Kano Hisbah Board Fires Commandant

NewsNigeriaKano Hisbah Board Fires Commandant

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 8, 2023

The Commandant-General of Kano State Hisbah Board, Aminu Daurawa says the board has fired one of its commandants and is investigating five others for undermining the fight against immorality and social vices in the state. Daurawa disclosed on Tuesday in Kano, the state capital, that the dismissed commandant was found to be involved in unethical conduct. He explained that the dismissed officer usually connived with “bad elements to perpetrate unholy acts in the state,” while...

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Samsung office in Abuja razed by fire

NewsNigeriaSamsung office in Abuja razed by fire

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 8, 2023

A late-night blazing inferno has razed the Samsung office in Abuja to the ground, hours after a fire explosion was reported at the Canadian Embassy. The fire which started around 7:00 p.m. on Monday, authorities said, was caused by an artisan’s welding activities near a pile of empty, combustible cartons. The fire raged for over six hours before it was finally extinguished by a combined team of firefighters. Only the carcass of the two-storey building...

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Irish chef Alan Fisher breaks Hilda Baci’s record, becomes GWR title holder

FoodLifestyleNewsNigeriaIrish chef Alan Fisher breaks Hilda Baci’s record, becomes GWR title holder

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 8, 2023

Irish chef Alan Fisher has unseated Nigeria’s Hilda Effiong Bassey as the world record holder for the longest cooking marathon, the Guinness World Records, GWR, said Tuesday. Fisher cooked for 119 hours 57 minutes to break the 93 hours 11 minutes record set in May by Bassey, who is known on social media as Hilda Baci. Nigerian cooking queen Hilda Baci has been dethroned 😳 Alan Fisher from Ireland cooked for an incredible 119 hours...

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Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo loses father at 92

NewsNigeriaAnambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo loses father at 92

PilotnewsNovember 8, 2023

Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has lost his father, Pa Simeon Nwankwo Soludo. Pa Soludo was said to have died in the early hours of Monday 6, November, 2023. A short press statement by the Press Secretary of the governor, Mr Christian Aburime announced the death. Aburime said: “Pa Soludo is survived by seven sons, eight daughters-in-law, twenty-two grand-children and six great-grand children. “Governor Soludo noted that his late father lived a fulfilled life and...

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Court Rules In Favor Of Enugu Governor, Awards N5Million Damages Against NYSC

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaCourt Rules In Favor Of Enugu Governor, Awards N5Million Damages Against NYSC

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)November 8, 2023

The Federal High Court Abuja has ruled in favor of the Enugu State Governor Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah confirming his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate as authentic. Delivering judgment on Monday, Justice Nyang Ekwo held the Director-General of the NYSC and the institution guilty of misrepresentation of material facts. Justice Ekwo further awarded N5 million in damages against the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, for alleging that the corps’ discharge certificate held by Governor...

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Soludo Mourns 3 Students Struck Dead by Lightening During Football Training

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSoludo Mourns 3 Students Struck Dead by Lightening During Football Training

PilotnewsNovember 8, 2023

Anambra State governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo has expressed grief over the death three student who were said to have been truck by lightening while playing football last weekend. The students who were said to be of Tansi International College, Okpuno near Awka, were holding their football training in readiness for a friendly match with another school when they were struck by lightening during rainfall. Soludo who spoke through his Press Secretary, Mr Christian Aburime said:...

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Monarch In Jigawa Charged for Rape, Infects Victim with HIV

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaMonarch In Jigawa Charged for Rape, Infects Victim with HIV

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 6, 2023

A Senior State Counsel in Jigawa State Ministry of Justice, Kabiru Abdullah Esq has issued a letter (dated October 16, 2023) to the Secretary of Dutse Emirate Council, Dutse Emir’s Palace with the title “Notification of arraignment of Umar Ibrahim (Village Head of DanGulam) on the offence of rape contrary to section 3 (1) (A and D) of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Law 2021”. The Village Head was accused of raping and impregnating...

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Imo State Commissioner of Police Redeployed

NewsNigeriaPoliticsImo State Commissioner of Police Redeployed

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 6, 2023

The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Kayode Egbetokun has ordered the redeployment of the Imo State Commissioner of Police (CP) Mr Mohammed Barde. Barde was redeployed to the Force Headquarters ahead of the Governorship election in the state. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi made this known on Monday in Abuja, said the Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Kayode Egbetokun said the redeployment of the CP ahead of the Nov. 11 governorship election in...

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Kogi Guber: Igbo community in Kogi throws weight behind APC candidate, Ododo

NewsNigeriaPoliticsKogi Guber: Igbo community in Kogi throws weight behind APC candidate, Ododo

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)November 6, 2023

Ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi State, the Igbo community in the state has thrown its weight behind Alhaji Usman Ododo, the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Igbo Community Association (ICA) in the state made the disclosure during a meeting with Governor Yahaya Bello and Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo on Monday during which it pledged support for the APC candidate. The meeting began with remarks from Hon. Moses Okezie-Okafor, the...

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FG harps on role of technology in sanitising mining sector

NewsNigeriaScience & TechnologyFG harps on role of technology in sanitising mining sector

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)November 6, 2023

The Federal Government has harped on the crucial role that technology will play in sanitizing the solid minerals sector. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake who disclosed this on Monday, emphasised the significance of technology in sanitising and repositioning the mining sector for greater productivity to achieve a substantial contribution to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of the Tinubu administration. Speaking while playing host to...

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