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Kano State Police Command said its operatives apprehended 14 suspected criminals as part of the efforts to rid the state of all forms of crimes and criminality. SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, the command’s Public Relations Officer disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday via his Facebook page. According to the statement, the arrests were made in clearance operations carried out by a team of Operation Restore Peace led by CSP Bashir Musa Gwadabe. Dangerous weapons, illicit drugs,… Read the full article here

The leadership of the organised labour in Enugu State comprising the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has paid glowing tributes to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for his exceptional commitment to the welfare of the state workforce notwithstanding the avalanche of challenges experienced by his administration since it assumed office in 2015. The labour leaders, in what could be described as a valedictory visit to Governor Ugwuanyi at the Government… Read the full article here

There was a fire outbreak Thursday morning at the Olowu spare parts market in Lagos State. Some shops engulfed by the inferno contained air-conditioners for sale, parts of vehicles, and motorcycles, among others. The traders count their losses as the goods lost to the fire are worth millions of naira. The men of the Lagos State Fire Service and security operatives are at the scene. The situation is under control. A similar incident occurred three weeks after Akere Spare Parts Market on… Read the full article here

Renowned Nigerian rappers, Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz the bad guy and Olanrewaju Ogunmefun, better known by his stage name Vector, have expressed their views about the 2023 elections in their latest song, ‘Yakubu‘, titled after the chairman Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yabuk. Yabuku conducted the Nigeria presidential, gubernatorial, national assembly and state assembly elections and has been condemned by many due to some purported electoral… Read the full article here

Georgina Rodriguez, girlfriend of Cristiano Ronaldo has revealed that they once made love at an unusual place, a spar. The Spanish model, said this while speaking to her friend and Telecinco collaborator, Ivan during an episode of her new Netflix series, ‘Soy Georgina.’ Georgina has become Ronaldo’s most serious love interest since the Portuguese broke up with his former girlfriend, Russian Irina Shayk Ronaldo dated Russian model Shayk for about five years but the relationship ended… Read the full article here

US Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in Tanzania on Thursday and praised the country’s first female leader as a “champion” of democracy. Tanzania president Samia Suluhu Hassan has been in power since 2021 and is the first female leader of the country. Since coming to power president Hassan has been rolling back the authoritarian policies of her late predecessor John Magufuli. … Read the full article here

The Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) has witnessed a torrent of listings in recent months, with several companies parting ways with the main Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) to move to the foreign currency-denominated bourse. Analysts are subsequently sceptical about the ZSE’s future and USD liquidity levels in the Southern African country. Companies have been increasingly tempted by the… Read the full article here

A 47-year-old Chinese national, Mr Frank Geng-Quangrong, who is standing trial for culpable homicide, on Thursday, admitted before a Kano High Court that he stabbed his Nigerian girlfriend, Ummukulsum Sani, 22, with a knife. The Chinese, who resides in Railway quarters, Kano under cross-examination by the Prosecution Counsel, Kano State Director, Public Prosecution, Mrs Aisha Mahmoud, told the court that on a lot transpired between the defendant and the… Read the full article here

Some graduates of Medical Laboratory Science from the Kwara State University have protested their delayed mobilisation for the National Youth Services Corps  several years after graduation. The  graduates who displayed different placards to register their displeasure over the issue also lamented the lack of regularisation of the course by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. One Abubakar Ramatallahi explained that, “I am meant to spend five years… Read the full article here

The Deputy President and Executive Vice President, Isuzu Motors International, Hirokazu Maruyama, has revealed plans to increase its market share in Nigeria this year. He also said that the Japanese automaker would contribute to the growth of Nigeria’s economy through its unique technology. According to Maruyama, Isuzu is strong in Nigeria in the commercial segment such as light duty trucks, and medium duty trucks as well as diesel-engine globally. Maruyama, who… Read the full article here