Niyi Oyedeji 23 posts

OPERATIVES of the Nigeria Police Cybercrime Unit, INTERPOL National Central Bureau, Abuja have arrested three suspects; Samson Inegbenesun, 30; Blessed Junior, 32; and Muhammed Zakari, 36, all male from Uromi in Edo State for cyber-related…
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THE Presidency on Saturday broke its silence on the investigation and suspension of Ibrahim Magu, former acting chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), describing it as a proof of the government’s commitment to…
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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Friday morning signed the revised N10.8 trillion budget for the year 2020. Buhari signed the budget during a short ceremony held at the presidential villa, Abuja. Speaking at the event inside the Council…
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TWENTY-FOUR hours after Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport Abuja re-opened for domestic operations three months after it was shut due to COVID-19 pandemic, business activities are yet to pick up. When The ICIR visited the airport on…
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THE Premium Times Center for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ), through its fact-checking project, Dubawa, has selected 13 fellows including journalists and researchers for the second edition of its fact-checking fellowship. Among the…
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ON July 6, a Twitter user claimed that the Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the September 19 Edo State election, Osagie Ize-Iyamu was arraigned in court in 2018 for looting a sum of N700million.
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THE Federal Government on Monday announced that the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) examinations for senior secondary school in Nigeria will take place between August 4 and September 5, 2020. Bashir Ahmad, Special Assistant to…
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THE Governing Council of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has approved the expansion of the Nigerian Content Intervention Fund (NCIF) from $200 million to $350 million. The enlargement of the fund by $150…
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THE United Nations (UN)  has condemned the Boko Haram attack in Damasak, Mobbar Local Government Area of Borno State on Thursday where two people including a five-year-old child were killed. Edward Kallon, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in…
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DAHIRU Usman Bauchi, a Northern Islamic scholar and leader of Almajiri in Nigeria has stated that the proposed ban on Almajiri by the Northern governors is unacceptable. "The constitution of the country gives us the freedom to practice our…
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JUSTICE Hakeem Oshodi of an Ikeja High Court on Friday ordered the Lagos State office of the Public Defender to take over the defence for alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans after the fifth lawyer pulled out due to…
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A viral voice note on WhatsApp last June claimed that Access Bank in Onne, Rivers State has been shut down due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection.
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IBRAHIM Akanbi, 12, was nervous as he paced up and down in his parents’ living room. For over 12 hours, he and the rest of the household have been in the dark due to power outage. His hope for a quick restoration of power supply by the…
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THE National Universities Commission (NUC), says it is partnering with the Nigeria Diaspora Biomedical Research Group to build the capacity of Nigerian scientists on biomedical research, as an efforts towards finding cure for the…
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HUMAN rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has asked the Ministry of Interior to see to the release of 74 persons who remain in prison custody despite qualifying for amnesty being granted to some inmates due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Falana,…
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THE United Nations says not less down 7.9 million Nigerians are facing challenges that require urgent life-saving assistance and could be worse with the COVID-19 pandemic. Eve Sabbagh, Head, Public Information Unit, United Nations Office…
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IKENNA Nweke, a Nigerian living and working in Tsukuba, Japan, who was recently celebrated for returning a lost wallet containing huge sums of money as well as a credit card to its owner through the police has revealed why he declined 10…
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AFRICA'S first human trial for a potential vaccine against the coronavirus has begun at a hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa, Reuters reports. The volunteers who received their first shot of the injections on Wednesday were said to be…
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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has approved the increase of research grants for the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) from N3billion to N7.5billion, Suleiman Bogoro, Executive Secretary of TETFund said. Disclosing this in Abuja on…
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FOLLOWING claim by Akinola Ojo, Oyo State Commissioner for Finance that the University Teaching Hospital (UCH) benefited from the state’s government COVID-19 fund, the management of the hospital insists no dime was received from the state…
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A news report by TVC News Nigeria, which claimed that security agencies foiled a planned attack by a terrorist group, Hezbollah, on Ikoyi and Lekki areas of Lagos state, is FALSE.
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SAUDI Arabia has disclosed that this year Hajj pilgrim numbers could be limited to less or more than 1,000 to protect public health in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Arab News reports. Dr Tawfiq Al-Rabiah, Saudi's Health Minister, …
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A VIRAL post on WhatsApp claimed that the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) admits not less than 500 COVID-19 patients on a daily basis. The report has been circulating on various WhatsApp group in Nigeria for days. The claims…
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