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• German teen allegedly kills parents, brother with knife, injuring sister

  27-03-2024 15:16 via pulse.ng
  
  The parents of the accused died at the scene.A 19-year-old German boy has been accused of killing his parents and brother with a knife and seriously wounding his sister, the police and public prosecutor announced on Wednesday.The incident occurred in the Waldshut District close to Germany’s border with Switzerland on Tuesday evening. The parents, who were 58 and 61 years old respectively, died at the scene, a block of flats.“The 34-year-old brother of the suspect died in hospital as
  
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• Ile-Ife is our ancestral home, Benin Kingdom tells Ooni

  27-04-2024 12:57 via pulse.ng
  
  The Benin Kingdom representatives visited Ooni to invite him to attend the forthcoming Patriots Award event.The Benin Kingdom has told the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II, that Ile-Ife is the ancestral home of the Benin people.This was affirmed by representatives of the Benin Kingdom who recently paid a courtesy visit to the revered Yoruba monarch.The purpose of the visit was to formally invite the Ooni to attend the forthcoming Patriots Award event.In an exchange in a now-viral video
  
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• Yahaya Bello: American School refunds $760,000 to EFCC

  27-04-2024 11:17 via pulse.ng
  
  The school had earlier informed the EFCC of its intention to return the $760,000 Bello paid as advance school fees for his children.American International School of Abuja has refunded the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) the sum of $760,000 paid by former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello in advance for his children's school fees.The EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, confirmed receipt of the fund on Friday, April 26, 2024, per The Punch.“The school has refunded the entire $ 760,
  
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• Agege LG gives traders, scavengers, 5 days to vacate rail lines

  27-04-2024 10:41 via pulse.ng
  
  According to Egunjobi, efforts have been made to create enough awareness for the illegal occupants of railway lines.The Agege Local Government in Lagos State on Friday gave traders, scavengers and illegal occupants of railway lines, five days to vacate the area.Alhaji Ganiyu Egunjobi, its Executive Chairman, gave the ultimatum at a public enlightenment on the ultimatum.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Lagos State Government and the council had earlier warned beggars and traders
  
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• Prophet El-Buba commends EFCC over fight against corruption

  27-04-2024 10:36 via pulse.ng
  
  The IBBN convener, also tasked the judiciary to support the anti-graft agency, to enable it to rid Nigeria of corruption by proper interpretation of the law.The Initiative for Better and Brighter Nigeria (IBBN), has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over its current efforts at tackling corruption in the country.Prophet Isa El-Buba, the Convener of the group, gave the commendation at a news conference on Friday in Jos.El-Buba, specifically commended Olanipekun Olukayo
  
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• Kwara govt rescue 40 poisoned cows from death, 33 others dead

  27-04-2024 10:26 via pulse.ng
  
  The carcasses of the dead cows were allegedly distributed by certain people to butchers for sale.Dr AbdulLateef Olugbon, Director of Veterinary Services, Ministry of Agriculture, Ilorin, says the ministry rescued 40 cows among the lot that ate from a fumigated rice farm on Saturday.The veterinary expert disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin on Friday.NAN recalls that 33 cows died after eating from the fumigated rice farm along Atere Road, Al-Hikmah Univers
  
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• BDC operators' president warns against naira speculation, vows unified market

  27-04-2024 09:23 via pulse.ng
  
  He said that ABCON had since its inauguration, redefined Nigeria’s BDC sector with technology, capacity building for operators and support for exchange rate stability.The Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) has warned economic saboteurs speculating and hoarding the Naira to desist from such acts.ABCON President, Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, in a statement on Friday, also said the association would establish a unified retail-end forex market to tackle volatility and boost
  
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• Olorunfemi wins Ondo LP guber ticket as other aspirants fail to buy form

