Insecurity: 500-Level University Student Declared Missing

By NewsBits A 500-level nursing student of Osun State University, Osogbo, Popoola Zainab, has been declared missing. It was gathered that the student was discovered missing on Sunday by the University authority and efforts to know her whereabouts have proved futile. The School Public Relations Officer, Ademola Adesoji, who confirmed the incident on Monday, disclosed that the issue has been reported to the University security department and investigation launched into the circumstances surrounding her disappearance. “We have reported the case. We got the information late yesterday and it was reported…

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Nigeria’s Naira Depreciation Adds N9trillion To Foreign Debt Burden

By NewsBits The value of naira to dollar fell from N196.92 in June 2015 to N414.72 in June 2022, worsening Nigeria’s foreign debt burden. Within the seven years under review, the naira depreciated by 52.52 per cent against the US dollar. The Monthly Average Exchange Rates of the Naira (Naira Per Unit of Foreign Currency) for 2015 document obtained from the website of the Central Bank of Nigeria shows that the one dollar was N196.92 for Inter-bank Foreign Exchange Market. The exchange rate for one dollar as of June 30,…

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One Of Us In The Presidential Race Is Not A Nigerian – Tinubu

By NewsBits Presidential Candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has replied to critics of his educational qualifications, mocking them for wasting their resources on a wild goose chase. Speaking on Monday at the Chatham House, Tinubu said he was born on March 29, 1952, and that he has never disowned his biological father. He said one of his fellow contestants who has been sponsoring sundry allegations against him is now rumoured to be a non-Nigerian but that he (Tinubu) has never made it a campaign…

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Over 500 People Executed By Iran In 2022 – Rights Group

By NewsBits Iran has executed more than 500 people so far in 2022, far more than in the whole of last year, a rights group said Monday. Norway-based group Iran Human Rights told AFP at least 504 people had now been executed in Iran this year and that it was still working to confirm additional cases of people said to have been hanged. The figure comes as concern grows that the authorities will make extensive use of the death penalty against people involved in the anti-regime protests that have erupted…

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Dogara’s ‘Old Testament’ Politics, Disappointing, Says Obi-Datti Media Office

L – R: Babchair Lawal, Peter Obi and Yakubu Dogara By NewsBits The attention of the Obi-Datti Media Office has been drawn to a statement credited to the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, explaining why he and his own Christian group in the North chose the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar ahead of the high-flying Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi. According to the jaundiced view of the former Speaker, he does not believe that Obi and the Labour…

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Amotekun Operatives Arrest Two Suspected Kidnappers, Recover Human Skulls In Ogun

By NewsBits Operatives of the Amotekun Corps in Ogun State have arrested two suspects for being in possession of a carbonised human skull. The Commandant of the Corps, David Akinremi, who disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abeokuta, the State capital, said that the operatives also arrested four other suspects for alleged kidnapping, cultism, conspiracy, and stealing. Akinremi noted that all the suspects had been transferred to Ogun State Police headquarters, Eleweran, for investigation and prosecution. The suspects, according to Akinremi include; Busari Aliu and Adetayo…

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We’ll Work To Ensure Benue Is Better, Ortom Assures Zone C People

…As Sen Moro distances self from comments on PDP crises By NewsBits Governor Samuel Ortom has assured the people of Benue South Senatorial District that the continuity of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) administration in the state will further work for the improved conditions of the state. The Governor spoke Monday, December 5, 2022, at the flag-off of the PDP Senatorial campaigns in Benue South as Senator Abba Moro dismissed comments credited to him on the PDP crises at the national level. The campaign, which was held at the Pavilion…

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