Day: October 5, 2024

Tinubu confers GCON on Speaker after Rep’s protest

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In response to the protest of members of the house of Representatives, President Bola Tinubu has conferred the nation’s second highest national honour, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, on the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas. In his 64th Independence Anniversary Speech on 1 October, President Tinubu conferred the Commander of the Federal Republic( CFR) on the speaker and the deputy senate president. This development led to a debate in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, calling on the President to confer a higher…

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Former Nigeria goalkeeper, Dosu escapes death again in ghastly accident

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Dosu Joseph, former Nigeria goalkeeper, has again survived another life-threatening automobile accident on Wednesday at Kara, along the Lagos-Ibadan Express Way, where a heavy-duty truck ran into his SUV. Narrating his ordeal, the 51-year-old, who guided Nigeria to gold in the Men’s Football Tournament of the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, broke the news in a statement on his social media handles on Friday. “To God be the glory, another death escaped by Grace and Mercy of God. Me and my friend SM were at Enyo Filling Station after Ojodu Berger…

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Internet fraud: Siblings, 33 others sentenced to jail over internet fraud

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The Economic and Financial Crime Commission, Oyo zone, has secured the convictions of two siblings, Adedeji Adeboye and Adedamola Adeboye, and 33 others for involvement in internet-related fraud at the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan. This was disclosed in a statement and pictures shared on the X.com page of the anti-graft agency on Friday. According to the statement, the convicts were tried before Justices Ladiran Akintola, Bayo Taiwo, and O.S. Adeyemi of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan. The statement reads, ” The Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the…

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Police arrest suspected serial killer in Ogun

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A 29-year-old man, Ogunnaike Philip, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command on suspicion of killing at least three young girls, including an 18-year-old, in separate incidents across the state. The command stated that the suspect’s method was to lure his victims into the forest, where he would tie them up, strangle them, and then abandon their bodies after stealing their phones. According to the command, investigations revealed that the suspect is a suspected serial killer who escaped from the Ibara Correctional Centre about two years ago while…

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Another Hamas commander, wife, two daughters killed by Israel’s strike

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Hamas, Palestinian militant group, has said an Israeli strike has killed one of its commanders in a refugee camp in north Lebanon Saturday, the first time the area had been hit since the start of the Gaza war. “Commander” Saeed Attallah Ali, his wife and two daughters were killed in “Zionist bombardment of his house in the Beddawi camp” near the northern city of Tripoli, it said. Israel has repeatedly targeted Hamas officials in Lebanon since the Gaza war erupted almost a year ago. Hamas has announced the deaths of…

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Explosion rocks Rivers APC secretariat as LG poll holds

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Explosives suspected to be dynamite shattered the secretariat of the All Progressives Congress along Aba Road in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, in the early hours of Saturday. The explosion brought down the gate of the secretariat while doors, windows and other property were destroyed. This is the second time the Chief Tony Okocha-led APC would be experiencing such an attack at its secretariat this year. This came as the local government elections is holding in the state today as the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission said on Friday that…

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Russia, Ukraine exchange words over Nigeria’s protests

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The Russian and Ukrainian government have been exchanging sharp statements over allegations of interference in Nigeria’s domestic affairs. The Russian Government on Friday issued a stern warning to the United States, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom for accusing it of sponsoring protests in Nigeria. Russia, in a release, said the countries should rather be blamed for attempting to interfere in Nigeria’s internal affairs and undermine its bilateral relations with Russia. The warning comes amid growing concerns over foreign influence following the October 1st protests across Nigeria. The protests followed earlier…

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