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Seventeen suspects have been detained so far in the stunning assassination of Haiti’s president, and Haitian authorities say two are believed to hold dual U.S.-Haitian citizenship and Colombia’s government says at least six are former members of its army. Léon Charles, chief of Haiti’s National Police, said Thursday night that 15 of the detainees […]
Scores of students are reportedly feared dead after a petroleum tanker crushed some students of Delta State. It was gathered that the students were returning from school when the tanker, filled with petroleum product, ran into them. The accident occurred at 3pm on Thursday directly opposite the Gen. David Ejoor Barrack of the Nigerian […]
Ejimakor said the letter specifically stated that Kanu will get “support and welfare” of the British authorities. The British High Commission in Nigeria has acknowledged the receipt of the letter written on behalf of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, seeking its support as a British citizen, SaharaReporters has gathered. […]
Taiwo Taiwo, a judge at the court in Abuja had granted a declaration that Adeosun cannot be subjected to any penalty or forfeiture in relation to her occupation or assumption due to her NYSC certificate. A former Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has said the ruling of the Federal High Court that […]
The Bayelsa Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality and other Related Offences has awarded N21 billion to victims of extra-judicial killings perpetrated by the police and other security operatives. Chairman of the Panel, rtd. Justice Young Ogola, disclosed this while submitting the report to Gov. Douye Diri in Yenagoa. Justice Ogola said […]
The Ovie Of Idjere Kingdom, His Royal Majesty Obukowho Whiskey, Odurhie 1, says the federal government must not use the forensic audit currently going on at the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC to deny the Niger Delta the development it deserves. King Obukowho made this known while speaking to newsmen in Ijesse, Ethiope West […]
The impoverished Caribbean country had grown increasingly unstable and disgruntled under Mr Moise’s rule, bringing an eruption of violent protests, kidnappings and organised crime. A group of unidentified individuals attacked the private residence of Mr Moise, 53, overnight and shot him dead, Claude Joseph said in a statement. Haiti’s first lady Martine Moise […]
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday host members of Team Nigeria to the Tokyo Olympics at the Presidential Villa before the final batch of the contingent departs for the Games. Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja at a brief send-forth ceremony for the first batch of […]
Gun-wielding bandits have robbed a popular supermarket, Uzorbest Super-market Limited, at Onu Asata Junction of Enugu metropolis carting away goods worth over N1 million. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the robbers carted away 18 bags of 50kg foreign and local rice, 10 bags of 10kg rice; 30 cartons of noodles and […]
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has urged the Southern Governors Forum to zone the 2023 presidency to the South-East in the interest of fair play and justice. Spokesman for the Ohanaeze, Alex Ogbonnia, who said the group backed the southern governors’ position that the region should produce the president in 2023, said […]
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