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Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a couple (name withheld) attempting to sell their two-year-old son to travel to Canada. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Lagos. Hundeyin said that the couple, aged 28 and 22, were apprehended on Tuesday while trying to sell their child off. He stated that around 2.45 p.m. on Tuesday, the Isolo Divisional Police Officer received information that the couple went to Isolo General Hospital and expressed their intention to sell…

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Latest information reaching our newsroom has it that three alleged kidnappers have been arrested in Benue State. The kidnappers came to Ihotu park to board vehicle to Makurdi. There they met a girl they last kidnapped and released after paying ransom. They were even using a bag they collected from the girl. The girl raised an alarm, held one inside the vehicle and two took to their heels, but were caught. They had a ghana-must-go bag at the back of the vehicle. Eleven million was discovered in it, well counted…

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Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has approved the payment of eight-month salary arrears valued at over N467m, which were owed the academic, non-academic, and casual staff of the Enugu State College of Education, Technical, ESCET, Enugu, before his administration. A breakdown of the approval are eight-month salary arrears of 299 academic staff and non-academic staff of ESCET valued at N384m, salary arrears of part-time lecturers valued at N69.2m, and salary arrears of casual staff valued at N13.8m. The total came to N467,061,600. This, according to government,…

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The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has said that it will be disconnecting South-East Government Houses/offices, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) offices, Nigerian Army and others to recover a whooping over N180 billion electricity debt. This is contained in a statement issued by the EEDC’s Head of Corporate Communications, Mr Emeka Ezeh, on Friday in Enugu. Ezeh said that some of the indebted customers to be disconnected included: Enugu State Government, Ebonyi State Government, Anambra State Government, Abia State Government, Imo State Government; Innoson Technical and Industries; University of…

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Congratulations are in order for Rupert Murdoch, who has got married for the fifth time, tying the knot with Elena Zhukova at his vineyard in California. The retired media impresario, 93, and molecular biologist Elena, 67, married on Saturday, confirming the news the following afternoon. The ceremony comes just over a year after Rupert called off his engagement to former police chaplain Ann Lesley Smith, which was announced last April. He has previously been married to Mick Jagger’s ex, Jerry Hall, as well as Wendi Deng, journalist Anna Torv and…

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By NewsBits The Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Lekan Balogun has passed away. The 42nd Olubadan was 82 when he joined his ancestors. Oba Balogun spent two years on the throne of his forefathers, having been presented the Staff of Office by the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on March 11, 2022. Confirming his death in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sulaimon Olanrewaju, on Thursday, Makinde said Oba Balogun died Thursday evening at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. The governor described the late native ruler as a towering figure…

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By Tony Adibe Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has said that the Light-Up Nigeria Project signals a new dawn for power and industrialisation of the Southeast region, saying the initiative aligns with his administration’s disruptive approach to governance underpinned by thinking outside the box. Mbah, while commending the Federal Government and the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) for coming up with the project to ramp up power supply to industrial clusters in the Southeast, enjoined industrialists of the region to fully key into it and take advantage…

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By Tony Adibe The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima has said that electricity is sinequanon to any industrial revolution in any country just as he described the southeast zone as the economic hub of Nigeria. Vice President Shettima spoke during the formal launch of the ‘Light Up Nigeria Initiative and the Southeast Business Roundtable in Enugu on Monday. Shettima said that Southeast, which he said has 87 million people living in it, was very important to the country, adding that “if Southeast Zone works, Nigeria works.” He, however, added that…

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