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Nigerian Nurse Bags Three Years Imprisonment In Us For Sexually Abusing Patients

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A Nigerian health worker, Godbless Uwadiegwu, who pleaded guilty to sex crimes involving memory care patients in the United States has been sentenced to three years in prison. Uwadiegwu, 59, of Middletown, pleaded guilty to two counts of gross sexual imposition last month. He sexually assaulted two women at two different facilities in Warren County. On Tuesday, Judge Don Oda sentenced...

Ebonyi PDP Publicity Secretary Arrested By EbubeAgu Not Abducted — APC Chairman

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The Ebonyi State Chairman, All Progressive Congress, APC and Security Consultant for EbubeAgu, Chief Stanley Okoro Emegha, Monday explained that the State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Publicity Secretary, Chika Nwoba was never abducted by Ebubeagu security outfit as being speculated by some “misinformed” persons in the State. In a chat with Newsmen in Abakaliki, the APC Chieftain stressed that Chika...

Nnamdi Kanu: No Sit-At-Home Wednesday, Thursday – IPOB

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The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Sunday, reiterated its earlier position that there will be no sit-at-home this Monday, on Wednesday 19th, and Thursday 20th January 2022. IPOB however stated that the only day there will be sit-at-home is on Tuesday,18th January 2022, the day its leader Nnamdi Kanu will appear in court in Abuja. A statement by IPOB’s Media...

We Need To Redirect Thinking Of ‘Yahoo Boys’ For Positive Use, Says Obaseki

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Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki says internet fraudsters popularly referred to as ‘Yahoo Boys’ must be very brilliant to dupe people and their brilliance can be redirected to a better cause. Th...

Unity Of Our Country In The Interest Of All Nigerians — Akpabio

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Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio has emphasised the need for Nigeria’s continued existence as one indivisible entity insisting that such will be in the interest of all Nigerians. Senator Akpabio said it is best for current crop of leaders to work towards bequeathing a united, prosperous and better Nigeria to future generation. Akpabio stated this in his keynote remarks...

Fears In Plateau Community As Over 100 Cows Killed

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Palpable tension has gripped some communities in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State after over 100 cattle were killed and many injured by gunmen on Wednesday evening. The state chairman of the Gan Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (GAFDAN), Abdullahi Shehu, told Daily Trust that the incident occurred in the evening when the cattle were grazing. Malam Nura Abdullahi,...

After Widespread Criticism, Prisons Service Redeploys Comptroller, Ekpendu Over Chidinma’s Beauty Pageant

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Following the uproar generated over the beauty pageant conducted in the female section of Nigerian Prisons Kirikiri, Lagos, where murder suspect, Chidinma Ojukwu, emerged as Miss Cell 2022, the Comptroller of the facility, Mrs Lizzie Ekpendu has been redeployed. Ojukwu, the alleged murder suspect of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, was crowned ‘Miss Cell 2022’, on...

Osinbajo Charges Nigerians To Keep Praying For Peace Of The Country

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday urged the Church to continue to pray for the peace and unity of Nigeria ahead of the 2023 general election. Speaking at the re-dedication of the remodeled Methodist Cathedral of Unity in Abuja, Osinbajo, said th...

FG To Recruit 1M Nigerians For 2023 Census – NPC

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The National Population Commission (NPC), has disclosed that the Federal Government will recruit a total of one million Nigerians for the conduct of the 2023 National Census. The agency also assured that a reliable technological innovation had been a...

It’s Time For Our Looted Artefacts To Return Home – FG To Britain

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The Federal Government says the British authority has taken care of its looted artefacts for so long and it is time for the cultural and historical works of art to return home. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this...

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