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Jun

2024

Police Arrest Teacher For Defiling 13-Year-Old Girl

Police Arrest Teacher For Defil!ng 13-Year-Old Girl In Ogun The Ogun State Police Command has arrested Femi Onayemi, for defiling a 13-year-old girl (name withheld) in the Obada-Oko area of the state. According to information exclusively provided to PUNCH Metro by a police source in the state command on Sunday, the suspect had earlier been hired by the girl’s parents to tutor her at their home in the community in 2023. Our correspondent learned that the survivor’s parents were shocked when the suspect scaled the fence of their home to gain access to the 13-year-old’s room and commit the heinous…

Jun

2024

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Abia North Political Projects Group Celebrate Their BOT Chairman Dr. Uma Eleazu @ 94

Abia North, Abia State, Birthday, News Flash, Personality

Dr. Uma Eleazu turns 94 today. The son of a Methodist priest, he oversaw the setting up of the Public Complaints Commission in 1973 & also of the @NIPSSKuru in 1975-78, becoming its 1st Director of Research. Because of his origins, he was denied the headship. Dr. Uma Eleazu has been the BOT Chairman of ABIA NORTH POLITICAL PROJECTS GROUP(A Pan ABIA North Political Think Tank) whose mandate was to ensure the next Governor of ABIA State is of ABIA North extraction in line with the ABIA Charter of Equity. He has been s pillar of support for the group…

Jun

2024

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The Forces That Completely ‘Rubbished’ Finidi George

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Football, News Flash, Sports

The forces that completely ‘Rubbished' Finidi George Finidi George’s widely reported resignation as head coach of the Super Eagles yesterday afternoon didn’t come to many as a surprise because the handwriting on the wall was clear enough for even a Steve Wonder to read. Apart from the recent poor results by the Super Eagles under Finidi, the move by his employer, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to go for a foreign Technical Adviser was a vote of no confidence on the former international which was enough to trigger his resignation. Of course, many would say his resignation is good riddance…

Jun

2024

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How Emir Sanusi Defied Police Ban, Held Sallah Durbar In Kano

Culture, Kano, News Flash, People & Events, Religion

Emir Sanusi Defies Police Ban, Holds Sallah Durbar in Kano The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, has gone ahead with the traditional celebration of the Sallah Durbar despite a police ban against it. Sanusi is leading a procession through the city. Earlier, the Emir had led Eid prayers and a sermon at the Kofar Mata Jumu’at mosque, which was attended by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and other cabinet members. The prayers were held at the mosque due to heavy rain that flooded the Eid ground. The Emir, riding a horse, took the usual route back home, stopping to…

Jun

2024

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How NDLEA Intercepted Cocaine, Meth Worth N4.7 Billion In Lagos

Crime, Lagos, News Flash

NDLEA Intercepts Cocaine, Meth Worth N4.7 Billion In Lagos The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized cocaine and methamphetamine worth over N4.1 billion and arrested several suspects, including siblings, in Aba, Abia State. In a press release on Sunday, the government agency said the NDLEA Special Operation Unit also uncovered a warehouse in Lagos stocked with codeine-based syrup and arrested four suspects. The statement said, “A cartel controlled by a drug baron, 49-year-old Kelechi Monday Nwaobasi and his 50-year-old elder sister, Ms. Chinwe Rose Nwaobasi, has been taken down by officers of the Special Operation Unit of the…

Jun

2024

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Another Veteran Nollywood Actress Is Dead

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Another Veteran Nollywood Actress Is De@d It is a black Sunday in Nollywood as veteran Nollywood actress Stella Ikwuegbu is dead. The sad news was made known by movie producer, Stanley Nwoko otherwise known as Stanley Ontop via his Instagram page. He revealed that the actress left the world today, Sunday, June 16th, after battling with leg cancer. Stella Ikwuegbu is deadBading her farewell, he told her to rest well. “Popular Nollywood actress/veteran Mrs stella ikwuegbu is dead. The veteran Actress left this world today after battling with Leg cancer. Rest well madam Stella. Nollywood not againIt’s well Shalom!”. Just…

Jun

2024

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One Dead As Armed Robbers Attack Popular Hotel In Abuja

Abuja, Crime, News Flash, Security

One De@d As Rõbbers Attack Popular Hotel In Abuja Robbers on Saturday invaded Volcano Peak Court Hotel, Gwarimpa in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja and killed one person. The deceased, Bashir Dauda, was shot around 3:35am on Saturday morning. The victim, according to the police, was immediately rushed to Federal Medical Center Jabi where doctors on duty confirmed him dead. The police while confirming the incident in a statement by the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh on Sunday, said the corpse has been released on the request of the family to be buried according to Islamic…

Jun

2024

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Presidency Knocks New York Times Over Jaundiced Report On Nigeria’s Economic Situation

Columns/Opinions/Letters, FGN, News Flash, Presidency

Presidency Knocks New York Times’ Over Jaundiced Report On Nigeria’s Economic Situation The Presidency has reacted to a report published in the New York Times criticising the Nigerian economy as facing the worst trajectory in a generation. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Sunday, reacted to the report credited to Ruth Maclean and Ismail Auwal’s. According to the Presidency, the feature story with the title, ‘Nigeria Confronts Its Worst Economic Crisis in a Generation’, published on June 11, reflected the typical predetermined, reductionist, derogatory and denigrating way foreign media establishments reported African countries for…

Jun

2024

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President Tinubu Fires Important Message To Paternal Figures On Father’s Day

FGN, Marriage And Love, News Flash

President Tinubu Fires Important Message To Paternal Figures On Father’s Day President Bola Tinubu has felicitated Fathers and paternal figures on 2024 Father’s Day celebration. According to him, the society is in better stead with fathers who rise to the great demand of responsibility, guiding the children through the vagaries of existence and preparing them for the future He stated this in a Father’s Day message through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, on Sunday, June 16. The statement reads: “On the occasion of Father’s Day, President Bola Tinubu congratulates fathers, including all paternal figures, who have in no…

Jun

2024

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Why Labour Should Review Stance On Minimum Wage – Committee

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Why Labour Should Review Stance On Minimum Wage — Committee The Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage has given reasons why organised labour should rethink the amount it demands as minimum wage. The chairman of the committee, Goni Aji, in Abuja on Sunday said that the labour should reconsider its stance based on economic considerations and non-monetary incentives which the Federal Government had so far provided for workers. He listed such incentives to include the N35,000 wage award for all treasury-paid federal workers, N100 billion for the procurement of gas-fuelled busses and conversion to gas kits. Others include the N125…