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The Rivers State Government has confirmed the deaths of nine people in two local government areas of the state from a suspected cholera outbreak. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Adaeze Oreh, confirmed the deaths during a news briefing at her office in Port Harcourt on Thursday. Dr. Oreh identified the affected local government areas…
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Barring any last-minute changes, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) will arraign in court three ex-appointees of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, in a fresh 64 million naira money laundering suit. The ex-appointees are Mr. Lawal Shakiru Olajimi Adebisi, a former Senior Special Adviser/Counsellor to El-Rufai, the ex-Accountant General of…
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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has revoked the allocation of 568 plots of land in Abuja’s Maitama II, Cadastral Zone A10, due to non-payment of Certificates of Occupancy (C-of-O) fees. The minister explained in a public notice issued by the FCT Administration that the allottees failed to pay the required…
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A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ikorodu, Lagos, on Thursday remanded a 44-year-old man, Stephen Samson, in a correctional centre for allegedly defiling a four-year-old girl. Samson, whose address was not provided, was charged with defilement. READ ALSO:Three US-based Nigerians jailed for defrauding elderly Americans The Chief Magistrate, Mr. B.A. Sonuga, did not, however, take the…
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President Bola Tinubu on Thursday congratulated six Nigerian scientists and engineers who were named among the 400 recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) by U.S. President Joe Biden. This year’s awardees, announced by President Joe Biden on January 14, 2025, are employed or funded by 14 participating United States…