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The Executive Secretary, Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji Abdulsalam Abdulkadir, on Wednesday announced the commencement of online registration for 2025 Intending Pilgrims. The Board’s Press Secretary, Jumoke Jimoh, in a statement in Ilorin said the registration was for those wishing to register through the state. The Executive Secretary was quoted as saying all Intending…
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has said that it destroyed wooden boats, carrying stolen crude, and 134 illegal refineries in the past week. NNPC stated that at about 2:00 am on Sunday, a joint team of security agents discovered a large wooden boat illicitly loading stolen crude oil from Barge AGS01 within the…
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Adriana Torres is due for release soon from the biggest women’s prison in the South American nation of Paraguay. But she says she’s in no hurry. “I’ve no plans to escape,” the gap-toothed 33-year-old mother of five joked as she took her bow after performing a stand-up comedy routine in the prison yard. Torres is…
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The devastating flood in Maiduguri, Borno State, triggered by the collapse of the Alou Dam, has necessitated a military-led rescue operation for trapped civilians.
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Beset by high inflation, insecurity, and a seemingly never-ending crisis in its petroleum sector, Nigeria appears to be biting more than it can chew yearly with the allocation of billions of naira in VIP (Very Important Persons) services.