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Niger: Police arrest suspected notorious car thief

The police command in Niger has arrested a roadside mechanic suspected to be a notorious car thief. The command’s spokesman, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, said in a statement on Friday in Minna that the suspect (name withheld) stole his customer’s Toyota…

Emem Bassey reappointed UUTH CMD

President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed Prof. Emem Abasi Bassey as the Chief Medical Director of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, UUTH, Akwa Ibom State for second and last term in office. Prof. Bassey disclosed this to journalists in Uyo,…

33-year-old arraigned for alleged Theft

One 33-year-old Lawal Lateef on Friday appeared before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, for allegedly stealing 500 blocks worth N150,000 Lateef, whose residential address was not provided, is charged with theft but he pleaded not guilty. According to the prosecutor,…

Again, NUEE threatens to shut down national grid

The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has again threatened to shut down the national grid. According to the electricity employees, the two-week given to the Federal Government to resolve the crisis had elapsed. Comrade Dukat Ayuba, the zonal organizing…

Atiku’s aide, Nyako dies in Dubai

Abdullahi Nyako, a private secretary to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, is dead. This was confirmed by Atiku’s media aide, Paul Ibe, in a statement. He said Nyako, who was a lawyer, died in…

FRSC partners NURTW on speed limit enforcement

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has stressed the need for members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) to comply with presidential directives on compulsory installation of speed limit device in their vehicles. The Acting Corps Marshal,…