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CAC registration: Police to go after illegal PoS operators

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ABUJA (Sundiata Post) – The Federal Government has said mandatory registration of Point-of-Sales operators nationwide will reduce kidnapping and help security agencies arrest recipients of ransom payments from kidnap victims. It also vowed…

Alleged abuse of office: Court admits Sirika, 2 others to N100m bail each

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ABUJA (Sundiata Post) – A Federal Cap Territory High Court on Thursday admitted Hadi Sirika, former aviation minister and two others to bail in the sum of N100 million each. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned…

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Renowned Iranian film-maker sentenced to lashes, 8 years prison

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TEHRAN (SUNDIATA POST)- The well-known Iranian film-maker and 2020 Berlinale winner Mohammad Rasoulof has been sentenced to several years in prison. His lawyer, Babak Paknia, wrote on social media platform X that a court in Tehran…

New pro-Fubara Speaker emerges in Rivers Assembly

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RIVERS (Sundiata Post) – Hon. Victor Oko Jumbo, the lawmaker Representing Bonny Local Government Area State Constituency at the Rivers State House of Assembly, has emerged as the new speaker of the state assembly. Jumbo emerged as the…

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US-based Ghanaian couple sentenced to 25 years imprisonment for beating 5 year-old son to death

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Sundiata Post – A US-based Ghanaian couple has been sentenced to a 25-year jail term for second-degree murder in the death of their 5-year-old son. Valerie Owusu, along with her boyfriend, Emmanuel Addae, both 28 years old and residing in…

Umahi: When envy rules our politics, By Ike Abonyi

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Energy Transition: Africa must come up with consistent policies to end energy poverty – Lokpobiri

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HOUSTON (Sundiata Post) – As the debate on the shift from fossil fuel production to renewables gather momentum, the Federal Government has urged African countries to come up with consistent and similar policies in other to end energy…

First News Editor Olatunji resigns, slams apology to Gbaja over alleged $30b heist story

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Segun Olatunji, the First News Editor, has resigned just 24 hours after the online newspaper’s management issued an apology to Bola Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, over a controversial story linking him to an alleged $60…

No sign yet of H5N1 bird flu spreading between humans– WHO

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NEW YORK (SUNDIATA POST)- The UN health agency, World Health organisation (WHO) says the H5NI avian influenza virus has so far shown no signs of adapting to allow human-to-human transmission. So far, one human case has been reported in the…

Nursing Student Sues EFCC for Unlawful Detention Over Alleged Family Debt Dispute, Seeks N10m in damages

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Miss Oluwateniola Omidiji, a 19-year-old nursing student at Babcock University, has filed a lawsuit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for wrongful detention. Omidiji initiated a fundamental rights case against the…

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COURT JAILS FAKE AMERICAN, TWO OTHERS IN KADUNA

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KADUNA (SUNDIATA POST)- Justice A.A Isiaka of the Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna has convicted and sentenced a fake American, Stephen Thomas to five years imprisonment. He was jailed after pleading guilty to one-count charge…

Tinubu directs Umahi to complete Abuja- Kaduna-Kastina- Kano Road in one year

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ABUJA (Sundiata Post) – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the Minister of Works, Engineer Nweze Dave Umahi to complete the Abuja- Kaduna-Kastina- Kano Federal Highway within one year. Umahi disclosed this when the Governor of Kaduna…

Court fines Swedish climate activist for flouting police orders

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SWEDEN (SUNDIATA POST)- A climate activist, Greta Thunberg, has been fined for defying police orders during a climate protest in March at Swedish parliament. During the hearing of the case on Wednesday at the Stockholm District Court, Ms…

Tinubu lacks power to reinstate you – South South leader, Sara-Igbe hits 27 Rivers lawmakers

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By Chijioke Kingsley Abuja (Sundiata Post) – The National Coordinator of the South-South Leadership Forum, Sara-Igbe has said that the 27 Rivers State lawmakers are impostors in the eyes of the law. Sundiata Post reports that the crisis in…

Senate Passes ICAN Act amendment Bill for second reading

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ABUJA (SUNDIATA POST)- The Red Chamber on Wednesday passed a bill for the amendment of the ICAN Act Cap 15, 1965 and for related matters, 2023, for second reading. Leading debate on the bill, its sponsor, Senator Solomon Adeola (APC Ogun…

