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Year: 2023

France follows US, Canada steps, tightens immigrations rules on Nigerians

The Western countries seem to be tightening the noose on foreign students to control the influx of migrants into their shores. The French government announced that Nigerian students and others have been restrained from bringing their families to the country. The policy came to be due to a bipartisan law recently passed by the French…

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Abia govt catches Japa doctors still collecting salaries

Governor Otti said the doctors were still drawing salaries from the state coffers despite having relocated for greener pastures abroad. Abia State Governor Alex Otti has disclosed that some doctors who left the state employment and migrated abroad to seek greener pastures were caught still drawing salaries from the state’s payroll. Otti made this known…

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Emeka Ike opens up on returning to acting with ‘Malaika’ after a long hiatus

Personal tragedy fuels his performance despite the long years of silence. Veteran Nigerian actor Emeka Ike has opened up about playing his latest big-screen character in Malaika. After a long period of hiatus, the Nollywood star is back and this time he headed straight to the big screen with Toyin Abraham‘s latest project Malaika. In…

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Supreme Court affirms Peter Mbah’s election in Enugu State

The voters’ register crucial to the case was never presented before the lower tribunal. The Supreme Court upheld the election victory of Governor Peter Mbah in Enugu State. Justice Mohammed Garba, delivering the lead judgment, dismissed allegations that Governor Mbah lacked the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate, terming them mere assertions. The court meticulously…

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Police gun down wanted kidnappers, rescue victims

The kidnappers engaged the police in a fierce gun battle, during which two of them were shot dead. Operatives of Rivers Police Command, have gunned down two notorious kidnappers, including a gang leader nicknamed ‘Occasion’ during a shootout in a forest in Emuoha Local Government of the state. Disclosing the killing of the kidnappers, Rivers…

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I earn ₦150k monthly from shoemaking – Gombe ex-convict

He learnt bag and shoemaking skill while serving term at the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Billiri, Gombe State. Zakariya Mohammed, an ex-convict, says he earns over ₦150,000 monthly from shoemaking trade he started in the past five months. Mohammed said that he learnt bag and shoemaking skill while serving term at the Medium Security Custodial…

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LAWMA vows to tackle waste surge during Christmas, New year festivities

Although there will be increase in waste generation during the period, the agency promises to leave no stone unturned in ensuring a clean environment. The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has restated its readiness to ensure a clean and sustainable environment during Christmas and New Year festivities. The Managing Director of LAWMA, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin,…

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Rivers cultists kidnap, rape 14-year-old girl

The suspects reportedly showed the victim an object that looked like a gun to whisk her away to where she was gang-raped. Two suspected cultists identified as Precious aka Pere and Chidebere aka B2K, on Wednesday, December 20, 2023, allegedly kidnapped a 14-year-old girl and gang-raped her in the Mile 3 area of Diobu in…

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Nigeria Immigration Service decorates 104 promoted officers in Adamawa

The comptroller congratulated the promoted officers and charged them to show more dedication, discipline and professionalism in discharging their duties. The Adamawa command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Friday decorated 104 elevated personnel of the Service. It also conducted Passing-out-Parade ceremony of 155 newly recruited personnel into the Service. Speaking during the ceremony…

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2 dead as two-storey building collapses in Ebute Meta, Lagos

The Lagos Building Control Agency (LASBCA) had issued evacuation notice several times and all the original occupants had parked out. Emergency responders have recovered the bodies of two middle aged persons, a man and a woman, from the rubbles of a two-storey building that collapsed on Friday morning in Ebute Meta, Lagos. Ibrahim Farinloye, Lagos…

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