Four Persons Arrested With Fake N17, 250,000 Naira Notes In Kebbi and Ekiti states

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaFour Persons Arrested With Fake N17, 250,000 Naira Notes In Kebbi and Ekiti states

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 23, 2023

Four persons were arrested by Police in Kebbi and Ekiti states in possession of N17, 250,000 fake Bank notes. According to the Police, members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) assisted in the arrest of three suspects at Warrah Motor Park in Birnin Kebbi, the Kebbi State capital with N17 million in their possession. CP Ahmed  Kwantagora said the suspects would be charged to court for prosecution. In the same vein, Amotekun...

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Man laments old N200 notes he got from the bank (Video)

LifestyleNewsNigeriaMan laments old N200 notes he got from the bank (Video)

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 23, 2023

Man laments old N200 notes he got from the bank (Video) A young man took to Twitter on Monday to lament the poor condition of the old N200 notes he was given by his bank. In the video he posted, the naira notes looked very old and torn even as he said that the notes had a foul odour. His words: “I just received this from the bank, they’re so bad and most of them...

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Amusan nominated for the Laureus sports award

NewsSportsAmusan nominated for the Laureus sports award

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 23, 2023

Tobi Amusan has been nominated for the Laureus sports award in the ‘Breakthrough of the Year’ category alongside five other athletes. Her nomination makes her the first Nigerian sportswoman to be considered for the world’s most prestigious sporting award, following Vitalis Lanshima’s nomination in the ‘Sportsperson with a Disability’ category in 2004, which he lost to a Canadian. The coveted award, originally presented in 2000, honours the year’s best and most inspirational sporting victories and...

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Cultural Proponent, Ezeoke Canvasses For Revival of Masquerade Festival in South-East

Culture & TraditionNigeriaCultural Proponent, Ezeoke Canvasses For Revival of Masquerade Festival in South-East

PilotnewsFebruary 21, 2023

A cultural proponent, Chief Mrs. Uche Ezeoke has canvassed for the revival of masquerade festival in the South-East as part of efforts aimed at promoting the rich Igbo cultural heritage and tradition. Chief Mrs Ezeoke made the call at Amichi in Nnewi South Local Government Area during her installation as Mother of Masquerades of the community. Chief Mrs Ezeoke who hails from Ndikelionwu and married to Amichi said that she will partner the Anambra State...

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2023: Endorsement of Peter Obi is sacrosanct  – PANDEF

NewsNigeriaPolitics2023: Endorsement of Peter Obi is sacrosanct  – PANDEF

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 21, 2023

…Asks Nigerians to disregard purported youth wing rejection Of Obi’s endorsement The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has affirmed that the endorsement of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party by the Forum is Sacrosanct and Asked Nigerians to disregard the purported rejection of Obi’s endorsement by the non-existent youths of the Forum. Ken Robinson, the National Publicity Secretary of PANDEF in a press statement on Monday stressed that the report is borne...

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2023: Yoruba, south-west leaders of thought declare support for Tinubu

NewsNigeriaPolitics2023: Yoruba, south-west leaders of thought declare support for Tinubu

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 21, 2023

Ahead of Saturday’s presidential election, stakeholders in the South-West geopolitical zone have agreed that the region should produce the next president, even as they continue to drum up support for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The position of the region was made known at the Yoruba and South-West Leaders Of Thought Summit, tagged: “All Progressives Congress Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Interacts With Yoruba and South-West Leaders...

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2023: We won’t disappoint Nigeria, International community, Prof Yakubu promises

NewsNigeriaPolitics2023: We won’t disappoint Nigeria, International community, Prof Yakubu promises

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 21, 2023

The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu has promised Nigerians and the international community that the commission will not disappoint them in its resolve to deliver a credible poll on February 25. Yakubu made the promise when he received the Commonwealth Election Observation Mission to Nigeria for the 2023 general elections, led by former South African President Thabo Mbeki. He said that the commission, working with the security agencies, political...

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Oversight Group Reminds Security Agencies On Constitutional Rights Of Journalists

NewsNigeriaPoliticsOversight Group Reminds Security Agencies On Constitutional Rights Of Journalists

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 21, 2023

To ensure Journalists perform their constitutional role, Federal Government and all the security agencies have been tasked to respect the constitutional rights of journalists to free movement without obstruction or impediment to cover and report on the general elections commencing this Saturday. The Nigerian National Committee of the International Press Institute (IPI) in letters to heads of all security agencies and the electoral body reminded them that it is duty-bound Journalists to keep the public...

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Chief Medical Director In Kwara State Arrested Over Alleged Organ harvesting

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaChief Medical Director In Kwara State Arrested Over Alleged Organ harvesting

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 21, 2023

The Chief Medical Director of Kaiama General Hospital, Dr. Abass Adio Adeyemi is now in the Police net over the alleged organ harvesting and murder of four persons. The Kwara State Police Commissioner, Mr. Paul Odama, said his victims, mostly women, were allegedly frozen before killing them, adding that,” he killed and buried, while he killed to harvest organs of some other victims.” The Police Boss who paraded Adeyemi before newsmen stated that the suspect...

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Buhari asks Nigerians to vote for Tinubu on Feb. 25

NewsNigeriaPoliticsBuhari asks Nigerians to vote for Tinubu on Feb. 25

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 21, 2023

President Muhammadu Buhari has solicited the vote of Nigerians for his party man, Bola Tinubu, during the upcoming general election set to commence on Saturday, February 25. The president made the appeal via his official Twitter handle on Sunday, saying that Tinubu will continue his administration’s achievements. “I am not a contestant in the coming election, but my party, the All Progressives Congress, has a candidate in the person of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” President...

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