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• 6 wedding guests killed, many injured as suicide bombers strike in Borno

  29-06-2024 19:57 via pulse.ng
  
  Muhammed Kasim, another witness said that the attack happened around 1:30 p.m.No fewer than six people have been killed with 15 others injured in a suicide attack in Gwoza, Borno.Tragedy struck when the suicide bomber detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IEDs) in Gwoza town.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the attack occurred at a busy motor park called Marrarraban Gwoza.Borno State Commissioner of Police (CP), Yusuf Lawal, confirmed the attack saying that a female suicide bomb
  
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• TCN suspends planned power outage in Ondo, Ekiti for 2 months

  02-07-2024 11:50 via pulse.ng
  
  The planned power outage which was previously scheduled for July 1 to August 31, has been suspended till further notice.The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has suspended the planned power outage on the Osogbo/Akure and Ado-Ekiti 132KV lines.The outage was earlier scheduled for two months according to the BEDC Electricity Plc (BEDC). Evelyn Gbiwen, Head of Branding and Corporate Communications, BEDC, who said this in a statement on Tuesday in Benin, said that the suspension is till further
  
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• I turned down ₦250m bribe for Obasanjo's 3rd term bid - Ex-Senate President

  02-07-2024 11:42 via pulse.ng
  
  Wabara recounted the broader implications of their actions, particularly the ongoing challenges faced by the Igbo people, and emphasised the need for continued dialogue and understanding.Former Senate President Adolphus Wabara has reaffirmed his claim of rejecting the ₦250 million bribe offered to support the controversial third-term agenda during Former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration.In a recently released excerpt from the YouTube interview series “Untold Stories
  
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• Fate of terrorists responsible for Gwoza attacks will be violent - DHQ

  02-07-2024 11:33 via pulse.ng
  
  Buba added that the terrorists embarked on cowardly attacks against innocent citizens to project an image of strength to cover their weakness and decline.The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says the fate of the terrorists that perpetrated this insecurity will be violent and short as troops will stop at nothing to take them out off the battlefield.The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Buba said the recent operations had decapitate
  
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• NAFDAC closes 100 shops for selling fake alcohol, arrests 4 traders.

  02-07-2024 11:21 via pulse.ng
  
  A truckload of contaminated products was also confiscated.The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut down about 100 shops in Ogbete Main Market, Enugu for alleged dealing in suspected fake alcoholic beverages.The agency also confiscated a truckload of contaminated products as well as effected the arrest of four suspected traders in the process of a well-coordinated raid.Speaking after the raid and arrest, NAFDAC’s Director South-East Zone, Martins Iluyo
  
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• APC gathers 500 clerics to pray for Sen Yari and Matawalle.

  02-07-2024 11:04 via pulse.ng
  
  The 500 Islamic scholars were mobilised from the 14 local government areas of the state.Unity and Reconciliation Forum, an All Progressive Congress (APC) group in Zamfara says it gathered 500 scholars for special prayers for former governors of the state, Sen. Abdulaziz Yari and Bello Matawalle.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Yari represents Zamfara West Senatorial District in the 10th Senate.The special prayers held in Gusau were led by Malam Abubakar Alaramma, after the recitatio
  
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• PHOTOS: Rochas Okorocha’s Unity House mansion collapses in Abuja

  02-07-2024 10:55 via pulse.ng
  
  It was gathered that the former Imo State governor used the Unity House as his campaign headquarters while running for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential nomination.An emerging report has confirmed the collapse of a four-storey mansion in Abuja belonging to the former governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha.An earlier report by an online platform, Thediscovererng.com, confirmed that the incident transpired at around 8:30 p.m. Monday, July 1, along the Amadu Bello Way,
  
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• Kwankwaso in alleged plot to against Tinubu over Kano Emirate tussle

