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Top 5 Stories Of The Day | SEC Warns Celebrities, Influencers Against Promoting Fraudulent Investment Schemes
April 21, 2025
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Top 5 Stories Of The Day | SEC Warns Celebrities, Influencers Against Promoting Fraudulent Investment Schemes

Across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, these are the top five Nigerian news stories you shouldn’t miss. SEC warns celebrities, influencers against promoting fraudulent investment schemes The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned celebrities, social media influencers, and bloggers to stop promoting fake or unregistered investment platforms. The commission said doing... Read More
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Top 5 Stories Of The Day | Police Reveal Refusal to Help an Officer Under Attack will Result in ₦100k Fine and Jail Term
November 22, 2024
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Top 5 Stories Of The Day | Governors and the FG are Scheduled to Decide on State Police

Across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, these are the five top Nigerian news stories you shouldn’t miss. Governors and the FG are scheduled to decide on state police  The federal government and Nigerian state governors are set to discuss the creation of state police next week. This information was shared by the... Read More
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October 21, 2022
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Buhari sacks NDDC administrator; We’ll continue to demand state police – Sanwo-Olu | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Buhari sacks NDDC administrator We’ll continue to demand state police – Sanwo-Olu US pledges $1 million support for flood victims in Nigeria Nigeria to launch Africa’s first payment card January FG says no decision yet to ban Okada in Nigeria Across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, these are the five top Nigerian news... Read More
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July 6, 2021
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Kaduna School Kidnap: Why time is ripe for state police

There would certainly be no offence taken if one has lost count of the number of times schools have been attacked and students kidnapped in the last one year. The condition has deteriorated to the extent that students abducted from one school would still be atop news trends before another one happens. A rough estimate... Read More
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January 10, 2020
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‘Amotekun’ initiative is the paradigm shift we’ve been waiting for to combat Nigeria’s growing insecurity challenge

Imagine a group of security personnel made up of people who live in our neighborhood or have a comprehensive understanding of its’ security challenges getting maximally equipped, trained and charged with curbing any form of insecurity plaguing our communities. This is the base of what the newly launched ‘Amotekun’ would revolve around. Coming after months... Read More
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June 3, 2019
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The Late 5: Buhari approves establishment of state, LG police; Sanwo-Olu signs 2019 Lagos budget of N873bn | Other stories 

Here are the stories that drove conversation today: Court adjourns suit seeking disqualification of Gbajabiamila The Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned until Friday, hearing in a suit challenging the eligibility of Femi Gbajabiamila to vie for the position of speaker of the House of Representatives in the incoming 9th National Assembly. Justice Inyang... Read More
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July 3, 2018
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The Late 5: Nigerian Senate to amend Constitution to allow for state, community police; Oprah Winfrey says running for president would kill her and other top stories

These are the stories that drove conversation today. The National Programme Coordinator of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT), Temitope Sinkaye, has disclosed to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the Federal Government has, since 2016, disbursed N10 billion to no fewer than 300,000 beneficiaries. She said that the programme started in 2016 with eight pilot states that... Read More
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February 10, 2018
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Osinbajo supports state police, Catholic Bishops ask President Buhari to act as a father and other stories that got people talking this week

These are the stories that drove conversation this week. The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Barr. Solomon Dalung, said President Buhari’s victory in 2015 against former president, Goodluck Jonathan, proved that one could win election in Nigeria without having money. Dalung said there was a brewing political revolution against ‘god-fatherism’ in the Nigerian political... Read More
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February 9, 2018
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The Big 5: Osinbajo on state police, U.S. government shut down round 2 begins and other top stories

These are the top five stories you should be monitoring today. Over two months after they embarked on a strike, the non-teaching staff of Nigerian Federal Universities have vowed not to return to work until the Federal Government addresses their grievances. In an address read by the Archbishop of Jos and Conference President, Catholic Bishops’... Read More
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October 29, 2016
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Violent attacks: About 800 herdsmen have been arrested – Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says about 800 suspected violent herdsmen have been arrested across the country by security agencies. According to a statement issued by his spokesperson Mr. Laolu Akande on Saturday, Prof. Osinbajo made this disclosure in Houston, Texas in the US on Friday at a Townhall event where he interacted with US-based Nigerians. The... Read More
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September 27, 2016
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BREAKING: House of Reps back state police

The House of Representatives on Tuesday backed the establishment of state police in all the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory. The lawmakers gave their approval in a bill seeking to alter Section 214 of the constitution to provide for establishment of state and community police in the country which passed... Read More
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July 13, 2016
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Osinbajo responds to critics, advocates for state policing and true federalism

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has revealed his support for state policing in the country even as he advocated a “deep understanding” of the current restructuring agitation. This was revealed in a statement released by his spokesman, Laolu Akande in Abuja yesterday. During an interactive session at the Elizade University, in Ondo State last week, Akande had... Read More
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August 4, 2014
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Someone stole the corpse of a SAN in Enugu

by Kolapo Olapoju The corpse of  Theodore Ezeobi, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, was reportedly stolen from the Christ Specialist Hospital, Enugu, on the morning of Thursday, 31 July. The mortuary was said to have been broken in to and the corpse of the late lawyer who died four months ago, was stolen. Late... Read More
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October 13, 2013
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Duro Onabule: Why must Nigerians constantly overheat the polity?

by Duro Onabule All the same, critics of the national conference were the same group all along, pretending to be clamouring for Bashorun MKO Abiola to be honoured and when Jonathan decided to rename University of Lagos after the deceased, the hypocrites were up in arms against the honour done Abiola. Otherwise, agitation for national... Read More
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January 28, 2013
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Tunde Fagbenle: Jonathan, Oshiomhole, and the case for state police

by Tunde Fagbenle Some people will argue that we have the most corrupt and evil police in the world. And going by the recent lamentation of Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole, the “medal” is well earned. I am imagining the sort of conversation that would have taken place between President Goodluck Jonathan and one of... Read More
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August 20, 2012
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“You can’t pay minimum wage but you want state police?” – Edwin Clark blasts governors

by Akan Ido Hate him, or love him, this is a man you have got to respect for speaking his mind. President Jonathan’s ardent supporter, Chief Edwin Clark has express his opposition to the clamour by some state governors for state police wondering how the states in question intend to fund the expected exponential increase... Read More
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June 26, 2012
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Governors demand money, state police to combat Boko Haram

Bombings by radical Islamist sect Boko Haram, and the retaliatory attacks have dominated the headlines in Nigeria for the last couple of months, preoccupying the nation, and governors are requesting a fund to be able to cope with the added security needs, and to be able to have their own state police who would answer to the governors. From ThisDay: Governors Monday canvassed for... Read More
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