Wife, Son Disagree On How NECO Registrar, Godswill Obioma, Died

The Registrar of the National Examinations Council, Professor Godswill Obioma, is dead. Obioma died on Monday night at his Minna residence in the Niger State capital. The deceased’s wife, Mrs Elizabeth Obioma, told newsmen that her husband was killed by assassins. “The assassins came in and killed him and left without taking anything,” she reportedly said. However, the son of …

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Primate Ayodele, NAOSRE President, Others Honour Newsextra Publisher As He Ties The Knot

The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele who was represented by Mrs Bolanle Aina, ex-House of Assembly candidate for Abeokuta South constituency II of Ogun State, Igbalaye Wasiu Ayodele, the president of National Association of Online Security Reporters, NAOSRE, Oyewale Femi were among dignitaries who attended the wedding of Adeyemi Obadimu, the publisher of Newsextra on Saturday …

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Unknown Gunmen Kills NECO Registrar

The Registrar of National Examinations Council (NECO), Prof. Godswill Obioma, has been killed by unknown gunmen. The murder of Prof. Obioma is coming a few days after another citizen, Ahmed Gulak was murdered in Owerri, Imo State by gunmen. …details shortly

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Zamfara Youths In Violent Protest, Block Highway, Destroy Vehicles

Angry youths armed with weapons have staged a violent protest along the Gusau – Kaura Namoda Highway in Zamfara State. Eyewitnesses told a news mediun that the protesters occupied the road very early yesterday morning over incessant attacks by bandits in their communities. One of the commuters who was trapped along the road explained that the youths blocked the highway …

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Stock Investments Drop By N1.02trn As Buyers Shift To Fixed Income

Investments on the Nigerian stock market declined by N1.022 trillion in the first five months of the year. Capital market analysts attributed the decline or volatility seen in the market during the period under review to rising yields in the Fixed Income (FI) market. Yields on fixed income instruments which were depressed last year have been on an upward trajectory …

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Actress Stella Damasus Sends Strong Message to Nigerians

In the wake of insecurity, economic hardship and other problems facing Nigeria, international actress, Stella Damasus, has sent a strong message to her compatriots.  In her New Month message, the ever radiant thespian admitted that sometimes it is hard to find the positive in the chaos, but prayed that God should heal her fatherland.  She thereby welcomed all her followers …

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Smokers face 50% higher risk of developing COVID-19, other diseases — WHO

World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedos Ghebreyesus, says smokers have up to a 50 per cent higher risk of developing severe diseases and death from COVID-19. Ghebreyesus said this in a message to commemorate World No Tobacco Day, globally marked on May 31 annually, to highlight the health risks associated with tobacco use and advocate effective policies to reduce …

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US to Arraign Abidemi Rufai June 8

Ogun State Governor’s aide, Abidemi Rufai, who is facing a $350,000 fraud case, will be arraigned before Magistrate Theresa Fricke of US Courthouse, Tacoma, Washington On June 8.  Rufai allegedly used identity theft as a scheme “to steal over $350,000 in unemployment benefits from the Washington State Employment Security Department.” A grand jury in the U.S. is a group of …

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We Didn’t Shoot Sowore -Police

The police in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) say they have no record indicating that Omoyele Sowore, an activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, was shot in Abuja on Monday. In a statement issued on Monday afternoon by their spokesperson in the FCT, Mariam Yusuf, the police denied any altercation with Mr Sowore. “FCT Police Command wishes to debunk the viral …

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