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Monthly Archives: June, 2020

Commuters groan over extortion by touts in Anambra

Travellers and residents of Onitsha in Anambra State are calling on the state government to rescue them from the hands of touts and thugs...

E-learning: UNICEF distributes radio sets to vulnerable Borno children

To strengthen the delivery of alternative learning to disadvantaged communities, the United Nations Children’s Fund has commenced the distribution of radio sets to the...

Appeal Court upholds murderers’ death sentence

The Court of Appeal sitting in Calabar has dismissed the appeal filed by Stephen Anona who was sentenced to death by hanging for murder. Anona,...

Senate denies asking the EFCC to probe Akpabio

The Senate on Wednesday denied directing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the Minister of the Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill...

Reps increase 2020 revised budget to N10.805 trillion

The House of Representatives on Wednesday increased the revised 2020 budget sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari to N10.805 trillion. The President had presented...

Justify rape, get arrested – NAPTIP tells Nigerians

Mrs Julie Okah-Donli, Director-General (DG), National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has cautioned Nigerians to desist from justifying rape or...

Tribunal upholds Adeyemi’s election

Tribunal upholds Smart Adeyemi’s election as Senator for Kogi West senatorial District. Dismissed petition by Dino Melaye and PDP. The three judges of the tribunal...

Coal City University admits 247 students in virtual matriculation ceremony

Monday, June 8, 2020 was a historic landmark in the life of Coal City University, Enugu, as it held its fourth matriculation ceremony for...

Pregnant woman raped to death in Benin

A pregnant woman, Mrs Queen Igbineovba was reportedly raped to death at her uptown residence in Uselu in the Edo State capital. The expectant mother...

Coronavirus: Abuja hospital rejects Governor Ikpeazu

A private hospital in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, has rejected the Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu (Ph.D), who sought treatment there...

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