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Pakistan’s high-level security meeting at the parliament has stressed the need for consensus and unified political commitment to curb the menace of terrorism. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said in a statement after meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security, which was convened amid a surge in terrorist attacks on security personnel. READ ALSO:Chinese…
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A Benin High Court on Wednesday, remanded two persons, Ile Itua and Kingsley Micheal, in a correctional centre over alleged killing of a 21-month old child. Itua, 25, and Michael, 36, whose addresses were not given, are being charged with murder. The Prosecutor, Polycap Odion, said that the defendants committed the offence on March 12,…
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Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, on Wednesday, rationalised President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State, saying no responsible government would sit back and watch the ugly situation in the state get out of hand without taking steps to salvage the protracted political crisis. Fagbemi,…
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Barely 24 hours after he declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, President Bola Tinubu is currently in a closed-door meeting with, Vice Admiral Ibok-Étè Ibas (retd) the sole administrator he appointed to run the affairs of the state. Recall that President Tinubu had on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in Rivers State,…
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A 40-year-old man, Peter Ani, on Wednesday, appeared before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court for allegedly assaulting an octogenarian, Titus Abiodun. The defendant, whose house address was not provided, is being tried on a two-count charge of conspiracy and assault. The Prosecutor, ASP James Obaletan, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on March…
