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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that a US-made Patriot missile was used to shoot down a plane that Moscow says was carrying captured Ukrainian soldiers.
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has accused some Nigerian churches and mosques of laundering money for terrorist organisations. EFCC chairman, Ola Olukoyede, on Wednesday, made this allegation after disclosing that N7 billion suspected to be proceeds of fraud has been traced to a religious organisation in Nigeria. Olukoyede said this at a public…
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The Federal government has disclosed that it would resume demarcation exercises on the boundary between Benue and Nasarawa states. The demarcation exercise between the two states was temporarily put off on April, 6,2022 due to security challenges that rocked the two states. The Director General of the National Boundary Commission (NBC), Adamu Adaji, recalled that…
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The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has awarded N761 million in scholarships to 12 university lecturers to undertake doctoral studies in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines in France. TETFund’s secretary, Arc Sonny Echono, announced this at a pre-departure briefing in Abuja. Echono said the TETFund Scholarship for Academic Staff Intervention (TSAS) programme was…
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The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, Wednesday disclosed that N7 billion suspected to be proceeds of fraud has been traced to a religious organisation. Olukoyede said this at a public engagement on youth, religion, and the fight against corruption, and the launch of the fraud risk assessment project for…