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Malian President, Ibrahim Keita resigns after military coup

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‌ Malian President, Ibrahim Keita, on Wednesday, said he was resigning to avoid “bloodshed”, hours after his arrest by troops in a sudden coup that followed a months-long political crisis in the West African nation. The government has also been struggling to contain an Islamist insurgency that first emerged in 2012 and has claimed thousands of lives Taking advantage of the crisis in the country, rebel soldiers moved against the government, detained the president and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse on Tuesday afternoon and drove the pair to a military base…

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Why father, step-mother locked son for seven years ― Police

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When the news of 30-year-old Ahmed Aminu broke out on why he was locked up for seven years in a car garage by his father and step-mother. Many wonder what could have led to such inhumane behavior, as the man looked frail, dying of hunger and lack of care even when his biological father is still alive, and also involved in the torture of his son. Facts have however emerged from Kano State Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa. He said the couple allegedly wanted to kill…

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PDI: Northern Communities to benefit from telehealth

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Pre Diagnosis International has commenced a programme of spreading its service base to various parts of the country in the bid to push for greater adoption of innovative telehealth among the country’s vulnerable and underserved communities. The company announced the first of such tactical moves for the North Central and North Western parts of the country in a recent disclosure that the PDI 24/7 Doctors’ Hotline and the PDI Telehealth App have been remodeled to serve the needs of the Northern people in the Hausa language. According to a media…

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Access Bank signs $93m Syndicated Loan with Dutch Bank

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Access Bank Plc has a signed a Subordinated Syndicated Loan Agreement totalling $93.8 million with the Dutch development bank (FMO), the French private sector development bank (Proparco), and leading investment firm, Symbiotics. The tier-II capital facility was structured as a “10 years non-call 5 years” subordinated debt instrument, benefitting the bank for a period of 5 years. A statement quoted the Group Managing Director, Access Bank, Herbert Wigwe, to have said the facility would enable the bank to continue on its strategic path to becoming, “Africa’s gateway to the world…

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China Loan: Reps accuse FG of signing empty repayment documents

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The Chairman of the House Committee on Treaties, Protocols and Agreements, in the House of Representatives, Hon. Ossai Nicholas Ossai, at a resumed investigative hearing on the review of bilateral loan agreements and commercial contracts agreements by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), said that some of the loans collected by the government were signed even before the terms were negotiated. He accused the federal government officials of signing empty repayment loan documents for the development of the Nigeria’s rail sector even before the terms of the loans were negotiated. The…

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Oshiomhole: Some APC governors are using Forum’s DG to fight me

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Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has accused some Progressive Governors’ Forum members of his party, All People’s Congress (APC), of allegedly using the Director General, Salihu Lukman to attack him. He came down hard on the forum’s DG yesterday while fielding questions from State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja. Lukman had last week claimed that the ex-labour leader was frustrating the party’s caretaker committee to ensure his return as chairman of the party. The panel was…

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Quantity Surveyor jailed 50 years for raping UNILAG undergraduate

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John Otema, a 34 year-old Quantity Surveyor and alumnus of the University of Lagos has been sentenced by an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, headed by Justice Abiola Soladoye to 50-years imprisonment. Otema was been convicted and sentenced for raping a 19-year-old student (name withheld and identified as Student X) of the University of Lagos (UNILAG). Justice Soladoye, handed down the judgement yesterday after finding the convict guilty of a two-count charge of rape and assault, causing harm to the 19-year-old victim. The judge, however, did not find…

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Boko Haram destroys telecom facilities in Borno

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The dreaded Boko Haram terrorists invaded Magumeri Local Government Headquarters of Borno State on Monday and razed down the only functional telecommunications mast before setting ablaze other infrastructural facilities. The insurgents launched attack at about 4 pm, while the military airstrike engaged them, but to no avail, as the terrorists succeeded and infiltrated the Council Headquarters which make it difficult for the airstrike to engage the terrorists amidst innocent civilians. Prior to this attack, some terrorists last week invaded surrounding communities of Magumeri and displaced hundreds of farmers and herders,…

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Nigeria to resume international flights on August 29

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The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika has announced that Nigeria will resume international flights on August 29, 2020. International flight operations were suspended by the Federal Government in March as part of the measures to curb the spread of COVID-19. Announcing the resumption on Monday in a tweet from his twitter handle @hadisirika, the minister said international flight operations would begin at the Lagos and Abuja Airports. “Glad to announce the resumption of international flights from the 29th of August, 2020. Beginning with Lagos and Abuja as we did with…

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Police Sergeant in trouble after collecting N1.8m from teenager

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Police sergeant attached to Special Protective Unit, SPU Base 5, Benin-City, Edo State, is on the run, and has abandoned his AK 47 rifle with serial number B11343170 and 30 rounds of ammunition after allegedly extorting the sum of N1.8million from a teenager whom he accused of being an internet fraudster. The police sergeant identified as Nelson Onyenibe with force number 456246 in company of other members of his team while operating in an unmarked Toyota Camry car, had last week (Tuesday), stopped the teenager identified as Precious Idisi during…

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