August 30, 2026

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Alleged forgery: EFCC re-arraigns former Bank PHB MD, 2 others

Alleged forgery: EFCC re-arraigns former Bank PHB MD, 2 others

Offor Callistus December 17, 2024
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday re-arraigned the former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB (now Keystone Bank), Francis Atuche, for alleged forgery. Atuche was re-arraigned alongside two others, Joachim Nnosiri and Uguru Onyike. They are standing trial before an Ikeja Special Offences Court. on...
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Why Nigerian women die during child birth – Borno Health Commissioner Borno State Commissioner of Health and Human Services, Professor Baba Malam Gana,

Why Nigerian women die during child birth – Borno Health Commissioner

Offor Callistus December 17, 2024
Borno Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Prof. Baba Mallam, has blamed the rate at which Nigerian women die during child birth on indecision by most families. Mallam spoke on Monday, when he received a donation of two tricycle (keke) ambulances from an international Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Doctors Without...
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Tinubu congratulates Lookman, Nnadozie Super Falcons on CAF Awards images 19

Tinubu congratulates Lookman, Nnadozie Super Falcons on CAF Awards

Offor Callistus December 17, 2024
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Super Eagles forward Ademola Lookman on winning the 2024 CAF Men’s African Footballer of the Year. President Tinubu also hailed Super Falcons goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nnadozie for clinching the CAF Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year award and the Super Falcons...
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TCN restores electricity in Bayelsa after 4-month blackout TCN

TCN restores electricity in Bayelsa after 4-month blackout

Offor Callistus December 17, 2024
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Port Harcourt Region, has announced the restoration of electricity to most parts of Bayelsa following a four-month blackout. The region covers Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Imo, and Rivers states. The General Manager of TCN’s Port Harcourt Region, Emmanuel Anyaegbulem, made this...
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EFCC arrests 792 suspects, including 193 foreigners for crypto fraud, romance scam WhatsApp Image 2024 12 16 at 3.04.19 PM

EFCC arrests 792 suspects, including 193 foreigners for crypto fraud, romance scam

Offor Callistus December 16, 2024
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 792 suspects, including 193 foreigners, in a single-day sting operation in Lagos for their involvement in cryptocurrency investment fraud and romance scam syndicate. EFCC Chairman, Mr Ola Olukoyede, represented by the Director, Public Affairs, EFCC, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this...
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Tinubu approves nationwide free train services ahead of Christmas 20241130 094258

Tinubu approves nationwide free train services ahead of Christmas

Offor Callistus December 16, 2024
President Bola Tinubu has approved free transportation nationwide ahead of Christmas celebration. The Minister of Information, Mohammed Idris, announced this while briefing State House correspondents shortly after the Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by the President on Monday. He said the Federal Government will commence a nationwide free train...
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Supreme Court imposes N5m fine against ex-presidential candidate over frivolous suit against Supreme Court

Supreme Court imposes N5m fine against ex-presidential candidate over frivolous suit against

Offor Callistus December 16, 2024
The Supreme Court, on Monday, awarded a N5 million fine against Mr Ambrose Owuru, a former presidential candidate in the 2019 general elections, for filing a suit described as “frivolous and vexatious” against President Bola Tinubu. The five-member panel of justices, in a judgment read by Justice Uwani Aba-Aji,...
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Mr International: Nigerians celebrate Samuel Nwajagu’s historic victory Mister Intl

Mr International: Nigerians celebrate Samuel Nwajagu’s historic victory

Offor Callistus December 16, 2024
Nigerian model, Samuel Nwajagu, has received an outpouring of tributes from fans over his historic feat as the first African to win the prestigious Mister International title. The 16th Mister International pageant took place during the weekend at the Island Hall, Fashion Island, in Bangkok, Thailand. The 23-year-old software...
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Purge yourself of bad eggs – Ex-NBA President, Olanipekun counsels judiciary images 12 17

Purge yourself of bad eggs – Ex-NBA President, Olanipekun counsels judiciary

Offor Callistus December 16, 2024
A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Chief Wole Olanipekun, has called on the judiciary to maintain its integrity by purging itself of bad eggs. Olanipekun, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), made the call in Ibadan on Monday at the opening of the Law Week and...
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Ghanaian president-elect, Mahama plans to reform cocoa sector, restructure regulator images 1 2024 11 11T182620.688

Ghanaian president-elect, Mahama plans to reform cocoa sector, restructure regulator

Offor Callistus December 16, 2024
Ghana’s president-elect, John Dramani Mahama, has pledged to revamp the cocoa sector and reorganise the state-run regulator, aiming to stimulate growth and improve efficiency in the world’s second-largest cocoa producer. In an interview with Reuters on Friday, he criticised the cocoa industry structure where the cocoa marketing board (COCOBOD)...
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Shettima to meet Islamic Development Bank chairman in Saudi Arabia VP Kashim Shettima

Shettima to meet Islamic Development Bank chairman in Saudi Arabia

Offor Callistus December 16, 2024
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Nigerian Vice-President, Kashim Shettima is scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting with the Chairman, Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, Dr Muhammad-Sulaiman Al-Jasser, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Dec. 20. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Communications, Office of the Vice...
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2024: Security forces neutralise 8,034 terrorists, rescue 7,967 hostages Nigerian Army troops

2024: Security forces neutralise 8,034 terrorists, rescue 7,967 hostages

Offor Callistus December 16, 2024
The combined efforts of the military, Police and other security forces led to the killing of 8,034 terrorists, the arrest of 11,623 suspected terrorists and the rescue of 7,967 kidnap victims in 2024. Director, Legal Service and Coordinator, Strategic Communications Interagency Policy Committee (SCIPC), Office of the National Security...
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14-year old Precious Essien wins face of Teen Beauty Pageant in Cross River img tmp tag1734365327420 1

14-year old Precious Essien wins face of Teen Beauty Pageant in Cross River

Offor Callistus December 16, 2024
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A 14-year old girl, Precious Essien, has emerged winner of Face of Teen Beauty Pageant International in Cross River. She was crowned winner after beating 14 other contestants to clinched the crown in a keenly contested pageant. The organizer of the beauty pageant, Thelma...
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