Tag: #NewsUltra360
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IGHALO CREDITS HOUSEMAN FOR LAUNCHING HIS 19-YEAR FOOTBALL CAREER
Former Super Eagles striker Odion Ighalo has credited Argentine football scout Marcelo Houseman with playing a key role in launching his professional football career. According to Ighalo, Houseman discovered him and fellow Nigerian footballer Kim Ojo in Nigeria and took them to Hertha Berlin in Germany when they were still unknown, creating opportunities that exposed…
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FLOOD, WINDSTORM DESTROY FARMLANDS, SHOPS IN EBONYI COMMUNITIES
Torrential rainfall and the accompanying windstorm, on Saturday night June 20, destroyed farmlands and people’s shops in Abakaliki and Akpoha Community in Afikpo North LGA of Ebonyi. The over four-hour rainfall caused severe flooding on the Abakaliki–Afikpo Expressway, submerging farmlands and destroying crops worth millions of naira. Also, in parts of Abakaliki, a strong windstorm…
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LASSA FEVER DEATHS RISE TO 214 AS FATALITY RATE REACHES 25.0% – NCDC
Lassa fever has claimed 214 lives in Nigeria, with the Case Fatality Rate climbing to 25 percent, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), in its Lassa Fever Situation Report for Week 23 (June 1 to June 7). The report stated that new confirmed cases held steady in week 23, matching…
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BRITISH PRIME MINISTER KIER STARMER RESIGNS
Keir Starmer resigns as prime minister and leader of the Labour Party. According to BBC News, in a statement outside 10 Downing Street, the PM says his party has been asking whether he’s “best placed to lead us into the next general election”, adding: “I have heard the answer”. Kier says that every decision he…
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TROOPS ARREST 3 WOMEN OVER ALLEGED ISWAP LINKS IN BORNO IDP CAMP
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have arrested three women suspected of collaborating with terrorists in an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State. The women are Aisha Mustapha, 19, Astakawu Bura, 23, and Zarah Bukar, 50. An operational report made available on Sunday June 21 revealed that the operation…
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EKITI GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION: OYEBANJI SECURES SECOND TERM WITH LANDSLIDE VICTORY
Governor Biodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been re-elected as governor of Ekiti State after recording a commanding victory in Saturday’s governorship election, defeating candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) by a wide margin. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced the result in the…
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INEC REPORTS PEACEFUL ONDO SOUTH SENATORIAL BY-ELECTION, ADDRESSES NETWORK CHALLENGES
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the Ondo South Senatorial District by-election has been largely peaceful, with voting commencing on schedule in most polling units across the district. Speaking while monitoring the exercise in Okitipupa, the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Ondo State, Mr. Mutiu Agboke, said electoral officials arrived early at polling units and…
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NEMA TO PARTNER NRC TOWARDS IMPROVED RAILWAY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has called for stronger collaboration with the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) to improve emergency preparedness and safety across Nigeria’s rail network. During a working visit to the Rigasa Railway Station in Kaduna, NEMA highlighted the importance of timely information sharing and coordinated responses to railway-related emergencies. The agency also…
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NSCDC IN EDO RESCUE 15 YEAR OLD KIDNAP VICTIM, NAB SUSPECTS
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has rescued a 15-year-old girl who was allegedly abducted in Ewohimi, Esan South-East Local Government Area of Edo State. According to the Edo State Command, the teenager was rescued during an intelligence-led operation after her family reported that she had gone out to buy a…
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8 SUSPECTED CULTISTS NABBED IN ILORIN, FIREARMS RECOVERED
The Kwara State Police Command has arrested eight suspected cultists and recovered firearms and other dangerous weapons. This was revealed on Friday June 19 in a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi. The suspects were apprehended during a targeted raid carried out by operatives of the Command’s Anti-Cultism Unit in…
