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Prison fellowship to address congestion in annual conference

The Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu, as well as the Controller General of the Nigeria Correctional Service, Haliru Nababa, are among the dignitaries expected at the Family Weekend and Annual General Meeting of Prison Fellowship Nigeria which kicks off on Thursday, at the Redemption Camp,...
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Ondo poll: We’ve learnt our lessons, says INEC boss

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu has expressed optimism that the Ondo State Governorship Election on November 16, would be a successful exercise. Yakubu said the commission had learned its lessons from the last governorship election in Edo State in September and other previous elections, in the area of logistics...
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Eruption in Mount Lewotobi, Indonesia leaves 10 dead

At least 10 people have been killed after Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted on Indonesia’s Flores Island early Monday, according to local officials. The eruption, which began just before midnight, sent fiery lava and rocks raining down on nearby villages, damaging homes and sparking fires within a 4-kilometer radius. The Indonesian Center for Volcanology and Geological...
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Brekete radio goes off air to protest detention of minors

Brekete Family, a Human Rights Radio and Television station based in Abuja, has temporarily gone off the air in protest of the detention of minors involved in the recent #EndBadGovernance protest. An official statement released by the prominent media station on X  on Monday confirmed the partial shutdown. The statement read, “Human Rights Radio and...
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Stock markets rise ahead of US election

Global stock markets rose and the dollar slid Monday as investors steel themselves for a coin-toss US presidential election, an interest rate decision and expected Chinese stimulus measures. Oil prices rallied around 2.5 per cent after eight members of the OPEC+ group of producers said Sunday they would extend supply cuts until the end of...
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UNIZIK VC insists appointment not annulled by FG

The Office of the Vice-Chancellor, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, has called on the public to disregard the letter purportedly emanating from the Federal Ministry of Education, claiming it had annulled the appointment of Prof Bernard Odoh as the institution’s VC. The university’s Governing Council had last Tuesday, announced Odoh, a Professor of Geophysics...
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Tension in Ibadan as ex-Oyo PMS chair, Auxiliary appears in court

The former Chairman of Oyo State Park Management System, Mukaila Lamidi, popularly called Auxiliary, on Monday, appeared at the State High Court, Ring Road, Ibadan, over alleged armed robbery, murder, attempted murder, possession of a firearm, including, one AK-47 assault rifle. PUNCH Online observed that there is tension around the area as vehicular patrol vans...
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