Abba Kyari gets temporary bail to bury mother

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Abba Kyari, the remanded former Commander of the Force Intelligence Response Team, got a two-week bail on Tuesday to enable him to go home and conclude the burial rites of his mother, Yachilla Kyari, who died on May 5, 2024. Justice Emeka Nwike of the Federal High Court in Abuja granted Kyari the two-week bail on compassionate grounds following an application by his legal team. Kyari had been in detention since his arrest in February 2022. The star police investigator was arrested for drug offences by the National Drug Law…

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Chad PM resigns

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Succes Masra, Chadian Prime Minister, said he has handed in his resignation, just over two weeks after his defeat to junta chief Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno in presidential elections. “I’ve just submitted my resignation and that of the transition government, which became irrelevant with the end of the presidential election,” Masra said on his Facebook page in a message authenticated by his team on Wednesday. The move, he added, was also in accordance with the constitution. Deby, 40, was proclaimed transitional president in April 2021 by a junta of 15…

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Seven killed by generator fumes in Bayelsa music studio

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Students of the Niger Delta University, Yenagoa, were among the seven persons found dead inside a music studio on Tuesday morning after inhaling what is suspected to be generator fumes. It was gathered that the music studio along Transformer Road in the Amarata area of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, was operated by one of the deceased identified as Akpos Barakubo. The deceased were said to be working in the studio on Monday night but fell asleep due to exhaustion without putting off the generator resulting in the sad incident.…

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Abuja based pastor forcefully ejects wife, 6 children from home

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Stanley Ogbonna, an Abuja based popular pastor and General Overseer of the God’s Spring Assembly also known as Glass Church, Kubwa, Abuja has allegedly driven his estranged wife, Chioma, and six children out of their house in Abuja. Pastor Ogbonna, was said to be in a strained relationship with his wife, which led to their divorce. He was accused of telling the court he had sold his properties to prevent the embattled wife from having a share of his wealth. In a clip that went viral on social media platforms…

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20 Abuja residents abducted in night raid by bandits

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Bandits have reportedly kidnapped about 20 residents of Dawaki, a community near Kubwa in the Federal Capital Territory. The attackers were said to have raided houses on Frank Opara Street before security operatives responded to distress calls. The Chairman of Dawaki Rock Heaven Community, Tunde Abdulrahim, who spoke to newsmen on Monday, said the incident happened at about 7.30pm on Sunday. Abdulrahim said the armed men, numbering about 50, invaded the community and broke into about six houses. Commenting on the attack, the FCT police spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, said…

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Electricity workers lock out minister, issue 14-day ultimatum over tariff hike

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The National Union of Electricity Employees, and the Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies, on Monday, stopped business activities at the headquarters of the Federal Ministry of Power in Abuja. Members of NUEE and SSAEAC also locked out the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, and other workers of the ministry, stopping accessing the Power House building in the Maitama District of Abuja. This was as the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, on Monday, gave the Federal Government a deadline of May 31, 2024 to reverse the…

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Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi, dies in helicopter crash

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Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi, has died in an helicopter crash. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has announced five days of mourning on Monday. “I announce five days of public mourning and offer my condolences to the dear people of Iran,” said Khamenei in an official statement a day after the death of Raisi and other officials in the crash in East Azerbaijan province. Share on: WhatsApp

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NDLEA declares Couple wanted over cocaine seizures

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Four members of a drug cartel who runs a cocaine cartel from India in Lagos have been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, with a Sports Utility vehicle and two houses belonging to the syndicate, sealed for forfeiture to the Federal Government. This is just as a couple, Kazeem Omogoriola Owoalade (alias Abdul Qassim Adisa Balogun) and Rashidat Ayinke Owoalade (alias Bolarinwa Rashidat Ayinke), also members of the cartel have been declared wanted by NDLEA in connection with cocaine trade. Spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi who…

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Senate accuses governors of ‘killing’ local govts

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State governors have been accused yesterday by the Senate of misappropriating funds allocated to local government councils in Nigeria, saying that arm of government was dead in the country It also said the dream of achieving the objectives of the local government system has encountered harsh realities as successive governments have often eroded local autonomy, limiting their financial resources and control over decision-making. Consequently, the Red Chamber asked the federal government to stop further allocation of funds to caretaker committee-led local government areas, LGAs, and urged President Bola Tinubu to,…

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Portable releases new track following arrest

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Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has released a new song following his recent arrest by the Lagos State Police Command for failing to settle a debt related to the purchase of a G-Wagon. It was gathered that Portable had paid only N13 million after purchasing the vehicle, which was worth N27 million. He was said to have refused to pay the N14 million balance. Recall that the Lagos State police command released the singer on bail, on Thursday, after spending a night in custody. Portable, in an Instagram post…

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