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Parents panic as bandits threaten starvation of kidnapped Baptist students

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Parents and management of the Bethel Baptist High School, Maraban Rido, Kaduna State, have raised money to buy foodstuffs being demanded by abductors of the 121 students of the school. A father of one of the abductees, who spoke on condition of anonymity on Thursday, said the school asked parents to pay any amount they could afford. According to him, there was panic among the parents when they heard that the bandits threatened to starve the students if the items were not provided. These came to the fore on Thursday…

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I stopped APC membership in 2019 -Onochie

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Lauretta Onochie, presidential aid, on Thursday disavowed the All Progressives Congress during her screening by the Senate Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission. Onochie was among those being screened for confirmation as National Commissioners for INEC. The nominee who had, prior to her nomination, swore to an affidavit affirming her membership of the party, claimed that she stopped being a member over years ago. Other nominees who appeared for the screening include: Professors Muhammad Kallah (Katsina), Kunle Ajayi (Ekiti), Saidu Ahmad (Jigawa), Sani Adam (North Central), and Baba Bila…

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HOW TO VOTE ON FIRSTBANK-SPONSORED THE VOICE NIGERIA SEASON 3

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Video link: https://www.instagram.com/p/CRA7zO_D507/?utm_medium=copy_link By Bolaji Israel UN1TY Limited and Livespot360, producers of The Voice Nigeria Season 3 have explained how to vote on the voice Nigeria season 3, sponsored by First Bank, Baba Ijebu and Airtel. The International talents reality series designed to discover and harness music talents in Nigeria is in its third season in Nigeria. Only 12 made it to the live shows, having passed through Auditions, Blinds, Knockout and Battles stages out of the numerous talents who have featured on the world-class show. The four celebrity coaches…

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Ex-president Zuma turns himself in, begins 15-month prison sentence

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Former South African president, Jacob Zuma turned himself in to prison on Wednesday to begin serving a 15-month sentence for contempt of court. In a historic ruling, the Constitutional Court last week handed Zuma a 15-month term for snubbing anti-graft investigators. Police had earlier on Wednesday warned they were prepared to arrest the former president by a midnight deadline to enforce the ruling, unless the top court instructed otherwise. But Zuma decided to make his way to an unnamed prison in his home province of Kwa-Zulu Natal (KZN). “Please be…

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Scientific Equipment Development Institute’s DG assassinated in Enugu

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Prof. Samuel Ndubuisi, the Director-General of Scientific Equipment Development Institute (SEDI), was on Wednesday assassinated in Enugu. It was reported that Ndubuisi along with his police orderly were shot dead along the Centenary City Junction axis of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway. The driver of the vehicle reportedly sustained injuries and had been taken to an undisclosed hospital for medical attention. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Enugu State Command, Mr. Daniel Ndukwe confirmed the incident in a statement. He said: “Information surrounding a shooting incident today, 07/07/2021 at about 1600hrs,…

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FIRSTBANK HOLDS SMECONNECT WEBINAR, ENLIGHTENS ENTREPRENEURS ON ACCESSING FINANCE FOR THEIR BUSINESS

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*The FirstBank SME Connect webinar is one of the ways through which FirstBank delivers its capacity building pillar of its value propositions to SMEs. *The event topic “The ABCs of Accessing Finance for your Business” is designed to expose SMEs to various finance opportunities that they can access and utilize to foster the continued growth of their businesses. *With FirstBank’s over 127 years of being woven into the fabric of society, FirstBank has been at the forefront of impacting businesses, and has consistently won awards for providing innovative solutions for…

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NYSC Certificate: Court vindicates Former Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun

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Former Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun was ineligible for national service, and thus vindicated in the ruling by a Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday. The court said she was not supposed to present herself for National Youth Service because under the 1979 Constitution, which was in force at the time of her graduation, she was not a Nigerian citizen either at the time of her graduation or when she turned 30. According to the ruling, the constitution does not require her to present her first-degree certificate or…

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Four workers abducted by gunmen in Ekiti, N50m ransom demanded

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Four persons working on a farm at Ikosu Ekiti in the Moba council area of Ekiti State, have been abducted by gunmen. It was learnt that the farm workers were whisked away around 5pm on Monday. A source said the hoodlums had contacted the victims’ families and demanded N50m ransom. “It is still being negotiated,” he added. The source identified three of the victims simply as Jimoh, Bolarinwa and Yinka. Another source said family members of the victims were praying for their safe release. He said, “We are praying that…

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South Sudan honours T.B. Joshua with country’s key

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At the burial activities of the late televangelist and founder of The Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Prophet T. B. Joshua yesterday, there were torrents of tributes at the church premises at Ikotun, Lagos. The service followed Monday’s candlelight procession for the late prophet at his Faith Resort ground, Agodo, Egbe. At that event, a restaurant of the SCOAN, Ikotun, which is close to Gate 5 of the church, gut fire around 11:30 p.m. and members battled to douse the fire. The church spokesperson, however, said it was a…

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JAMB ex-registrar remanded in prison over alleged N5.2b fraud

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A former registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Lawrence Adedibu Ojerinde, was remanded in prison custody by Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja. In a ruling, on Tuesday, July 6, 2021, Egwuatu ordered that Ojerinde be kept in a correctional facility pending the hearing of his bail application, scheduled for Wednesday. Ojerinde was arraigned on an 18-count charge in suit number FHC/ABJ/CR/97/2021 accused of complicity in the diversion of over N900 million. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC)…

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