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Soludo whereabouts unknown as Gunmen attack summit, kill three policemen

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Former Central Bank Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo was attacked by gunmen on Wednesday, killing three police orderlies attached to him. The incident reportedly happened in the professor’s home town, Isiofia, in the Aguata Local Government Area of  Anambra State. An eyetwitnes said, “A couple of minutes ago, some gunmen disrupted an interactive session between Isuofia youths and a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo at the town’s civic centre. “Three policemen were shot dead in meeting” A media aide to Soludo, who pleaded anonymity said.…

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Why President did not transmit power to Osibajo before travelling -Shehu Garba

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Reacting to criticisms on social media, on why President Muhammadu Buhari did not transmit power to Vice President Yemi Osibajo before travelling to London for medical check-up, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, has explained the reason why the president acted that way. Speaking on a Channels Television’s programme, Politics Today, Shehu said the president did not hand over to Osinbajo because he would be away for a few days. He said the president will carry on with his duties from where…

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CAN rejects use of hijab in Kwara Christian schools

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Chairman of the Kwara State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Most Rev. Paul Olawoore of the Catholic Church, Ilorin Diocese, has condemned the use of force to take control of mission schools by Kwara State government. He said the diocese was not in agreement with the government over the use of hijab in mission schools, and also said he is not in support of violence in any form. In his words, he said “I don’t want any confrontation that will inflict pain or any kind of injury…

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Lord’s Chosen pastor’s wife murdered in Benue

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Mrs. Eunice Omaye Odoba, a 55-year-old woman, and wife of a pastor of the Lord’s Chosen Church but is on faith mission to Equatorial Guinea, was said to have been stabbed in the chest in Otukpo, Benue State. She was a mother of three children and a proprietress of Verda International School, Otukpo, Benue State. Her absence from church, led to the discovery, as members decided to visit her at home, only to see her corpse. A source who is her relative explained that: “When we finished a family meeting…

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Buhari leaves again for medical check-up in UK

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President Muhammadu Buhari will today leave for London, United Kingdom, for a routine medical check-up. This was announced in a statement issued, yesterday, by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. Before departing the country for the UK, President Buhari would meet with security chiefs in the morning. He is expected back in the country in the second week of April 2021. Buhari had embarked on several medical trips between 2015 and 2019. During one of his trips in 2017, he spent 103 days in…

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N2b worth of illicit drugs intercepted at Lagos airport

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Drugs worth over N2 billion was intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos and three suspected traffickers were arrested. One of the suspects, Aniede Chimezie Bright, was arrested on Sunday, 28th March, during the outward clearance of passengers on Air Marroc, with 7.1kg of methamphetamine carefully concealed in food spices and packed in a Swiss polo suitcase. The illicit substance was bound for Spain with street value of over N2 billion. According to the commander, MMIA Command…

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Mother of six arrested for killing and dumping own baby in Ogun river

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A 35-year-old mother of six, Sukurat Olajoke, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly killing her one-month-old baby and dumping the corpse in the Ogun River. The suspect reportedly confessed after her arrest that she was frustrated following the rejection of the baby by the supposed father and decided to kill the infant and throw it into the Ogun River at Lafenwa, Abeokuta. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. Oyeyemi stated that Olajoke was…

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FIRSTBANK CONVENES THE FOURTH EDITION OF ITS ANNUAL FIRSTGEM EVENT, REINFORCES ITS LEADING ROLE IN PROMOTING WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

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First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider has announced the fourth edition of its annual FirstGem Conference, tagged FirstGem 4.0. The 2021 event is themed ‘The Art of Negotiation’ and convened to provide women with insights on the secrets of wealth management, investment and savings. It is scheduled to hold on Wednesday, 31 March 2021. Participants are required to register via the link http://bit.ly/firstbankwebinar The product, FirstGem, is an account designed specifically to meet the needs of women, aged 18 years and above. The…

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Okorocha, monarch clash aboard Air Peace plane

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Former governor of Imo State and current senator representing Imo West constituency, Rochas Okorocha and the former chairman of South-East Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Cletus Ilomuanya engaged each other in a serious altercation at the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri, on Sunday morning to the surprise of other passengers on board. Recall that Okorocha as governor, deposed Ilomuanya as the monarch of Obinukwu autonomous community and recognized another person as the traditional ruler of the community. However, on sighting each other aboard Air Peace airplane en route Abuja,…

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Gunmen abduct RCCG members in Kaduna

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Members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) on a mission work from Kaduna Province 1 going to Kafanchan for prayer work, were abducted by gunmen in Kaduna State on Friday evening. Head, Media and Public Relations of RCCG, Pastor Olaitan Olubiyi, confirmed the abduction on Friday night, but did not release further details on the identities and number of the victims. An engineer, Mr. Eje Kenny Faraday, who said he “narrowly escaped being a victim,” had broken the news on his Facebook wall with the photograph of the…

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