Kwara ritualist arrested for attempting to slaughter minor

The Kwara State Police Command has arrested a 46-year-old ritualist while attempting to slaughter a 10-year-old boy hawking pepper in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. The suspect identified as Isiaka Adeniyi was arrested on Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024, at the Oke-Foma area in Ilorin West Local Government Area of the state. The incident which was confirmed […]

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Labour tipped to win as UK elects new PM

Britons headed to the polls Thursday in a general election widely expected to emphatically return the opposition Labour Party to power and end nearly a decade-and-a-half of Conservative rule. The country’s first national ballot since Boris Johnson won a landslide for the Tories in 2019 follows Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s surprise call to hold it […]

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Biden won’t withdraw from presidential race — Spokesperson

Joe Biden is “absolutely not” pulling out of the US presidential race, his spokeswoman said Wednesday, as pressure mounted following his disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump. Panic has gripped his Democratic Party in the wake of last week’s TV debate, and internal rumblings about finding a replacement candidate before November’s election have been amplified […]

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JAMB uncovers 3,000 fake graduates

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board has uncovered 3,000 fake graduates who never set foot within the four walls of a classroom. The board also decried the issue of illegal admissions by some institutions which, it said, had remained a source of embarrassment to the country. The Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, made this known in […]

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N423bn theft: Kaduna protesters ask ICPC to arrest El-Rufai

A group, the Kaduna Citizens Watch for Good Governance, on Wednesday, formally submitted a petition to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission against ex-governor Nasir El-Rufai. The group asked the anti-corruption agency to commence an immediate probe of El-Rufai towards his prosecution for alleged  N423bn theft. The petition by the group comes […]

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Owner of collapsed building risks prosecution – LASG

The General Manager of the Lagos State Building Control Agency, Gbolahan Oki, has blamed the collapse of a two-storey building in the Mushin area on the use of substandard materials. Oki said the owner of the building will be prosecuted for violating an earlier stop-work order of the government and breaking the seal put on […]

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FG, UNICEF, and others unveil universal child benefit for social protection coverage.

The Federal government, in collaboration with UNICEF and other partners, is to introduce the Universal Child Benefit and increase public spending on social protection by 2 percent, aiming to reduce multidimensional poverty and promote equitable development. The Universal Child Benefit is to provide financial support to all children, reduce childhood poverty, promote equitable development opportunities, […]

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