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The Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, June 4, 2026, arraigned one Bilal Muhammad before Justice Amina Mustapha Ibrahim of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri. The defendant was arraigned on a two -count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretense to the tune of N500, …
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Forty-nine people died of thirst in an isolated Sahara desert district in Niger after the truck transporting them broke down, authorities said Thursday. The dead were among a group returning from Mali for a Muslim festival when they ran short of water, the Agadez governorate said in a post on Facebook. The 49 people “died …
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A civil society group, Concerned Nigerians for Peace, Security and National Unity, has announced plans to stage a peaceful road walk in Abuja on Monday to mobilise support for collective action against insecurity and promote national unity. The group said the security situation across the country requires all Nigerians, irrespective of political, religious and ethnic …
On Monday, June 1, 2026, the Department of State Services (DSS), interfaced with visiting United States-based Prof.essor, Okey Ndibe, a distinguished writer and public intellectual, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos. This encounter triggered a media feeding frenzy painting the agency in gaudy colours perhaps on account of the personality involved and ...
President Bola Tinubu, has sought the confirmation of the Senate for the appointment of Dr Zainab Marwa as a member of the governing board of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Tinubu’s request is contained in a letter addressed to the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, and read at plenary on Thursday. Tinubu in the …
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