July 2021 – Page 19 – The Korrespondent

EFCC warns hotels to stop helping internet fraudsters after recent raid in Lagos

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned hotels across the country to stop aiding internet fraudsters. The anti-graft agency’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said

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NAFDAC approves use of Moderna And Sputnik COVID-19 vaccines

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The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control has approved the use of Moderna and Sputnik COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria. Director-General of NAFDAC, Professor Moji Adeyeye

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‘I’ve undergone mental torture’ — Nnamdi Kanu says in legal documents as he seeks transfer from DSS custody

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Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has asked a federal high court in Abuja to transfer him from the

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FEC awards N309bn road contracts to Dangote as tax credit

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The federal executive council (FEC) on Wednesday July 14, approved the award of a contract to Dangote Industries to construct five roads totalling 274.9 kilometres at

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Nigeria to deploy robots and artificial intelligence to fight insecurity – Senate

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The senate has announced that the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy has established a centre where artificial intelligence and robots would be deployed to fight crime

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We are in trouble if INEC is not allowed to transmit election results electronically – Falana

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Human rights lawyer and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana has said that the country will be in trouble if the Independent National

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Nnamdi Kanu’s health deteriorating- IPOB alleges

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The Independent People of Biafara has raised the alarm over the deteriorating health of its detained leader, Nnamdi Kanu at the DSS office. Kanu was

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Supreme Court stops FG from ceding 17 oil wells from Rivers to Imo

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An interim injunction stopping the federal government and its agencies from ceding 17 disputed oil wells from Rivers State to Imo State, has been granted

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PDP Governors are defecting to APC to avoid prosecution – Gov. Ortom

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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom haOrtoms alleged that governors of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) defecting to the All Progressives Congress(APC) are doing so to avoid

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Military releases 1,009 ex-Boko Haram fighters to Borno government

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The Nigerian military on Wednesday, July 14, reportedly released 1,009 ex-Boko Haram insurgents, who had been in military custody at Giwa Barracks in Maiduguri, the