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Tension in the South East has greatly reduced since the arrest of Finland-based Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa. The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, disclosed this while appearing before the House of Representatives Committee on Defence to defend the 2025 budget on Tuesday. Musa also disclosed that the sit-at-home is gradually fading away with Ekpa’s arrest, adding that Operation Udoka by the Defence Headquarters, is restoring peace in the geopolitical zone. Simon Ekpa According to Musa: “With the arrest of Simon Ekpa, it has greatly reduced the tension. Also…

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Kidnappers have reportedly killed a banker in Anambra State after collecting ransom from the family. The deceased identified as Ifeoma was said to have been abducted in Onitsha. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, human rights activist, Harrison Gwamnishi, said the attackers murdered and dumped her corpse around Ideani junction, along Nnobi/Alor Road. Gwamnishi also released a picture of a woman’s corpse on the roadside. “Ifeoma, a banker was kidnapped in Anambra State. Ransom was demanded and the family paid but her abductors still killed her and dumped her body…

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Not less than 19 wedding guests who were traveling to Kano State after attending a marriage ceremony in Barkin Ladi local government area of Plateau State were burnt to death in a road accident in the Kwana Macji area of Pankshin local government area of the state. Chairman of the Pankshin LGA Emergency Management Committee, John Dasar, who confirmed the accident in a statement on Tuesday, said 11 others were injured in the tragic accident which occured on Saturday night. Dasar said the victims came from Kano to attend a…

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The two abducted reverend sisters, identified as Vincentia Nwankwo and Grace Okoli, have regained freedom after spending about six days with their captors. The reverend sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of Christ, were kidnapped on Tuesday, along the Ufuma Road in Orumba North Local Government Area of the state, on their way back from a vocational association’s meeting in Ogboji. Although the actual date of their release could not be ascertained, their release was confirmed in a press statement issued on Monday and signed by the Secretary…

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Security operatives have arrested a gospel singer, Timileyin Ajayi, for allegedly beheading his girlfriend, Salome Adaidu, in Nasarawa State. Reports said that security operatives apprehended the gospel singer at an uncompleted building in Agwan Sarki, Orozo in Nasarawa State, near the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, where the severed head was found in a polythene bag. During interrogation, Ajayi, who also poses as a motivational speaker on TikTok, confessed to the crime. In a now-viral video, the singer disclosed that he had dated Adaidu for one year before her death.…

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The Anti-bomb Unit of the Nigeria Police Force is expected to join the investigation to determine the cause of the explosion that occurred at Umuneke Obazu Mbieri in the Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo state on Sunday morning, according to the police. Residents of the area said that they suspected the explosion which reduced a new bungalow to rubbles, might have been caused by a bomb or drone attack. The police said their operatives have launched an investigation into the incident, with the DPO of Mbieri Police Division, Supol…

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The National Assembly Joint Committee on Finance on Monday threatened to stop the Federal Government’s grant to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board in the 2025 budget proposal. The position of the committee was informed by the presentation made by JAMB Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, who appeared before the Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives to defend the agency’s 2025 budget proposal. Giving a breakdown of the performance of the JAMB’s 2024 budget, Oloyede said the agency remitted N4bn to the Consolidated Revenue Fund, while it got…

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Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Lagos State chapter, on Monday, shut down normal operations of Lagos Television, Eko FM/Radio Lagos and Lagos Traffic Radio to protest the non-implementation of the N85,000 minimum wage. NLC, in collaboration with workers of the three broadcast stations under the aegis of Radio, Television, Theatre and Arts Workers Union of Nigeria, RATTAWU, picketed the station, also demanded to be placed on Oracle System. The workers, few weeks ago, notified the management of the three stations of their readiness to down tools once the stations failed to…

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Nigeria’s Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday held a memorial Church service in honour of late US President Jimmy Carter at The Chapel of Christ The Glorious King, Olasegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, (OOPL) in Abeokuta, Ogun State. He said the Memorial Church service, which was officiated by Femi Olajide, the Chaplain of the OOPL Chapel was necessary going by Carter’s good virtues and righteousness, adding that Carter would have preferred nothing better than simple but significant service in his memory. “But why should I decide to have a service in…

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