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Police operatives in Katsina have arrested 15 suspects for alleged kidnapping, fraud, and other crimes in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Abubakar Sadiq, who paraded the suspects at the command headquarters in Katsina, said four among the suspects were members of a notorious kidnap-for-ransom syndicate arrested in April. The operatives also arrested a 30-year-old suspected kidnapper …

Jude Bellingham scored a late winner to help Real Madrid beat Getafe 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday. The English midfieldee settled the encounter with a stoppage-time winner at the Santiago Bernabeu. Former Real striker Borja Mayoral had given the visitors a shock lead on 11 minutes before Joselu equalised early in the second half and Bellingham sealed it. Read …

  https://www.trendynewsreporters.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/VID-20230803-WA0038.mp4 Recall that, late last week, Aston University Birmingham, England, held its convocation ceremony, where an exceptional young Nigerian girl, Uyiosa Venessa Ozigbo, was amongst the best with a first class degree in Business and International Studies. Miss Ozigbo’s accomplishment according to an impeccable source, was long expected, as she was among a select few, who were chosen by …

The Pastor in charge of a Dunamis Church located at Mission Ward North Bank in Makurdi, Benue State, has been reportedly killed after the church building collapsed on Tuesday morning. Three other people are said to have died in the incident when the building caved in as they were said to be observing prayers inside the church, while three other …

Many commuters were left stranded on Monday, following a protest by commercial bus drivers over alleged extortion by the Task Force and the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA). A few regions in the state were impacted, including Agege, Iyana Ipaja, and Egbeda. In a post on X, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, stated that the …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Timipre Sylva, has won in Brass Local Government Area (LGA) of Bayelsa state for the Saturday November 11, 2023 governorship election in the state. According to the result just declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Sylva who hailed from Brass scored 18,431 while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s candidate and the incumbent …

Recently, President Bola Tinubu said he would not hesitate to fire underperforming ministers. Two other stories from the Presidency were also reviewed for your reading pleasure. 1. Threatening ministers with sack On November 1, Tinubu warned his cabinet members to avoid being a clog in the wheel of Nigeria’s progress, noting his readiness to sack anyone who underperforms. He stated …

Caverton Offshore Support Group suffered a 59.46 per cent drop in its profit after tax in the second quarter of 2023, the firm’s Q2 financial statement revealed. Ripples Nigeria gathered that Caverton’s net profit between April to June this year was N184.65 million, failing to surpass the N455.56 million reported in the same period in 2022. Although Caverton’s net profit …

Yiaga Africa, a none profit election observer organisation, has raised questions over the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to conduct off-cycle governorship elections in some polling units in Imo and Kogi States on Saturday. In a statement issued on Sunday by the Chairman of Yiaga Africa Watching The Vote (WTV) Working Group, Dr. Hussaini Abdu, the organisation …

The prices of basic food items in Nigeria have continued to soar as food inflation rate has climbed another notch in the month of August, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). In a new report titled ‘Selected Food Prices Watch (August 2023)’, released on Monday, the NBS disclosed that prices of items like beef, tomatoes, beans, garri, yam, …