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General Law / Crime

Killing: Court remands 10 suspected cultists for allegedly

From Our Correspondent A Chief Magistrates’ Court, sitting in Makurdi on Monday, ordered that 10 suspected cultists be remanded in a correction centre for allegedly killing a 22-year-old boy, Samson Ajekonye. The suspects, who live at various addresses in Apa LGA, are facing charges of criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide. Prosecuting counsel, Insp Godwin Ato, […]

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Foreign News General

President Tinubu affirms Africa’s unity, strength

By Abdulfatah Babatunde President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reaffirmed Africa’s unity and strength and strongly rejected the notion of a new scramble for Africa on Sunday in Nairobi, Kenya. The President made the affirmation at the Fifth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting (5thMYCM) of the African Union (AU) and other relevant fora of the continental body as […]

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General Security

NDLEA nabs 19-yr-old student with hard drugs in Abuja

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 19-year-old student, Nnamani Daberechi for being in possession of 7.2 kilogrammes of Methamphetamine. The suspect allegedly concealed the substance in a crayfish sack in an attempt to export it. NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, announced the arrest in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi […]

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General Transportation

Accident claims 4 lives on Lagos-Ibadan expressway

By Our Correspondent in Abeokuta At least, four persons died in a lone accident involving a commercial bus on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway in the early hour of Sunday in Ogun State. The NewsZenith gathered that 11 other passengers in the bus, marked AGL989YA, sustained varying degrees of injuries in the accident at the Aiyetoro axis […]

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Local Security

CP chases kidnappers in Kwara forests

From Our Correspondent in Ilorin The Commissioner of Police in Kwara State, Ebunoluwarotimi Adelesi, on Saturday, personally led a special operation to rescue kidnapped victims in Isin forests in Isanlu-Isin. Spokesman of the command, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, announced the operation in a statement on Saturday in Ilorin. Ajayi said in another kidnapping incident in Isanlu-Isin […]

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General Transportation

Tanker crushes egg hawker in Lagos

By Our Correspondent It was a sorrowful Saturday for the family of a teenage girl hawking eggs on the ever-busy Lagos road as an articulated truck crushed her to death. TheNewsZenith reports that the accident occurred on the Otedola bridge along Lagos/Ibadan expressway at about 3.30 p.m. No one could identify the teenage girl at […]

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Foreign News General

Tinubu in Nairobi as Nigeria fulfils financial obligation to AU

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is attending the mid-year coordination meeting of the African Union in Nairobi, Kenya as Nigeria has fulfilled its financial obligations to the Union. Abiodun Oladunjoye, State House Information Director, in a statement on Saturday, said Nigeria had fully paid its contributions for 2023. The statement quoted the Permanent Secretary (PS), Ministry […]

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Environment General

Otu pledges completion of 39km C’ River-Benue road

Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River State has pledged to complete the abandoned 39-kilometre Ukelle Road in Yala Local Government Area, connecting Benue State. Otu stated this on Saturday during an assessment visit to the road project abandoned about two decades ago. He made the plea during a meeting with the Clan Head of Wanokom, […]

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Features/Opinion Religious Corner

Our Plans: Their Success, Their Failure

Whispers of Al-Waarith …..with Abdulwarees Solanke Man shall attain only that which he strives for, so says the book of guidance which distinguishes the truth from error, “The Furqaan” The implication is that we are not to gamble about life. We are to make deliberate choices, plan and act in accordance with verifiable and objective […]

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Economy General

Nigerian Customs rakes N6bn Q2 2023 in Kwara

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kwara State Command, says it generated about  N6.25 billion as of the end of June, this year. The Area Comptroller, Kehinde Ilesanmi, announced this during an interaction with newsmen, on Friday in Ilorin. Ilesanmi said the amount represents a 9.14 per cent increase in revenue in comparison with the same […]

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