Another Africa Magic series in Rivers as two lawmakers purportedly elect Assembly speaker

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…as Concerned Rivers Citizens describes move as a mockery of democracy RIVERS (SUNDIATA POST)- A group under the aegis of Concerned Rivers Citizens CRC has described the purported election of a new speaker of Rivers State as another…

My life in danger, Ohanaeze Ndigbo leader, Iwuanyanwu cries out

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ENUGU – Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has raised the alarm over alleged threat to his life. He stated that some Igbos, whom he described as anti-Igbo, have orchestrated plans to either kill him or…

Killing of soldiers: Nigerian Army withdraws from Delta community

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By Chijioke Kingsley Abuja (Sundiata Post) – The Nigerian Army has withdrawn its troops from the troubled Okuama community in Ughelli south local government area of Delta State. Sundiata Post recalls that the people were enjoying peace and…

My husband gave me the idea for ‘Men Are Crazy’ – Simi

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By Chijioke Kingsley Abuja (Sundiata Post) – Popular singer, Simisola Kosoko, aka Simi, has revealed that her husband, Adekunle Gold, gave her the idea for her controversial song, ‘Men Are Crazy’. Sundiata Post reports that Simi’s latest…

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Police arrest 8 over alleged theft of transformers, 12 tyres in Edo

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By Chijioke Kingsley Abuja (Sundiata Post) – Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested eight suspects over the alleged theft of transformers, 12 tyres and a truck in Edo State. Sundiata Post reports that the State…

Tinubu blackmailed into approving cybersecurity levy policy – Dikwa

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By Chijioke Kingsley Abuja (Sundiata Post) – Elder Statesman and Dean of Borno Elders Forum, Prof. Khalifa Dikwa, had said that President Bola Tinubu’s administration was blackmailed into approving the cybersecurity levy policy initiated…

Dissolve your cabinet now – Senator Jimoh Ibrahim advises Tinubu

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By Chijioke Kingsley Abuja (Sundiata Post) – The senator representing Ondo South senatorial district, Jimoh Ibrahim, has called on President Bola Tinubu to immediately dissolve his cabinet. He made this call in an interview on Channels…

Ban on party activities: Benue APC chieftain sues Gov Alia

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By Chijioke Kingsley Abuja (Sundiata Post) -Worried by the continued barricade of Benue State’s secretariat of the All Progressive Congress, APC, by the police and the ban on all the activities of the party on the order of Governor…

Benue Catholic school shuts down after attack by gunmen

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By Chijioke Kingsley Abuja (Sundiata Post) – The Catholic Archdiocese of Makurdi, Benue State, has ordered the immediate closure of Father Angus Frazer Memorial High School in Adeke, Makurdi, following an attack on the school by unknown…

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Rivers Crisis: Two members of House of Assembly elect new Speaker

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By Chijioke Kingsley Abuja (Sundiata Post) – Lawmakers loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara on Wednesday elected Hon. Victor Oko Jumbo as the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly. This development came barely 48 hours after…

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Reps query oil coys over environmental degradation in Niger Delta

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ABUJA (Sundiata Post) – The House of Representatives Joint Committee on Environment, Petroleum Resources Upstream, Petroleum Resources Downstream and Climate Change has queried oil producing companies operating in the country over the…

Financial inclusion: CAC inaugurates Centre for registration of PoS operators

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ABUJA (Sundiata Post) – The CAC Registrar-General, Hussaini Magaji, said this while inaugurating the centre stationed at its Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Office in Abuja on Wednesday. According to Magaji, the importance of registering…

CBN: Things to know about cybersecurity levy on electronic transactions in Nigeria

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ABUJA (Sundiata Post) – Nigerians have been stirred by the Central Bank of Nigeria’s recent implementation of a 0.5 percent cybersecurity levy. The Central Bank of Nigeria, in a notice to all banks on Monday, directed them to deduct and…

CAF names 2 Nigerian officials for WAFU Cup

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Sundiata Post – The Confederation of African, CAF, has named two Nigerians among referees and assistant referees for the 2024 WAFU ‘B’ qualifiers. Salisu Basheer is among the seven referees who will officiate at the competition. His…

Nigerian Army Pulls Out Of Okuama Community

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DELTA (Sundiata Post) – The Nigerian Army has withdrawn its officials from the Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. According to a statement by the Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, the withdrawal was…