  02-07-2024 09:52 via pulse.ng
  
  Kwankwaso has been accused of plotting to use NNPP lawmakers in the House of Representatives to attack President Bola Tinubu and blame him for the Kano Emirate dispute.Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has been accused of planning to mobilise lawmakers of the New Nigerian Party (NNPP) in the National Assembly to launch a strong attack on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the federal government concerning the ongoing Emirate conflict in Kano state.The Progressive League of Youth Voters (PLYV) made this
  
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• Diezani’s estranged husband wants court to stop her from using his name

  02-07-2024 08:33 via pulse.ng
  
  Madueke married Diezani in 1999 under the Marriage Act.Admiral Alison Madueke, the estranged husband of former minister of petroleum resources, Diezani Madueke, has filed a petition requesting a legal declaration to end his marriage to the ex-minister.Madueke also asked the Lagos High Court to order Diezani to stop using his name and revert to her maiden name, Agama.This according to ThePunch was contained in Madueke’s petition for jactitation of marriage (declaration that a marital union
  
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• Kogi records 2 confirmed cholera cases

  02-07-2024 07:58 via pulse.ng
  
  Kogi State Commissioner for Health says two cholera cases were confirmed of which one has been discharged. The other one is doing well on treatment.Kogi seems to be among the six states in Nigeria that have mild cases of cholera disease outbreak, recording only two confirmed cases.The state Commissioner for Health, Abdullazeez Adam told this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja..According to him, two cholera cases were confirmed of which one has been discharged. The other one is doing w
  
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• In Nigeria, Female Suicide Bombers Are a Terrorist Group’s Hidden Weapon

  01-07-2024 23:38 via nytimes.com
  
  Suicide bombers killed at least 32 people in three attacks in a Nigerian city once controlled by Boko Haram. Women, said experts, are more likely to go unnoticed when carrying out terrorist attacks.
  
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• Shettima leads FG delegation to visit victims of Gwoza suicide bombings

  01-07-2024 23:26 via pulse.ng
  
  Shettima, who described the incident as pathetic, quoted the late Dele Giwa saying, “One life lost in cold blood is as gruesome as millions lost in cold blood.”Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Monday led a federal government delegation on a condolence visit to the victims and families of those who lost their lives in the suicide bombings in Gwoza, Borno state.A statement on the visit was made available to State House correspondents in Abuja, by the spokesperson of the Vice-President
  
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• Fayose wants Tinubu to give contract to Nnamdi Kanu for peace in southeast

  01-07-2024 22:36 via pulse.ng
  
  Fayose said Kanu’s release could reduce the security crises in the region by half.Worried about the spate of insecurity in the Southeast, Issac Fayose, brother of former Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose, has proposed a solution to the lingering crisis in the region.In a video posted on X formerly Twitter on Monday, July 1, 2024, Fayose urged President Bola Tinubu to release Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).He further suggested that for peace to reign in the
  
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• How Customs intercepted rifles, ammunition, drugs at Onne port

  01-07-2024 21:29 via pulse.ng
  
  Kokumo has commended the NCS for the milestone in the struggle for safety and security.Bashir Adeniyi, Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service has narrated how 844 units of assorted rifles, and 112,500 pieces of live ammunition among other contraband were intercepted at the Onne Port.Adeniyi narrated this on Monday at a media briefing at Onne, Area 2 Command in Rivers, organised to declare the seized items and hand them over to the appropriate authority.“Based on intelligence sharin
  
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• How Customs intercepted riffles, ammunition, drugs at Onne port

  01-07-2024 21:29 via pulse.ng
  
  Kokumo has commended the NCS for the milestone in the struggle for safety and security.Bashir Adeniyi, Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service has narrated how 844 units of assorted riffles, and 112,500 pieces of live ammunition among other contraband were intercepted at the Onne Port.Adeniyi narrated this on Monday at a media briefing at Onne, Area 2 Command in Rivers, organised to declare the seized items and hand them over to the appropriate authority.“Based on intelligence shari
  
