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US Mission Condemns Killing Of Catholic Priest In Kaduna
FRIDAY March 7, 2025 |TheNewsDESKwww.thenewsdesk.ng The United States, US, Mission in Nigeria has condemned the killing of Kaduna-based Catholic priest, Reverend Father Sylvester Okechukwu, describing it as brutal…
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Rights Group Alleges Plots To Cause Unrest In COE, Afaha Nsit
FRIDAY March 7, 2025 |TheNewsDESKwww.thenewsdesk.ng A pro-democracy cum human rights organisation in Nigeria, the Center for Human Rights and Accountability Network (CHRAN), has alleged plots to instigate labour…
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Abducted Benue University Students Regain Freedom
THURSDAY March 6, 2025 |TheNewsDESKwww.thenewsdesk.ng The Benue State Police Command has confirmed the release of the three female students kidnapped from Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University of Agriculture, Makurdi,…
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Ex-Gov Udom Emmanuel Was Never Detained By EFCC – Nwoko, SAN
WEDNESDAY March 5, 2025 |TheNewsDESKwww.thenewsdesk.ng Former Attorney General of Akwa Ibom State and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Uwemedimo Nwoko, has dismissed reports that the immediate past governor…
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Ex-Akwa Ibom Governor Emmanuel Clears EFCC Inquiry Without Detention
WEDNESDAY March 5, 2025 |TheNewsDESKwww.thenewsdesk.ng Former Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel has returned home following a voluntary engagement with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), his…
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Ex-Akwa Ibom Governor, Udom Emmanuel, In EFCC Custody Over Alleged N700bn Fraud
TUESDAY March 4, 2025 |TheNewsDESKwww.thenewsdesk.ng Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, over an alleged…
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Student Abducted in Zamfara Dies in Captivity Despite Ransom Payment
SUNDAY March 2, 2025 |TheNewsDESKwww.thenewsdesk.ng By Zagazola MAKAMA Security Expert/Reporter Tragedy struck in Zamfara State as Zarah Abubakar Shehu, a 21-year-old student of the Federal University Gusau, died…
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N47bn Fraud: EFCC Arraigns Ex-Abia Gov Orji, Son, Three Others
FRIDAY February 28, 2025 |TheNewsDESKwww.thenewsdesk.ng A former Governor of Abia State, Theodore Orji, and four others were on Friday, February 28, 2025, arraigned by the Economic and Financial…
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Akwa Ibom DSP Timfon John Bags Most Outstanding PPRO of the Year
FRIDAY February 28, 2025 |TheNewsDESKwww.thenewsdesk.ng CMC Gladiators Magazine has awarded DSP Timfon John, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of Akwa Ibom State Police Command, the prestigious award…
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Beware, We Have No TikTok Account, EFCC Warns
THURSDAY February 27, 2025 |TheNewsDESKwww.thenewsdesk.ng The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has alerted the public to the activities of fraudsters who, on Thursday, February 27, 2025, organized…