suleiman Nguroje, confirmed the incident to SaharaReporters on Saturday He said, “The mother left the kid in the care of the father to pick up some items at a shopping mall. She returned, and found the kid bleeding;…

May

2024

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Nigeria Restricts Power Export To Benin Republic, Niger, Togo Amid Metering Gap

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Nigeria Restricts Power Export To Benin Republic, Niger, Togo Amid Metering Gap The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has ordered the System Operator, a department within the Transmission Company of Nigeria, to cap power supply to cross-border customers in Benin Republic, Niger, and Togo. The directive, outlined in a document titled “Interim Order on Transmission System Dispatch Operations, Cross-border Supply, and Related Matters,” will be in effect for six months initially, subject to review. Nigeria currently supplies electricity to neighbouring countries, including Benin Republic, Niger Republic, and Togo. NERC’s order, published on Friday, May 3rd was dated April 29, 2024, and…

May

2024

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Adeleke Got N10 Billion Foreign Loans In 2023 – Reports

Economy, News Flash, Politics

Adeleke Got N10 Billion Foreign Loans In 2023 – Reports – We have never borrowed a kobo, says Adeleke Osun state governor, Ademola Adeleke reportedly secured the sum of N10,022,382,348.40 billion loans from foreign bodies and organizations in 2023 for projects across the state. The report of 2023 budget performance obtained by The Nation on the website of the Osun government revealed that the state recorded 99 percent performance on loans received from foreign bodies. A separate document titled 2023 Citizens Budget tagged ‘Budget of Consolidation’ prepared by the state Ministry Econimic Planning, Budget and Development, which was equally uploaded…

May

2024

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Canadian Mayor Praises Lagos Under Tinubu At Peter Obi’s Event

Foreign Affairs, News Flash, People & Events, Politics

Canadian Mayor Praises Lagos Under Tinubu At Peter Obi’s Event The Mayor of Brampton, Patrick Brown, has stated his admiration for Lagos State when he visited in the year 2007. Brown said this at a townhall meeting hosted by the Coalition of Nigerian Canadian Interest Groups based in Canada to honour the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi. As seen in a video posted late Saturday by a tweep, Wale Adedayo, tweeting as @Mario9jaa, Obi was seen standing beside Brown as he addressed the cheering audience. Brown said, “I went to Nigeria in 2007. I went to Lagos and…

May

2024

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Five Kidnappers Slept Off After Abducting Pastor’s Wife; Land In Police Net

Crime, News Flash, Security

Five Kidnappers Slept Off After Abducting Pastor’s Wife; Land In Police Net Five kidnappers who slept off after abducting the wife of a pastor and two other persons in Ofosu area of Ondo State have been arrested. The kidnappers allegedly slept off after taking hard drugs. The kidnappers identified as Garuba Mumuni, 27; Yusuf Tale, 21; Kabiru Muhammed, 16, Shaibu Umar and Adamu Mohammed, were subsequently arrested by operatives of the Ofosu Division of Ondo Police Command. They were arrested after the victims identified one of them. According to the police, “A case of kidnapping was reported at Ofosu Division,…

May

2024

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FG Reduces Electricity Tariff For Consumers

Business, FGN, News Flash, Power & Energy

FG Reduces Electricity Tariff For Consumers The Federal Government has approved a downward review in electricity tariff for Band A customers (Those with a daily supply of minimum of 20 hours). Under the approved review,Band A customers who hitherto were charged N225/Kwh are now to pay N206.80/Kwh. The decision to crash the tariff may not be unconnected with public outcry over the increase in electricity which industry observers, CSOs, labour unions have described as insensitive. Already, electricity distributors are sending the reduction notice to their customers. In a notice to its customers on Monday, Ikeja Electric said “Please be informed…

May

2024

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Tinubu Hurriedly Awarded Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road Contract To Chagoury Group Because His Son, Seyi Is On Its Board – Atiku

Business, FGN, Gossips, News Flash, Politics

Tinubu Hurriedly Awarded Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road Contract To Chagoury Group Because His Son, Seyi Is On Its Board – Atiku Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday, said that the reason President Bola Tinubu hurriedly awarded the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project to Chagoury Group is because of his son, Seyi’s interest in the company. According to a statement issued by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, Atiku insisted that Seyi was on the board of CDK Integrated Industries, a subsidiary of the Chagoury Group, owned by one of the president’s business allies, Gilbert Chagoury. Atiku described it as a conflict of interest…

May

2024

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Nollywood Actress Shan George Defrauded Of Life Savings, Cries Out For Help

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Nollywood Actress Shan George Defrauded Of Life Savings, Cries Out For Help Popular Nollywood actress Shan George has been defrauded of her life savings worth N3.6 million in her Zenith Bank account. George raised the alarm on Friday 3 May after discovering that the said amount had been mysteriously withdrawn from her account by one Cecilia Chisgoziem Okoro into her Opay account. The distraught actress, while pleading for assistance from her followers and notable media personalities, took to her Instagram page to share screenshots as evidence of the fraudulent activity. In her initial post, Shan George expressed her distress, writing,…

May

2024

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No Archbishop Was Kidnapped In ABIA – Police

Abia State, Good Governance, News Flash, Security

NO ARCHBISHOP WAS KIDNAPPED IN ABIA - POLICE The general public is hereby adviced to disregard a misleading online report alleging that gunmen on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, abducted an Archbishop of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, Uka Uka Osim in Abia State. This is outright falsehood as the police in Abia State have since confirmed that no such incident occurred anywhere in the State. Some online reports on Saturday had quoted one Bishop Dennis Onuoha of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star of saying that Archbishop Osim, his wife, son, and three other priests of the…