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Alhaji Tukur Mamu, who was negotiating between bandits and the families of abducted passengers of the Abuja-Kaduna train, has been reportedly arrested in Cairo, the capital of Egypt. According to Daily Trust, Tukur Mamu was arrested alongside his family members on his way to Saudi Arabia for lesser Hajj. He was detained at the […]
Justin Bieber on Tuesday announced the cancellation of his Justin World Tour due to health crises. The singer who was diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome had in June suspended his tour but resumed in July. Bieber in a statement posted to his Instagram story said he was overcome with exhaustion after performing in Brazil […]
Chelsea has sacked manager Thomas Tuchel. This is coming after the club’s 1-0 defeat to Dinamo Zagreb. The club disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday on her official. The statement read: “Chelsea Football Club has today parted company with Head Coach Thomas Tuchel.” “On behalf of everyone at Chelsea FC, the Club would […]
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on Tuesday, said the Federal Government could only afford a 23.5% salary increase for university lecturers while a 35% increment will be enjoyed by professors. The minister also noted that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), warned against signing agreements that the government will not be able […]
The police in Abuja have arrested one Obiako Chukwuemeka parading to be a medical doctor working with the United Nations as a humanitarian aid at the National Hospital. Information about the suspect is still sketchy as his origin and age are yet to be known, while he awaits arraignment. A source said: “The National […]
Canadian police said Monday one of the suspects in the killing of 10 people in a series of stabbings has been found dead, and his injuries are not self-inflicted. They said his brother, also a suspect, may be injured and remains on the run. Regina Police Chief Evan Bray said Damien Sanderson, 31, has […]
The former leader of the defunct Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, despite having been declared wanted by the Joint Task Force in 2009 for the fortuitous killing of some soldiers and again in 2015 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over alleged conspiracy, illegal diversion […]
Operators at MMA2 terminal, Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, said yesterday a 14-year-old stowaway was found unconscious inside one of the airlines of United Nigeria at the domestic wing of the Lagos airport. A statement by the Head of Media of the company, Oluwatosin Onalaja, identified the stowaway boy as an orphan from Kwara […]
Federal Government through the National Universities Commission has called on qualified Nigerians to apply for the Chevening scholarships, an initiative of the government of the United Kingdom, the Punch reports. The call comes amid the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. This was contained in a letter signed by the […]
In China, more than 40 people have been killed due to a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck Sichuan province and shook the capital Chengdu, Aljazeera reports. Chinese State Media, Xinhua, reported on Monday citing local authorities at a press briefing that Forty-six people were killed in the quake. The epicenter was at Luding, […]
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