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Hezbollah open to accept end of aggression, says new chief

Hezbollah’s new leader on Wednesday said the beleaguered Lebanese movement could agree to a ceasefire under certain terms, as Israeli forces expand their bombardment of the group’s bastions. Naim Qassem’s statement came as Israel’s security cabinet met to discuss a possible truce, but also as Israel attacked the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek and said...
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Rivers: Judiciary fostering political crises, says Atiku 

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday, lamented that Nigerian courts are playing a more ignoble role in fostering political crises across the country. Atiku’s concerns were raised in a press statement issued by his Media Adviser Paul Ibe. The 2023 Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party was reacting to Wednesday’s judgment by a...
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Enugu VIO denies involvement in tricycle rider’s death

The Enugu State Ministry of Transport has dismissed claims from unverified reports that officers from its Vehicle Inspection Unit caused the death of a Tricycle (Keke) rider. The Public Relations Officer, Enugu State Ministry of Transport, Odumegwu Chinwendu, who stated this in a rebuttal made available to our correspondent on Wednesday, maintained that the purported...
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Opposition lawmakers reject judgment on Rivers allocations seizure

A coalition of opposition lawmakers have rejected the judgment of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja which ordered the seizure of statutory allocations to the Rivers State Government on Wednesday. Describing the ruling by Justice Abdulmalik Joyce as the ‘Height of judicial rascality,’ the lawmakers said the judgment was ill-conceived given that the issues...
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Reps seek to ban private airstrips

The House of Representatives has called on the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace to stop the issuance of airstrip licences to private individuals and organisations for security reasons. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the call was a sequel to the adoption of a motion by Rep. Sulaiman Gumi (APC-Zamfara) at a plenary in...
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Police arrest two over Edo Catholic priest abduction

The Edo State Police Command has arrested two suspects in connection with the abduction of a Catholic church Priest, Rev. Fr. Thomas Ayode, in the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Umoru Ozigi, disclosed this on Wednesday while parading seven suspects arrested for various crimes across the state. Ozigi said the suspects were arrested across...
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FCTA screens residents for hypertension, diabetes

The Federal Capital Territory Administration on Wednesday commenced the screening of 250,000 residents for hypertension and diabetes. The screening exercise is in line with the “Project 10 million -Know your number, control your number” taking place nationwide to combat the rising prevalence of non-communicable diseases, particularly hypertension and diabetes, in Nigeria. Speaking during the commencement...
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