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FG suspends accreditation of degree certificates from Benin Republic, Togo

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The Federal Government has suspended evaluation and accreditation of degrees from Benin and Togo Republics. The Federal Ministry of Education on Tuesday announced the suspension. According to a statement on Tuesday signed by Augustina Obilor-Duru on behalf of the Director of Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education, the government lamented that “some Nigerians deploy nefarious means and unconscionable methods to get a Degree with the end objective of getting graduate job opportunities for which they are not qualified”. It followed an investigative report by Daily Nigerian Newspaper titled…

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Police arrests man for killing brother over alleged sexual demand

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The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a suspect identified as Ibrahim Salisu for allegedly macheting his brother, Malaimi Yellow, to death over alleged sexual demand. The incident happened in the Araromi Street, Sango-Ota area at about 11:00 p.m. on Friday. It was learnt from the police that the 54-year-old had been allegedly pestering his little brother for sex. The police alleged that following Yellow’s ceaseless demands, the younger brother was said to have drawn out a machete to end his life. The spokesperson for the command, Odutola Omolola, on…

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Bayelsa Govt summons 4-year-old girl’s parents, 54 years old groom over alleged marriage

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The Bayelsa Government has invited parents of a four-year-old girl and the 54-year-old man allegedly involved in a marriage in Akeddei community in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state. The government’s intervention is coming on the heels of media reports of a Dec. 26 marriage between the ‘bride’ and a 54 years old groom. The Bayelsa Government’s reaction is contained in a statement provided in Yenagoa on Saturday. The statement is jointly signed by Dr. Dise Ogbise-Goddy, Chairman, Gender Response Initiative Team (GRIT) Bayelsa and Mr Paniebi Jacob, Director,…

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Union Bank reports 461% growth in PBT in Q3, 2023

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Union Bank Plc has announced a significant financial performance for the third quarter ending September 30, 2023. The bank reported a profit before tax (PBT) of N102.3 billion, reflecting an impressive growth of 461.1 percent compared to the PBT of N18.2 billion in the corresponding period of 2022. This notable achievement is attributed to a surge in gross earnings, which reached N309.1 billion, marking a 120 percent increase from N140.6 billion in 2022. The financial highlights further showed a substantial rise in non-interest income, soaring to N144 billion from N28.3…

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Kano police arrest 9-man child trafficking syndicate

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A child trafficking syndicate that sold children between N400,000 and N500,000 in Lagos, Anambra and other states in the South has been arrested by the Kano State Police Command on Thursday. Also, the Police rescued seven children from the nine-man syndicate. The children were aged between three and eight years. It was learned that they were stolen as infants. Meanwhile, before selling off the children, their names were usually changed. The Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Gumel, paraded the suspects at the Bompai Police headquarters of the state. Gumel said the…

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Aiyedatiwa pays condolence visit to Akeredolu’s family in Ibadan

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Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has paid a condolence visit to the family of his late predecessor Rotimi Akeredolu in Ibadan Oyo State.  Aiyedatiwa led some members of the State Executive Council and Ondo State House of Assembly members to commiserate with the Akeredolu family at his Jericho residence. Recall that Aiyedatiwa, who was formerly deputy to the late Akeredolu took over the mantle of leadership on Thursday. “We have to do this because he has always been our leader, a courageous one for that matter, one who has…

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Group kicks as 54-year-old Bayelsa man marries four-year-old girl

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A child rights advocacy group in Bayelsa, DO Foundation, on Thursday, kicked against the December 26, traditional marriage between a four-year-old and a 54-year-old man at Akeddei community in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state. The foundation, in a statement made available in Yenagoa, described the marriage as illegal, criminal, and a child marriage which is against the constitution and the Child Rights Act. The statement was signed by the foundation’s chairperson, Mr Elvis Mannie. The foundation condemned child marriage as horrendous, despicable, and a criminal activity. According to…

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70-year-old grandma, son arrested for drug trafficking

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Selifat Funke Cole, 70-year-old grandma, and her son, Babajide Ayorinde Cole, have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, with 117.900kg of cannabis sativa. The arrest followed the raiding of a house in the Mushin area of Lagos where the woman resides with her family. The spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi made this known yesterday while disclosing that the agency’s sniffer dogs uncovered cocaine in an India-bound shipment at the cargo terminal of Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos. The NDLEA spokesman said…

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Allegations in investigator’s report satanic -Emefiele

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Godwin Emefiele, former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, has faulted allegations of stolen funds against him in the recently released report of the Special Investigator on the CBN and Related Entities. He explained his stance in a statement on Sunday titled, ‘Re: Emefiele, others stole billions, illegally kept Nigeria’s funds in foreign banks’. Last week, the Special Investigator on the CBN and Related Entities, Jim Obaze, disclosed that the ex-CBN governor lodged £543, 482,213 in fixed deposits in UK banks alone without authorisation. Obaze’s report partly read, “The…

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I’m dead to my father -Emeka Ike’s son

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The son of Nollywood actor Emeka Ike, Michael, has said that he is dead to his father and he does not need anything from him anymore. Michael disclosed this during an interview in reaction to his father’s video where he spoke about his family affair. IKe’s son who stated that he was trying to make peace with his father said, “When I watched the video I was like God this is insane. Is this the person I want to form peace with? I was wondering what was going on. This…

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