  27-04-2024 09:03 via pulse.ng
  
  In an acceptance speech, the LP candidate, Dr Olorunfemi, said he would embark on welfarist programmes if elected as the governor of Ondo State.Dr Ayodele Festus Olorunfemi has emerged as the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) ahead of the November 16 Ondo State Governorship Election.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Olorunfemi was returned unopposed during the LP primary election held at the party’s secretariat in Akure on Friday.Olusola Ayodele, Chairman of the L
  
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• Gov Alia vows to demolish property housing kidnappers, Yahoo boys in Benue

  26-04-2024 22:44 via pulse.ng
  
  Alia also disclosed that his administration was putting in place modalities to commence dry-season farming.Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue has disclosed that all property housing kidnappers and Yahoo boys in the state would be demolished.Alia who disclosed this on Friday, during a press conference in Makurdi, said also that that he would soon meet with all hotel owners in the state over the issue.He said intelligent reports available to him revealed that some hotels and properties in the state w
  
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• Tinubu appoints former Rivers lawmaker, ex-Naval officer to head 2 agencies

  26-04-2024 22:39 via pulse.ng
  
  He said that the President expected that the new heads of these important agencies to discharge their duties with utmost fidelity to the nation.President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr Innocent Barikor as the Director-General of the National Environmental Standards and Regulation Enforcement Agency (NESREA).Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.The President also approved the appointment of P
  
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• Court accuses EFCC boss of contempt over handling of Yahaya Bello's case

  26-04-2024 22:34 via pulse.ng
  
  Justice Jamil’s order was based on a motion ex-parte filed by Yahaya Bello through his lawyer, M.S. Yusuf.A Kogi High Court in Lokoja on Friday ordered the Chairman of the EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, to appear before it on May 13 to show why he should not be committed for allegedly disobeying its order.Justice I.A. Jamil of High Court IV gave the order while ruling in Suit No: HCL/68M/2024 and Motion No: HCL/190M/2024, brought before him by ex-Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi in Lokoja.“The said a
  
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• Fubara donates ₦350m as Navy moves training headquarters from Lagos to Rivers

  26-04-2024 22:21 via pulse.ng
  
  Fubara said that Rivers was facing threats from sea pirates, kidnappers, pipeline vandals, and oil thieves, which negatively impacted both the state and national economy.Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers on Friday inaugurated Naval Training Command Headquarters as part of efforts to address insecurity in Rivers and the Niger Delta.The governor, who inaugurated the facility sited at Ebubu community, Eleme LGA of Rivers, said that the naval command headquarters had been relocated from Lagos to
  
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• Bandits invade Defence Minister's hometown, kill 1, abduct scores

  26-04-2024 21:59 via pulse.ng
  
  The bandits reportedly stormed the Zamfara town in the early hours of Friday bearing sophisticated weapons.Bandits have wreaked havoc in Maradun town, the headquarters of Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing one person and kidnapping scores of residents.Maradun is the hometown of the Minister of State for Defence and former Governor of Zamfara, Bello Matawalle.An indigene of the town Nura Maradun told Channels Television that the attackers invaded the town in the early hours o
  
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• Cardiologist bags 4-year jail term over patient deaths

  26-04-2024 21:20 via pulse.ng
  
  The doctor denied the allegations during the trial and disputed the amount of drugs claimed in the indictment.A senior cardiologist at Berlin’s Charité hospital has been sentenced to four years in prison over the death of two patients.The 56-year-old physician was found guilty of two counts of manslaughter by a court in Berlin on Friday after determining that the doctor was responsible for killing the two patients with overdoses of the anaesthetic Propofol.The patients, a 73-year-ol
  
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• We must continue to support President Tinubu - Ododo tells Kogi residents

  26-04-2024 21:13 via pulse.ng
  
  The governor said President Tinubu was aware of the strategic implications of any breach of security in Kogi as a gateway state to the North and the South.Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi has called on Nigerians to support President Bola Tinubu in his efforts and commitment to end insecurity.Ododo made the call on Friday in Lokoja while unveiling security vehicles to enhance the efficiency of community policing in all local government areas in the state.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that
  
