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Seven injured in foiled Bauchi jailbreak

There was pandemonium at the Bauchi Custodial Centre on Friday following an attempted jailbreak. The quick intervention of Armed Personnel of the Service attached to the Centre immediately averted the incident. Two personnel of the correctional service sustaining varying degrees…

WAEC announces date for 2021 WASSCE

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced the date to conduct the 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates. This year’s WASSCE, which was earlier scheduled for May/June, will now take place from August 16…

20th NSF: 16 swimming records broken in Edo

Sixteen National and Festival records have so far been set in the swimming event at the ongoing National Sports Festival (NSF), Edo 2020. It was reported that while two of the records are set in National Records (NR), 14 records…

Biden, Macron, Merkel, honour Prince Philip on his death

World leaders including  U.S. President Joe Biden, President Emmanuel Macron of France, and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, have expressed their condolences at the death of Prince Philip. “On behalf of all the people of the United States, we send our deepest…