Category: Odd news

How Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda’ll Make Nigeria Greater, 57 Lagos LCDAs

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Alabi says President’s ThisDay Man of the Year award deserving     The leadership of the Conference of 57 Local Governments/Local Councils in Lagos State yesterday restated their convictions in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to elevate Nigeria into the group of developed nations. Chairman of Conference 57 – Kolade Alabi made this known after meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Lagos. He expressed confidence that the country would soon see improvements. Alabi noted that the President is well-informed about the events and developments occurring both around him and across…

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Jealous Husband Stabs Pastor To Death  

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The Police command in Osun has confirmed the killing of a pastor, Mr Sina Olaribigbe, by a jealous husband who suspected him of having an affair with his wife. CSP Yemisi Opalola, Police spokesperson of the command, confirmed the incident on Thursday in Osogbo.   Opalola said the husband met the pastor in his wife’s house and allegedly stabbed him because he believed they were having an affair. “The couple are not living together; though they are not legally separated. “The pastor had been intervening in their quarrels, and on…

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NDLEA Seizes 1,960kg Of ‘Ghanaian Loud’ At Lagos Beach, Arrests Six Foreigners

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives on Christmas Eve intercepted two boats loaded with 1,960 kilograms of Ghanaian Loud, a strong strain of cannabis at the Eleko beach in Lekki area of Lagos. The operatives arrested six foreign nationals who had brought the consignments from Ghana during a midnight operation on Christmas Eve. A statement released on Sunday by the NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said the suspects include two Ghanaians, Godsway John (38) and Freedom Kelvin (33), and four Beninese: Chegoun Hounsou (23), Gadabor Nyameto (47),…

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‘I Saw My Parents, Brothers Burnt To Death,’ Survivor Recounts Sokoto Tragedy

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….CDS Insists Military Avoided Mistakes, Promises Probe     Hours after the tragic airstrike in Silame Local Government Area of Sokoto State, a survivor has recounted the harrowing experience of watching her family perish in the ensuing inferno. In an interview with BBC Hausa, the distraught woman, who requested anonymity, described how her father, mother, and four younger siblings were burnt to death during the airstrike. Through tears, she said, “I saw them burning—my mother, my father, and my three younger brothers.” The airstrike, allegedly carried out by a Nigerian…

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Military Denies Civilian Deaths In Sokoto Airstrikes, Targets Terrorist Associates

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The Joint Task Force North West Operation Fansan Yamma has declared that the targets struck in the vicinity of Gidan Sama and Rumtuwa communities the Zamfara State during operation against Lakurawa terrorists “have been positively identified as associated with the Lakurawa group, reinforcing the justification for the military action taken”. The JTF therefore warned that the populace should be aware of misinformation and misinformation campaigned by terrorists group and the collaborators. A statement by Lt. Col Abdullahi Abubakar, spokesman said, “The Joint Task Force, North West, Operation Fasan Yamma has…

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Catholic Priest Arrested Over Abuja Church Stampede That Killed 10

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. Nigerian leaders greedy, Kaigama says as security operatives detain church officials       The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Diocese, Most Rev Ignatius Kaigama, has condemned what he described “verbal demonization of the Catholic Church” by some agents of government in responding to the tragedy at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Maitama, Abuja. About ten casualties were recorded during the distribution of palliatives given by St. Vincent de Paul. According to Kaigama, the detention of the priest as well as some officials of the church and the threat to…

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Shake Up: Tinubu Redeploys 11 Permanent Secretaries + Names

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The Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, OHCSF, has announced the redeployment of permanent secretaries. The redeployment was approved by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, according to a statement signed by the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Didi Esther Walson-Jack. The federal permanent secretaries have been reassigned as follows: -Mr Gabriel Aduda: From the Ministry of Women Affairs to the Ministry of Defence -Mr Olumuyiwa Enitan Abel: From the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction to the Ministry of Education (to understudy…

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Why, How Helicopter Flying Six NNPC Staff Crashed, Killed Everyone Onboard – Blackbox, NSIB

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Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau has explained why a Sikorsky SK76 helicopter operated by East Aviation crashed in Port Harcourt. NSIB said the operators of the helicopter violated several of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations directives. Despite the NSIB’s silence on whether or not the vices led to the crash of the helicopter, the act shows gaps in the regulatory duties of the NCAR. The helicopter, which was contracted by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Bonny Finima, off the coast of Calabar on October…

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How Pope Escaped Two Assassination Attempts In Iraq

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. Pontiff’s autobiographer gives dirty details       Pope Francis escaped two assassination attempts on his life during his historic trip to Iraq in March 2021. This revelation was part of excerpts from his forthcoming autobiography published Tuesday by Italian media. The pontiff’s Vatican security detail received an urgent warning from the British secret services, Francis wrote. A woman packed with explosives, a young suicide bomber, was heading towards Mosul to blow herself up during the papal visit,” he wrote in “Hope”. It will go on sale in over…

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10,000 Civilians Died In Military Custody Over Boko Haram Crises–Amnesty Int’l

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Amnesty International has said that at least 10,000 people have died in military custody since the Boko Haram conflict in North-east Nigeria began. Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, the Country Director of the human rights organisation, Malam Isa Sunusi, said they were in Maiduguri to remind the government of the need for justice. Sunusi observed that the war against Boko Haram would soon come to an end, if justice is served on people whose lives had been shattered by Boko Haram and the military. READ ALSO: ‘Good Governance…

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