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• Jim Ovia: Tinubu appoints Zenith bank founder to chair student loan fund

  26-04-2024 20:43 via pulse.ng
  
  The national education loan fund would handle disbursement under the student loan programme of the Tinubu administration.President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of renowned banker and accomplished businessman, Jim Ovia, as Chairman of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFund). The news of Ovia's appointment is contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President, Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, on Friday, April 26, 2024.“Ovia is the founder of one of Nige
  
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• Husband begs IGP to find his wife who went missing on official police duty

  26-04-2024 20:04 via pulse.ng
  
  The man claims his wife and her colleagues went missing after an ambush during an official assignment to AbiaAyowole Adekonipekun, a resident of Osogbo, has appealed to the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, to help in locating his wife, Cpl Ruth Ayowole, who went missing while on official duty in Abia.Adekonipekun told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Osogbo that his wife, with service number 068986, was serving with the Anti-Robbery Unit of Osun Police Command.Th
  
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• Ghanaian student sets world record for hugging over 1,000 trees in 1 hour

  26-04-2024 19:51 via pulse.ng
  
  The Ghanaian world record-breaker is a forestry student at Auburn University in Alabama, United States.Ghanaian environmental activist, Abubakar Tahiru, has set a new world record for the most trees hugged in one hour.Tahiru, a 29-year-old forestry student, achieved the feat by hugging 1,123 trees, averaging 19 per minute.His record has been acknowledged in a publication by the Guinness World Records (GWR) on Friday, April 26, 2024.The GWR defined the record as a hug with both arms wrapped aroun
  
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• Ghanaian sets world record for hugging over 1,000 trees in 1 hour

  26-04-2024 19:51 via pulse.ng
  
  The Ghanaian world record-breaker is a forestry student at Auburn University in Alabama, United States.Ghanaian environmental activist, Abubakar Tahiru, has set a new world record for the most trees hugged in one hour.Tahiru, a 29-year-old forestry student, achieved the feat by hugging 1,123 trees, averaging 19 per minute.His record has been acknowledged in a publication by the Guinness World Records (GWR) on Friday, April 26, 2024.The GWR defined the record as a hug with both arms wrapped aroun
  
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• Ghanaian breaks world record for hugging over 1,000 trees in 1 hour

  26-04-2024 19:51 via pulse.ng
  
  The Ghanaian world record-breaker is a forestry student at Auburn University in Alabama, United States.Ghanaian environmental activist, Abubakar Tahiru, has set a new world record for the most trees hugged in one hour.Tahiru, a 29-year-old forestry student, achieved the feat by hugging 1,123 trees, averaging 19 per minute.His record has been acknowledged in a publication by the Guinness World Records (GWR) on Friday, April 26, 2024.The GWR defined the record as a hug with both arms wrapped aroun
  
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• Lecturers need to undergo drug test to sanitise university system - Ex-VC

  26-04-2024 19:25 via pulse.ng
  
  According to him, it would further sanitise the university system, and promote sanctity and academic excellence.Prof. Muhammad AbdulAziz, the immediate past Vice Chancellor, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi State, has advocated drug test for lecturers to sanitise the university systemAbdulAziz stated this in a valedictory speech to the Senate of the University at a handing-over ceremony to his successor, Prof. Sani Kunya, the new acting Vice Chancellor of the institution.While co
  
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• APC chieftain challenges EFCC to follow due process regarding Yahaya Bello's case

  26-04-2024 19:16 via pulse.ng
  
  The APC chieftain stressed the need for all Nigerians, irrespective of position, to follow the law to avoid anarchy and a lawless society.Chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to ensure due process in its dealings with financial crime suspects.Jesutega Onokpasa, a lawyer and Head of the Tinubu Media Support Group, made the call at a news conference on behalf of concerned APC chieftains on Friday, in Abuja.Onokp
  
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• 3 dead, 2 injured in 3-storey building collapse in Kano - NEMA confirms