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• German man injures 14 people in surprising acid attack

  01-07-2024 21:23 via pulse.ng
  
  Authorities are still conducting tests to determine the exact substance used in the attack.The German Police says it is investigating a 43-year-old man as the potential culprit behind an acid attack outside a café on Monday.The investigation reveals that the 43- year-old man of the western city of Bochum had left several people seriously injured after causing the attack.A German police spokeswoman said the suspect is in police custody and is expected to be brought before the judge on susp
  
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• Wike threatens to unseat lawmaker in 2027

  01-07-2024 21:09 via pulse.ng
  
  Wike says an unnamed lawmaker is angry with the praises he has been receiving as FCT Minister.Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has threatened to unseat an unidentified lawmaker for criticising his successes as the FCT Minister.Wike made the threat during the inauguration of the construction of Mabushi Bus Terminal, Phase I, in Abuja on Monday.He said he overheard somebody, a lawmaker in the National Assembly on Arise TV in the morning, castigating the successes being
  
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• PHOTOS: Netizens react as Wike rocks over ₦3.4m Versace denim coat

  01-07-2024 17:41 via pulse.ng
  
  A Japanese luxury online store sells the Versace denim coat for €2,125, equivalent to over ₦3.4 million according to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) rate.In what has sparked widespread reactions on social media, Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), was recently seen donning a Versace denim street-style plain cotton logo coat. According to checks by Pulse on BUYMA, a Japanese luxury online store, the designer coat cost €2,125, equivalent to over S
  
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• INEC will soon tell Nigerians 142 ways to improve future elections

  01-07-2024 17:21 via pulse.ng
  
  The commission published the report of the review of the 2023 elections, adding it was already available on its website.Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman, of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the commission has come up with 142 recommendations to improve the future electoral process.Yakubu said this at the opening of a two-day Induction Retreat for Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) on Monday in Lagos.He said that the commission had published the report of the revie
  
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• Fayose did not handle financial transactions in ₦6.9bn fraud case - Witness

  01-07-2024 17:12 via pulse.ng
  
  The evidence was under cross-examination in the ongoing trial of Fayose for ₦6.9 billion in fraud and money laundering.A prosecution witness, Abubakar Madaki, on Monday, told a Federal High Court in Lagos that former Gov. Ayodele Fayose did not personally make any of the financial transactions relevant to the charge before the court.Madaki gave the evidence under cross-examination in the ongoing trial of Fayose for ₦6.9 billion in fraud and money laundering. Fayose is being prosecute
  
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• 12 of 25 Ajayi Crowther University students cleared in student's death case

  01-07-2024 16:24 via pulse.ng
  
  25 Ajayi Crowther University students were charged with conspiracy, murder and negligence.Twelve out of the 25 students of Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, brought before an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan for alleged murder were on Monday discharged.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 25 students, arraigned on June 5, were charged with conspiracy, murder and negligence.The Chief Magistrate, Olabisi Ogunkanmi, had ordered the students to be remanded in a correctional
  
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• Anambra lawmaker fights poverty, empowers 200 widows, youths with machines

  01-07-2024 16:12 via pulse.ng
  
  The empowerment aims to promote economic self-sufficiency, reduce poverty and community development.A member of the House of Representatives, Prof. Oby Orogbu (LP- Anambra), representing Awka North and South Federal Constituency, on Monday distributed sewing and grinding machines to 200 widows and youths.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the items were distributed in collaboration with the Federal College of Horticulture, Norton Innovation Services Ltd, and the Federal Ministry of Ag
  
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• Family of late ex-Konga CEO gives fresh update on suicide claims

  01-07-2024 16:02 via pulse.ng
  
  Nick Imudia, the Group CEO of D.light International until his passing, resided in Nairobi, Kenya, where the company’s headquarters are located.The family of Nick Imudia, the ex-CEO of the e-commerce company Konga, has strongly refuted rumours suggesting that he took his own life.In a statement issued by Dr. Anthony N. Imudia, the family dismissed reports that Nick had made farewell calls to his brother and daughter, providing instructions before his death.In an earlier report, it was gathe
  
