August 11, 2023

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BREAKING: Enugu governor Mbah allocates portfolios to commissioners

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Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State on Friday allocated portfolios to the 20 commissioners who were sworn-in on Thursday. The portfolios for the commissioners were announced during the first Executive Council meeting of...

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Politics

Ohanaeze: Five ministerial slots to South-East unjust— Presidency challenged

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The Ohanaeze Ndigbo socio-cultural organisation has expressed dissatisfaction at the five ministerial slots allotted to the South-East region by President Bola Tinubu. The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, said the number...

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Local News

Ogun: Man protesting police harassment brutalised

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A man, Adekoya Adeyemi, is currently battling not to completely lose his sight after he was allegedly assaulted by a policeman in Shokas Estate, Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State for speaking up against harassment and...

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Local News

Police: Man who jumped into lagoon on hard drugs

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The man who jumped into the lagoon at the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge area of Lagos on Tuesday has been identified as Buka Abana. This is just as rescue workers succeeded in retrieving Abana’s...

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No officer was arrested at Seme border— NIS

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The Nigerian Immigration Service has refuted a social media report claiming that some of its operatives who purportedly mounted illegal checkpoints at the Badagry-Seme border were arrested by policemen from the Inspector General of...

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Local News

JUST IN: Passengers groan over hike in fares, gridlock

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Commuters heading towards the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway area are lamenting the sudden hike in transport fares by commercial drivers plying Berger, Arepo, Magboro, Mowe, Ibafo, and other areas along the road. Voice Air Media...

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Court

BREAKING: Court hears Emefiele, DSS applications Aug 15

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The Federal High Court in Lagos, on Thursday, fixed August 15 to hear an application by the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, seeking to halt his trial by the...

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Local News

Bus crashes into Lagos shops, kills mother, daughter— Report

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A yet-to-be-identified woman was crushed to death alongside her two-year-old daughter in the Ikotun area of Lagos on Thursday. Voice Air Media learnts that another trader was injured as a bus rammed into...

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Economy

Fuel price may go up as Naira slumps— Marketers

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The fall of the naira against the United States dollar, coupled with the recent rise in global crude oil prices, is making Nigerians apprehensive of a possible hike in the pump price of Premium...

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Spokesman: Army has no pact with Asari-Dokubo’s security outfit

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The Nigerian Army has said it has no partnership with ex-Niger Delta militant leader, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, or his security outfit. The ex-militant leader had in an interview on a Podcast anchored by Channels...