  26-04-2024 17:35 via pulse.ng
  
  The search and rescue operation is still ongoing to rescue those trapped.The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed three persons dead and two injured in a three-storey building collapse incident at Kuntau Quarters, Gwale Local Government Area of Kano.Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, NEMA Kano Territorial Coordinator, confirmed the incident and casualty figures to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Kano.“We received a distressed call today at about 9:20 am from a good S
  
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• Lagos NCS visits family of stampede victim, promises financial support

  26-04-2024 17:20 via pulse.ng
  
  The customs has pledged to support the four deceased families continuously.The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Friday again visited the family of one of those who died in the stampede which occurred during the distribution of palliative rice in Lagos in February.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the NCS delegation was led by Hammi Swomen, an Assistant Controller-General of Customs.Commiserating with the deceased’s family at the Empire Area of Lagos, Swomen expressed the condol
  
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• Husband appeals to I-G to find missing Police wife who went on official duty

  26-04-2024 17:06 via pulse.ng
  
  The husband added that his wife and her colleagues went missing on February 13, after an ambush during their official assignment to AbiaAyowole Adekonipekun, a resident of Osogbo, has appealed to the Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Kayode Egbetokun to help in locating his wife, Cpl Ruth Ayowole, who went missing while on official duty in Abia.Adekonipekun told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Osogbo that his wife, with service number 068986, was serving with the Anti-Robbery Unit
  
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• ASUU Sokoto demands council reconfirmation, payment of allowances

  26-04-2024 16:54 via pulse.ng
  
  The Sokoto State University has been operating without a Governing Council following its dissolution by the state government.The Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU), Sokoto State University (SSU) chapter, has urged the Sokoto State Government to reconstitute the state varsity governing council.The union also called on the government to pay outstanding allowances of the institution’s workers. This is contained in a statement signed by the branch Chairman and Secretary, Sa&r
  
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• EFCC told to prosecute US school over $760k fees of Yahaya Bello's children

  26-04-2024 16:36 via pulse.ng
  
  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) recently declared Yahaya Bello wanted for an alleged financial crime to the tune of ₦80.2 billion.Omoyele Sowore, the African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to charge and prosecute the American International School of Abuja (AISA) for money laundering.Pulse reported that $760,000 was paid to the school as an advance payment for th
  
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• Don't hide deformed kids, they can contribute to nation's growth - Expert

  26-04-2024 15:47 via pulse.ng
  
  The educationist also urged people to be conscious of the causes of disabilities and take precautions.Prof Bolanle Olawuyi, of the Department of Social Sciences Education, University of Ilorin, has appealed to parents of disabled children against hiding them due to shame or stigma.Olawuyi made the call in Ilorin while delivering her paper presentation at the 255th Inaugural Lecture of the University, entitled: “People With Disabilities and the Celebration of Life Beyond Limits”.The d
  
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• Katsina: Army commander killed in suspected bandit ambush

  26-04-2024 15:17 via pulse.ng
  
  During the attempt to recover his body, a fierce exchange of gunfire erupted between the military and the criminals, resulting in additional casualties, including an injured officer.A high-ranking Army officer met a tragic end in an ambush on Thursday evening in Katsina State.The attack took place in Malali village, Kankara local government area, while the Major in the Nigerian Army was heading to aid local forces under attack.Bandits intercepted his vehicle, leading to the unfortunate incident,
  
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• Adeleke wants residents to fish out water pipeline vandals round the clock

  26-04-2024 15:13 via pulse.ng
  
  Residents are urged to be vigilant and monitor the activities of scavengers in their areas.Osun State Government says it will go after scavengers vandalising and stealing fittings on the rising mains and distribution pipelines belonging to the State Water Corporation.The General Manager of the corporation, Dupeola Jokotola, made this known in a statement issued on Friday in Osogbo. Jokotola appealed to residents of the state to be vigilant and monitor the activities of scavengers in their areas.
  
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