Folake Sokoya The police have rescued a 15-year-old girl abducted by kidnappers in Kaduna State. The security operatives also arrested some armed robbers it described as deadly as well as kidnappers responsible for the recent killings of four IRT personnel. The robbers have been involved in several armed robberies, kidnappings and cattle rustling among other criminalities along the Maidaro/Birnin Gwari …

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Dayo Emmanuel In what looks like last minute attempt to woo the electorate in Osun State, Lagos-based station, Television Continental (TVC), in a governorship debate gave opportunities to the governorship candidates to address the voters. At the event, Oluseyi Fabiyi, contesting on the platform of KOWA party, promised free health care as well as health insurance for all citizens of …

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Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has announced the withdrawal of the operating license of Skye Bank. Emefiele, who announced the decision today, in Lagos said depositors’ funds remain safe. Polaris Bank has been established to assume ownership of the assets and liabilities of the Bank. The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation has injected N786bn in …

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The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), in partnership with GBCHealth and the Aliko Dangote Foundation is bringing together African leaders and other high profile personalities to discuss the continent’s health challenges and opportunities for investment. The partners have organized a meeting themed ‘Africa’s Health and Financing: Pathways to Economic Growth and Prosperity’ which will be held at the …

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The gubernatorial candidate of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) in Lagos State, Mr Owolabi Salis, has trained over 46,000 students in the state in various skills under his empowerment programme. Salis made the known on Thursday at the Graduation of the Lagos Youth Skill Acquisition Training and Employment Programmme in the Surulere Local Government Area of the state. The programme …

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Folake Sokoya Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi has condemned actions of the Nigerian Police Force over the invitation extended to the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Osun State election, Senator Ademola Adeleke on allegations of forgery, saying the Police can not been sincere. According to him, the police have shown clearly that they …

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Dayo Emmanuel The Living Faith Church, also known as Winners Chapel, Lokogoma, Lokoja has donated eight 50kg bags of rice to flood victims in the state. This is the church’s gesture to cushion the effects of the recent flooding in Kogi State. The donation of the foodstuff on Thursday in Lokoja was a development welcomed by the Internally Displaced Persons …

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Tayo Olanipekun Statistics from the United States Country Reports on Terrorism has revealed that 70 per cent of deaths due to terrorism worldwide took place in Nigeria and four other countries in 2017. The four other countries are Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia and Syria, even as the report notes that the total number of terrorist attacks worldwide in 2017 decreased by …

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Tayo Olanipekun An industry pioneer in undersea communications technology, TE SubCom,today announced that it has secured a contract from MainOne to extend its active submarine cable system into West Africa’s francophone region. The project will involve two additional branches connecting Dakar,Senegal and Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire. These new branches will connect to MainOne’s 7,000km cable system, which extends from Portugal to …

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The gubernatorial aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the election this Saturday,Senator Ademola Adeleke,has been asked to report to the Police Special Investigation Panel, Force Headquarters, Abuja immediately. The Senator and his brother,Sikiru Adeleke,as well as three officials of Ojo-Aro Community Grammar School, Egbedore LGA, Osun State are to be charged to court for examination malpractice,according to a …

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