Father arrested for attempting to sell his two children

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Police in Calabar, Cross River State, have arrested a 30-year-old man, Essien Inyang, for attempting to sell his two children. An eyewitness, Clement Edet, who informed the police, said the suspect took his two children, a boy and a girl to Murray Street to look for a rich buyer. He said Inyang asked for a particular rich man living in that street to sell the children to him. Edet said they were surprised by what the man said and to stop him from taking the children elsewhere to sell they…

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NMA faults Ngige for saying Nigeria has more than enough doctors

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The Nigerian Medical Association, the National Association of Resident Doctors, the Socio-Economic Right and Accountability Project and human rights groups on Wednesday faulted the statement credited to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, that the country had enough medical doctors. Ngige, had on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Wednesday, said doctors who felt they wanted to relocate in search of greener pastures were free to do so as the nation had enough medical personnel. Ngige had, while responding to a question on brain drain and the deliberate…

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Woman wakes from coma 27 years after

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In a miraculous turn of event, a woman from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) who was seriously injured in a traffic accident in 1991 has made a recovery after emerging from a 27-year-long coma. Munira Abdulla, who was aged 32 at the time of the accident, suffered a severe brain injury after the car she was travelling in collided with a bus on the way to pick up her son from school. Omar Webair, who was then just four years old, was sitting in the back of the vehicle with…

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Buhari Inaugurate Projects in Lagos, Commends Ambode

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President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated three legacy projects in Lagos on Wednesday, including Oshodi Transport Interchange and 820 buses, Institute of Maternal and Child Health and the newly reconstructed international Airport Road, executed by the outgoing governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode. He also inaugurated a 500-seater theatre in Oregun, Ikeja, the state capital, to enhance entertainment and the social lives of Lagos residents. While inaugurating the projects, Buhari said Ambode, who was denied the opportunity of re-election by his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State…

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Man arrested for allegedly killing seven persons, drying victims with chemicals

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Ismaila Raji, a car wash attendant, was on 20th April arrested by a mob as he confessed to killing seven persons, including pupils of Lagelu Grammar School, Ibadan whose bodies he dried with chemicals. Raji was arrested at Olorunsogo area of Ibadan, Oyo State, while trying to dispose the body of his latest victim, Rasaki Musibau, who he allegedly strangled inside the deceased’s home. According to sources, Raji had been arrested twice for being in possession of human skeleton at Second Gate, University of Ibadan and Benjamin in Eleyele Road…

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First Bank Chairman, Awosika speaks on educational sector’s challenges

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Mrs Ibukun Awosika, Chairman of First Bank Plc, on Wednesday, advocated for the general overhaul of Nigeria’s education system to meet with modern realities and stressed the need for Universities across the country to be the solution-centred and not certificate-centred. Awosika who stated this in Ilara-mokin, Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo state, while delivering the 3rd convocation lecture at Elizade University, Ilara-mokin, titled: “The Nigerian University System and the challenge of internationalization.” Awosika noted that most institutions in the country are producing graduates with academic degrees that are not…

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SIM Registration Of 95.7 Million Subscribers Invalid – NCC

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says a total of 95.7 million SIM cards being used by subscribers were not properly registered. Speaking on Tuesday at a regional sensitisation workshop that held in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, NCC officials said the agency will send the owners of the SIM cards back to registration centres for recapturing. According to Sunday Dare, NCC’s executive commissioner for stakeholder management, who was represented by Efosa Idehen, director for compliance monitoring and enforcement, perpetrators of fraudulently registered SIM cards will be charged with felony and risk…

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Give loans to farmers without collateral, Buhari orders CBN, others

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The Ministry of Agriculture and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), have been directed to bypass the knotty issue of collateral by President Muhammadu Buhari, which he described as “a terrible colonial legacy,” so that farmers will get easy access to capital. The President gave the directive during an audience with members of the United Kingdom-based Foundation for Good Governance for Development in Nigeria at the State House, Abuja, on Tuesday. According to the President, a top priority of his administration is to ensure that the efforts of hardworking Nigerian…

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Lover sets girlfriend’s family members ablaze, kills five

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A jilted lover, Deji Adenuga, a.k.a. Dakar, on Tuesday allegedly set eight family members of his estranged girlfriend ablaze on Adetuwo Street, Igbodigo town, in the Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was gathered that five of the victims had given up the ghost, while three others were receiving treatment at the Trauma Centre, Ondo town, Ondo State. A source revealed that Adenuga was dating a girl in the family, identified only as Titi; but she later called off the relationship. In retaliation, the suspect was alleged to have…

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Baba Suwe flown abroad For Treatment of Chronic Diabetes

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Nigerian veteran Yoruba actor, Babatunde Omidina, popularly known as Baba Suwe, has finally arrived in the United States of America for medical treatment. It would be recalled that popular Yoruba comic actor solicited for funds to help treat chronic diabetes and members of the public as well as well-meaning Nigerians donated to his cause. The vice president of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo who was among the many prominent Nigerians to donate gave the actor one million naira. Sharing a photo and video of Baba Suwe alongside his son, Sola Omidina…

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