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Lecturer’s son arrested in Benue for alleged killing of UNIJOS girlfriend

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Moses Oko, a 20-year-old man, has been arrested by the police for allegedly killing a 300-level student of the University of Jos, Jennifer Anthony, for suspected ritual purposes. Anthony had been declared missing by friends and fellow students. Her lifeless body was later found at a hotel in Jos, along Zaria Road, on New Year’s Day with some of her body parts, including her eyes, missing. Parading the suspected killer of the undergraduate at the command headquarters in Jos on Wednesday, the Plateau State Commissioner of Police, Bartholomew Onyeka, said…

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FirstBank convenes Nigeria economic outlook webinar for 2022, sets the tone for deliberations on continued economic recovery and business impact    

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First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider has announced its “Nigerian Economic Outlook Webinar” convened to reflect national and global economic trends that shaped 2021, whilst forecasting the economic outlook of 2022.  The virtual event themed “A rearview look at 2021, lessons learnt-Outlook 2022” is scheduled by 1 pm on Thursday, 13th January 2022 via Zoom meeting. Click on the link  https://firstbanknigeria.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zrF8VViyTp6wnzED_3IpWw   to register and participate in the event. Registration is Free!!! The webinar aims to set the tone for the year by providing…

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Loan company declares defaulters dead, distributes obituaries to friends

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A loan company has been accused of declaring defaulters dead, designing and circulating the obituaries of such persons to family and friends. A customer, Azuwuike Chinedu Achiever recently shared his experience with the loan company on social media. He said he had defaulted in his repayment plan for five days and the next thing he saw was his obituary. On a public group on Facebook, another customer of a loan app, Victoria Eyo Ekpo revealed she was also a victim and vowed not to repay the loan. She said, “This…

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Former Oyo governor, Alao-Akala, is dead

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Christopher Alao-Akala, a former governor of Oyo State, is dead. Alao-Akala, who was born in Ogbomosho, Oyo State, on June 3, 1950, died at the age of 71. The Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State, Dr Olatunde Abdluazeez, said that “the news of his death is out.” He said, “The news of his death is out. He did his best for the state. May his soul rest in peace.” Alao-Akala was a former police officer and a former Deputy Governor to Chief Rashidi Ladoja. He became…

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NDLEA officers arrest Skit maker, D-General, 3 others in Lagos

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Reports have it that, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in the early hours of today, Wednesday 12th January arrested a skit maker, Sunday Joshua, popularly known on social media as De-General, following the raid of a notorious drug joint at Orchid Estate, Lekki area of Lagos state. Acting on credible intelligence, narcotic officers stormed the drug joint in the estate, where three suspects were arrested with illicit drugs including 200 sachets of 225mg Tramadol and 1.5kilograms of cannabis sativa. In the course of the operation, some…

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Tributes as Ernest Shonekan dies at 85

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Tributes flowed, yesterday, as Nigerians mourned the death of former Head of Interim Government in Nigeria, Chief Ernest Shonekan, who passed away in Lagos at the age of 85. President Muhammadu Buhari also directed that the national flag be flown at half-mast from today till Friday as a mark of respect for the former elder statesman. Buhari, who received the news with sadness, recalled that the late Shonekan left his flourishing business career to become Head of Government at a delicate time when the country needed someone of his calm…

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Umahi meets Buhari, declares presidential ambition

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Dave Umahi, the Governor of Ebonyi State, has declared his intention to run for the office of the President in 2023. Umahi disclosed this on Tuesday after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The governor’s visit to the Villa comes barely 24 hours after the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, met Buhari to notify him of his presidential ambition. Emerging from the President’s office on Tuesday, Umahi confirmed that he discussed the issue with Buhari, who asked him to go…

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Husband stabs pregnant wife’s admirer to death in Lagos

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Police in Lagos are currently in search of a man identified as Keke, alongside his wife, who went into hiding after he allegedly stabbed a fashion designer, Daniel, to death in the Iwaya area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the fleeing suspect returned from work when one of his neighbours reportedly informed him that an illicit affair was going on between his wife and Daniel. The information was said to have angered Keke, who stepped out of his apartment to challenge the victim. It was learnt that Keke…

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Tinubu declares presidential ambition

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Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, says he has informed President Muhammadu Buhari of his decision to run for the office of President in 2023. Tinubu revealed this on Monday after a private meeting with Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. However, the APC leader said he had yet to publicly disclose his ambition as he was still in consultations with various interest groups across the country. Tinubu’s meeting with the President came days after he (Buhari) declared in a televised interview that he would not…

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Lassa fever: 102 dead as 17 States record 4,632 cases

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102 Lassa fever deaths has been recorded in Nigeria in 38 Local Government Areas, LGAs of 17 States. Disclosing this in its Lassa fever Situation Report, EpiWeek52: 27December–2January,2022, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, said the affected states have been alerted on the disturbing trend. The states affected include Edo (212), Ondo (175), Bauchi (39), Taraba (22), Ebonyi (18), Plateau (9), Benue (8), Kaduna (8), Enugu (5), Nasarawa (3), Kogi (3), FCT (3), Cross River (1),  Imo (1), Anambra (1), Delta (1), and Abia (1). In week 52 (December…

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