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Amotekun: Northern groups launch regional security outfit

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A regional security outfit named Shege ka Fasa has been created by the Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, and was launched yesterday to operate in a similar to Amotekun. The CNG said the reason for setting up the outfit was to complement the police and military in efforts to tackle the security problems in the Northern region. The outfit would also  carry out  specific and general task that would realign attitude and thinking of the public with the ideals and objectives of the founding fathers of the region. Presenting what…

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Blackout imminent in parts of Oyo,Ogun,Osun as fire guts transmission station

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There is likelihood that Oyo State, and some parts of Ogun and Osun States may experience blackout as the Ayede transmission station of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in Ibadan got burnt this morning. The early morning fire completely burnt the Transfomer 1B, 150 mva, 330KV/132 Kv located inside the transmission station. The station supplies power to almost the whole of Oyo state, Sagamu in Ogun state and Iwo in Osun state. The inferno, which started at about 7 am, was said to have been as a result of…

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Customs: N2.9b cash in 6 bags seized at Lagos airport

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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Tuesday announced that it has seized a whooping sum of $8.6 million (equivalent of N2.9 billion) cash at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. The cash was loaded in six Bagco bags discovered in a bus operated by the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO), apparently in the process of being smuggled out of the country. The driver of the bus, Chimezie Okonkwo, was arrested and taken into custody with the intercepted consignment. NAHCO, a ground handling service provider, has dissociated self from…

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GTBank Masters Cup Season 9 in Semi Final Stage

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After a thrilling round of football in the quarter finals, eight teams in the male and female categories have advanced to the semi final stages of the 2020 GTBank Masters Cup. All four games will be played at the Campos Stadium, Lagos Island, on Wednesday 5th February 2020, where the Semi Finalists will compete for a coveted spot in the grand finale. Last seasons winners in the male and female category, Kings College and Lead-Forte Gate College, will hope to defend their title when they take on Eko Boys High…

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Okada Restriction: Why Lagos Residents should support ban

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. That Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has gone ahead to implement the restrictions or as some people call it, ban of the movement of commercial motorcycles (okada) and tricycles (Keke Marwa) is no news. The decision was met with criticism and condemnation of the government by several residents of the state owing to what they perceive as the inconveniences the policy or the decision would cause. But beyond the inconveniences and disadvantages of the policy, it is necessary to trace the genesis of the restrictions and what…

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China virus: Death toll hits 213

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The National Health Commission has revealed that the nationwide death toll in China’s coronavirus outbreak has risen to 213, with nearly 2,000 new cases confirmed today (Friday). In its daily update, the commission said 43 new deaths had occurred as a result of the virus, all but one of them in hardest-hit Hubei province where the virus first emerged. The latest numbers indicate that the daily death count and the overall spread of the virus within China were continuing to grow steadily, despite unprecedented quarantine measures imposed on Hubei a…

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NBA star, Kobe Bryant Dies in a Helicopter Crash

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Kobe Bryant, an 18-time All-Star and five-time N.B.A. champion, and his daughter Gianna were among nine people in a helicopter that crashed near Calabasas, California. A college baseball coach and his wife and daughter were also killed. The authorities in Los Angeles County said it could take several days to recover bodies from the crash site, as the helicopter crashed in rough terrain. Bryant was among the passengers traveling onboard the helicopter. Nine people died in the crash, including the pilot, said Alex Villanueva, the Los Angeles County sheriff, during…

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APC rerun: NSCDC officer kills Action Alliance candidate at victory party

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The victory party of APC candidate, Miriam Onuoha who was returned elected by the Independent National Electoral Commission, came to an abrupt end when an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps shot and killed the 2019 senatorial candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) in Imo North senatorial district, Ndubuisi Emenike. The incident took place around 5pm during a victory party for the All Progressives Congress candidate who won the Okigwe North Federal Constituency held on Saturday. The tragedy occurred at the APC’s candidate house at Umunachi in…

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Kano rerun: Jibrin complains of voters’ intimidation after election loss

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“My constituents came out en masse to exercise their civic responsibility but were denied their franchise to vote the candidate and party of their choice through the application of maximum force in all the wards of our constituency except my home town of Kofa, Bebeji, that proved impenetrable. We know we won the election fairy and squarely but our mandate was stolen”, these were the words of the former Chairman of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, of the All Progressives Congress on Sunday. Jibrin was defeated…

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Gov. Ganduje to Kwankwaso, “you are a selfish leader”

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Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on Wednesday night at the Government House while receiving the leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as well as troops of the Kwankwasiyya Movement that decamped to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state carpeted his erstwhile political leader and former governor, Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, saying he is a very self centred politician who thinks of nothing but himself. Ganduje in his words said, “It is natural to be a bit selfish but I have never seen anyone as selfish…

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