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Salman Rushdie stabbed on stage at NY literary fair
Author Salman Rushdie has been airlifted to hospital after being stabbed up to 15 times, including once in the neck, as he prepared to give a speech in upstate New York. The writer, 75, was attacked as he was being introduced to the stage for the CHQ 2022 event in Chautauqua, near Buffalo, on Friday morning. Witnesses claim that he…
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Equites market depreciates by 0.12%
The stock market of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) depreciated by 0.12per cent on investors’ profit-taking in MTN Nigeria Communications (MTNN) and 14 others on Thursday. As a result, the NGX All Share Index (ASI) decreased by 60.87 basis points or 0.12 per cent to close at 50,014.60 basis points. Similarly, market capitalisation lost N33 billion to close at N26.976…
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#EndSars: Court remands man for allegedly setting BRT bus terminal on fire
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered the remand of one Chinasa Michael, accused of setting fire to a BRT bus terminal at Oyingbo in Lagos during a protest in the year 2020 over alleged police abuses. The defendant, 21, who is unemployed and resides at No. 21, Ilogbo St., Apapa Road, Lagos, is being tried for conspiracy, arson, and…
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National Librarian, Anunobi commends Abiodun’s strides on infrastructure
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta The National Librarian and Chief Executive Officer of the National Library of Nigeria, Prof. Chinwe Anunobi, has commended Governor Dapo Abiodun for the ongoing massive infrastructural development of the state. Prof. Anunobi who made this known in Abeokuta when she paid a courtesy call on the governor in his office, noted that the level of work…
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How Sunday Dare, Mary Onyali faced the sun to bring joy for sad Nigerians, By Kehinde Olaosebikan
On the 13th of May, 2022 while in Abuja on a political expedition, I stopped at the office of the Honorable Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Chief Sunday Dare to brief him on some developments at home. As I was approaching the office, I saw him rushing out, descending the staircase to his office, briskly. Hurrying! My thought was…
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Chinese private security firms spreading far and wide in Africa
Chinese private security companies have found a profitable niche market in Africa: guarding Chinese executives and construction sites. They’re also securing Chinese vessels at sea against piracy. The growing presence of Chinese private security companies in Africa comes against the backdrop of a global security architecture that’s in transition. These changes reflect the US moving away from being the world’s…
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Court remands notorious gang leader Rasheed over alleged murder, conspiracy
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State has ordered that a notorious gang leader, Hammed Rasheed, be remanded in Ilesa Correctional Centre. Rasheed, popularly called Oko-Ilu was brought to court on nine count-charge bordering on murder, conspiracy, illegal possession of guns and other dangerous weapons, arson, willful damage of people’s vehicles and other properties and…
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PHOTO NEWS: NDIC organizes capacity-building workshop for law enforcement officers
L-R: Ahmad Muhammad Ghali, representative of Executive Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission; Mohammed B. Abubakar, Director Public Prosecution of the Federation and Hassan Bello, FCA, MD/CE, NDIC, at the 2022 Capacity Building Workshop for Law enforcement agencies with the theme: Effective Investigation and Prosecution of Banking Malpractices that led to Failure organised by NDIC
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Presidential pardon: I hold no grudges against anyone,says Alanamu
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Kwara Former Chairman of the Governing Council of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Dr. Saadu Alanamu has expressed his gratitude to President Muhammadu Buhari for the presidential pardon granted him. Alanamu was jailed for corruption but breathed the air of freedom on Monday when he was released from Correctional Centre. The former chairman, after his release on the…
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2023: 14 candidates jostle for governorship seat in Kwara, says INEC
…as 279 contest for 24 state Assembly seats By Mosunmola Ayobami,Kwara The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kwara State, Mallam Attahiru Madami has disclosed that 14 candidates from 14 various political parties will be contesting for the number one seat in the state in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. The REC through the…
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