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The leadership crisis rocking Edo state House of Assembly has continued Thursday mornig with the Police take-over of the Assembly complex. Armed policemen sealed off the Assembly complex as early as 8.00AM with patrol vehicles positioned at strategic points around the complex. The action, it was learnt was to forestall an
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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has warned of a high risk of nuclear weapons being used “intentionally, by accident or through miscalculation’’. Guterres gave the warning in a video message at a Peace Memorial Ceremony in Japan on Thursday, to mark the 75th anniversary of the nuclear bomb attacks
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Nigerian Army has said it has concluded plans to boost healthcare delivery in South-East by building a state-of-the-art Nigerian Army Reference Hospital in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. Col. Aliyu Yusuf, Deputy Director, Army Public Relations in 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, said this in a statement made available to the
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The Edo House of Assembly on Wednesday, impeached its Deputy Speaker, Yekini Idaiye over alleged gross misconduct. The impeachment was sequel to a motion moved by Henry Okhuarobo, member representing Ikpoba-Okha and seconded by Marcus Onobun representing Esan West. Okhuarobo said, “Mr Speaker, with me is a notice of impeachment
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Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State, said his administration will not allow current security challenges facing the state to escalate. The governor gave the assurance when he spoke to State House correspondents after a closed door with President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday. According to Masari, the
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The All Progressives Congress (APC), Akwa Ibom Chapter, has confirmed the death of its Chairman, Mr Ini Okopido. A statement issued by the state APC Deputy Chairman, Dr Ita Udosen, on Wednesday in Uyo, said that Okopido died after a brief illness. He described the death of the deceased as painful to the
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The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it is expecting the delivery of 12 additional aircraft to be deployed in the fight against insurgency in the country. The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, made this known on Wednesday, while on a one-day operational visit to the
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The Presidency has said none of the 601 de-radicalised former Boko Haram members will be absorbed into the military as being peddled by those it descriebd as mischief-makers. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said in a statement issued in Abuja on
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From Dan Amasingha, Minna Niger srate Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has approved a delayed resumption of Senior Secondary School final year students to August 10, which is a week to the commencement of West African Examinations Council (WAEC) examination. In a statement issued by the Commissioner of Basic Education, Hajiya
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 457 new cases of the COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections to 44,890. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Wednesday. According to the health agency, 17 more people had died from the disease. The NCDC said that
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