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• Nigeria Urged to Consider General Strike

  01-07-2024 15:48 via pulse.ng
  
  The Campaign for Democratic and Workers' Rights (CDWR) in Nigeria has urged Organised Labour to consider declaring a nationwide strike over the minimum wage and the recent increase in electricity tariffs.Calls for 48-hour general strike and mass protest to demand minimum wage of at least N200,000 and reversal of anti-poor policiesCDWR urges Organised Labour in Nigeria to consider nationwide strike over minimum wage and electricity tariffsEmphasizes inspiration from successful mass protest in Ken
  
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• Canada welcomes over 71,000 Nigerians as citizens in just 19 years

  01-07-2024 14:46 via pulse.ng
  
  According to IRCC data, India has been the top country of origin for new Canadian citizens since 2005, with 536,279 people gaining citizenship.Canadian Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship (IRCC), a Canadian government department that handles immigration, refugee matters, and citizenship, has confirmed that over 71,459 Nigerians became Canadian citizens between 2005 and 2024.This number ranks Nigeria 10th among countries of birth for new Canadian citizens.According to IRCC data, while new Cana
  
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• Kirikiri prison faces health crisis with 25 confirmed cholera cases

  01-07-2024 14:04 via pulse.ng
  
  Abayomi traced the cholera outbreak in Lagos to unregulated street drinks and contaminated water sources identified two weeks ago.The Lagos State government has confirmed a cholera outbreak at Kirikiri prison.State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, shared updates on the situation, noting that the government has received additional support from the World Health Organisation (WHO) to tackle the infectious disease.Abayomi emphasised the government’s prompt response with necessary m
  
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• How Kenyan fooled the world that he was smoking teargas during anti-tax protest

  01-07-2024 12:45 via pulse.ng
  
  A Kenyan protestor in Nyeri managed to pull off a stunt that made it appear as though he was smoking tear gasAt the height of the anti-Finance Bill 2024 protests in Kenya on June 25 , a video has surfaced that has captivated audiences globally.The video shows a protester holding a teargas canister to his mouth, seemingly inhaling and then exhaling a cloud of smoke.This startling footage has led to widespread reports and claims that the individual was "smoking teargas."However, a closer examinati
  
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• Court dismiss Kanu's case for lack of credible evidence on rights violation

  01-07-2024 12:42 via pulse.ng
  
  The court held that Kanu's claim of DSS eavesdropping on his conversations with his lawyers in preparation for his defence could not be established. A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, dismissed a ₦1 billion suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), against the Federal Government and Department of State Services (DSS).Justice James Omotosho, in a judgment, held that Kanu failed to provide credible evidence to back the alleged viola
  
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• Rep urges Nigerians to treat cholera as seriously as Covid-19 amid 53 deaths

  01-07-2024 11:36 via pulse.ng
  
  Due to the rise of cholera cases across 31 states, the Federal Government has activated the National Emergency Operation Centre.Rep. James Faleke (Ikeja Federal Constituency) has called on Nigerians to treat the outbreak of cholera in some parts of the country with the level of seriousness they handled the COVID-19 pandemic.Faleke made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Monday. NAN reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) recently reporte
  
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• Lawmaker wants Nigerians to treat cholera as seriously as COVID

  01-07-2024 11:36 via pulse.ng
  
  The Federal Government has activated the National Emergency Operation Centre due to the cholera outbreak.Rep. James Faleke (Ikeja Federal Constituency) has called on Nigerians to treat the outbreak of cholera in some parts of the country with the level of seriousness they handled the COVID-19 pandemic.Faleke made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Monday.NAN reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) recently reported that 53 deaths due to
  
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