The Conference of Enugu Progressive Professionals (CEPPP), a global body of professionals of Enugu State stock has expressed their full support for the candidature of Barr Peter Mbah for Enugu Sate Governorship. The group insisted that Barr Mbah possesses the wherewithal to give Enugu State high quality leadership. In a statement signed by its Chairman,
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British boxer, Anthony Joshua has rubbished speculation that he will retire if he loses his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday. Joshua said that he will continue fighting even if he fails to retrieve his world heavyweight titles from the Ukrainian. The 32-year-old said: “I respect people’s opinion. But I don’t want to retire. I
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Real Madrid’s midfielder, Casemiro is interested in listening to the offer from Manchester United, sources said. Manchester United remain determined to add to the squad, with Real Madrid midfielder Casemiro among their targets. Report claimed that Real Madrid have made it clear they will not stand in the midfielder’s way if he wants to leave.
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The banditry activities ravaging Zamfara State for over a decade have forced indigenes of the state to be suspicious of any strange face, especially in rural areas. Sources said that many people living in the Damba area of Gusau, the state capital, have been vacating the axis as it has become a bandits’ den, with
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Nigeria’s power generation dropped by 502.7 megawatts on Tuesday as members of the National Union of Electricity Employees and their counterparts in the Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies grounded the nationwide operations of the Transmission Company of Nigeria the same day. It was observed that power generation on the national grid recorded
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Tragedy struck on Tuesday at the Elegushi Beach, in the Lekki area of Lagos State, after four teenagers drowned while swimming in the water. It was gathered that 10 secondary school leavers, aged between 14 and 15, went to swim at the beach to celebrate the completion of their West African Senior School Examination. They
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Police Operatives of the Command drawn from Tactical Squads and Operation Restore Peace, between 11th and 12th August 2022 carried out a tactical and intelligence-driven dusk to dawn raid of IPOB/ESN camp in a forest at Agu-Ibeje in Enugu-Ezike community of Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area. The hoodlums on sighting the operatives, according to the
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The Nasarawa Divisional Police Officer in Kano State, SP Daniel Amah, has been presented a certificate of commendation by the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, for rejecting a $200,000 bribe in a case of alleged armed robbery. Sources claimed that the armed robbery case involved a Kano-based legal practitioner and some police officers. In
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Nine people have been killed in an auto crash that occurred Monday night at Kwana Shettu village, along Potiskum-Azare road in Katagum Local Government Area of Bauchi State. Thirteen others sustained varying degrees of injuries in the crash that occurred at 9:07 pm. The Federal Road Safety Corp, Bauchi State Sector Command has confirmed the
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A Catholic priest, Rev Fr Chinedu Nwadike and a seminarian, Emmanuel Nwafor, kidnapped on Friday have been released. The priest who is the Deputy Registrar of Spiritan University, Nneochi, and the seminarian were kidnapped on the Enugu-Okigwe expressway on Friday. Their abductors had earlier placed N50m ransom as the condition for their release. We are
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The Ogun State Government has announced that a 17-year-old kidnap victim, Ireoluwa Akinlaja, has escaped from captivity in Ikorodu, Lagos State. Akinlaja, a student of the Redeemers University in Osun State, was said to have been abducted last week, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Sources claimed that Akinlaja was on his way to join his parents
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The All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) senatorial candidate for Anambra North zone, Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano has inaugurated her campaign team for the 2023 general elections. The event which took place at her Aguleri residence over the weekend, saw major political stalwarts including party chairmen affirmed their mandate to deliver the wife of the immediate past governor
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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH) Nnewi, Prof Joseph Ugboaja has restated the commitment of his administration to positively transform the hospital and take the name of the host community to Nigeria and Africa with five star performance. The NAUTH’s CMD restated his commitment
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The Management of the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, Abuja, has debunked reports that there is an outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease in its facility. The Public Relations Officer, Sani Suleimanon Sunday. Suleiman who was reacting to social media reports on the memo issued by the hospital to alert the staff of the hospital
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Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo, on Friday, sentenced an 82-year-old Village Head of Efen Ibom, Ika Local Government Area of the State, Chief Essien Matthew Odiong to death by hanging for murder. The convict, who is married to 12 wives with 60 children, was standing trial on a four count charge of
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