Troops Rescue 25 Hostages From Boko Haram Terrorists

National SecurityNewsNigeriaTroops Rescue 25 Hostages From Boko Haram Terrorists

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 29, 2023

The collaboration between Troops of 144 Battalion and the Hybrid Force have yielded positive result with the rescuing of 25 hostages from Boko Haram Terrorists enclave in Borno State. Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier-General Onyema Nwachukwu  in a statement said 14 of the victims, comprising six women and eight children, were rescued in a clearance operation in Gobara village in Gwoza Local Government Area of the state. “The operation on Sunday, August 27, by troops...

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Seven Communities Without Electricity For 18 Months In Kwara State

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSeven Communities Without Electricity For 18 Months In Kwara State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 29, 2023

Seven communities in Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara state have been thrown into darkness for more than 18 months. The affected communities are Oke-Oyi, Agbeyangi, Oke-Ose, Panada, Badi, Adelu, and Oloro in the council area. Alhaji Ahmed Seriki, chairman of the Oke-Oyi Community Development Association said the communities have been experiencing power failure for the past one and a half years. Seriki said the situation has affected commercial activities in the areas, amidst...

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Edo: ‘Shaibu took Obaseki to court, he won’t dine with gov. anymore’ – Nehikhare

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEdo: ‘Shaibu took Obaseki to court, he won’t dine with gov. anymore’ – Nehikhare

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 29, 2023

…Says deputy gov. planned to disrupt state’s event The Edo State  Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Osa Nehikhare has said that as long as Philip Shaibu, Edo State Deputy Governor took his principal, Governor Godwin Obaseki to court, he will no longer have the opportunity to dine with the governor. Nehikhare made the disclosure on Tuesday in an interview on Arise TV and said that the deputy governor came to the 60 years anniversary...

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Police Arrest Over 100 Gay Suspects In Delta State

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPolice Arrest Over 100 Gay Suspects In Delta State

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 29, 2023

No fewer than 100 gay suspects have been arrested by the Delta State Police Command on Tuesday while carrying out a gay wedding ceremony in a hotel. The state police a post on its official X (formerly Twitter) handle said it would parade the suspects shortly. “Delta State Command has arrested over a hundred gay suspects in a hotel carrying out a gay wedding ceremony. We will be going live shortly on Facebook to parade...

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S/Africa focusing on election into UN Security Council to checkmate Nigeria – Prof. Akinyemi

NewsNigeriaS/Africa focusing on election into UN Security Council to checkmate Nigeria – Prof. Akinyemi

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 29, 2023

Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, former Minister of External Affairs has said that South Africa is focusing on election into the United Nations Security Council to checkmate Nigeria. Akinyemi in an interview on Tuesday said that the Southern African country is seeking every opportunity to checkmate Nigeria, and regretted that Nigeria rejected his proposal in 1987 to form a medium power concept which was going to be a variant of BRICS. He however said that Nigeria has...

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Osun: Mixed reactions trail attacks on DSS operatives

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaOsun: Mixed reactions trail attacks on DSS operatives

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 29, 2023

Following attacks on the operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) in Osogbo, Osun State, reports suggest that mixed reactions have continued to trail developments on the issue. An eyewitness account told our correspondent that there’s distortion in the narrative that’s being bandied in the media. The source, who craves anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the issue, said that two DSS operatives were on surveillance in the Tinumola area of Osogbo, where...

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OAU bans students from kissing, hugging on campus; violators risk rustication

EducationNewsNigeriaOAU bans students from kissing, hugging on campus; violators risk rustication

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 29, 2023

The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, has gone all out to inculcate moral principles in students of the institution by banning students of the opposite sex from kissing, hugging and sitting on each other’s lap publicly. The school management also said sexually provocative dresses, including backless clothes, transparent wear, off-shoulder clothes, skimpy dresses and bum shorts, would no longer be allowed in the school. These were part of the new codes of conduct and...

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“I am very sure Obi will become president,” LP national chairman, Abure assures US-based Nigerians

NewsNigeriaPolitics“I am very sure Obi will become president,” LP national chairman, Abure assures US-based Nigerians

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 29, 2023

The national chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, says he is confident that the presidential election tribunal will declare Peter Obi as the winner of the February 25 presidential election, nullifying Bola Tinubu’s victory. Abure spoke while addressing some Nigerians in Washington DC during a working visit to the United States. Obi, the presidential candidate of the party who came third in the presidential election, and his rival in the Peoples Democratic Party,...

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Labour Party Leaders Pay Courtesy Call on Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah

NewsNigeriaPoliticsLabour Party Leaders Pay Courtesy Call on Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)August 29, 2023

Over the weekend, two officers of the Labour Party paid a courtesy call on Senator Ifeanyi Ubah in his home in Nnewi, Anambra State. It would be recalled that in 2013, senator Ubah contested for Anambra State Governorship Election on the platform of Labour Party. Although now a member and the leader of the Young Progressive Party, senator Ubah’s influence extends to both Labour Party and APGA, both of which he has been a member,...

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Senator Ifeanyi Ubah meets with Commissioner of Police, Remi Adeoye

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSenator Ifeanyi Ubah meets with Commissioner of Police, Remi Adeoye

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)August 29, 2023

The senator representing Anambra South senatorial district over the weekend, received in visit, the Anambra State Commissioner of Police, CP Remi Adeoye. Senator Ifeanyi Ubah has been at the forefront of the raging war against gangs of criminals terrorizing parts of Anambra State, particularly the Anambra South senatorial zone. Only about three months ago, Ubah launched a neighborhood watch in Nnewi to intensely fight insecurity with a blend of men within the community and technology....

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