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School leaver, accounting graduate, nabbed with drugs at Abuja and Kano airports

theKorrespondentJune 1, 2021June 1, 2021

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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have foiled attempts by a 23-year-old secondary school leaver, Iwuyi Princewill Chukwuka and a Europe based

South East governors meet over recent attacks in the region

theKorrespondentJune 1, 2021June 1, 2021

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Members of the South East Governors’ Forum on Monday, May 31, had a virtual meeting where they mapped out strategies to deal with the declining state

Sports

Michael Schumacher’s former boss Jean Todt gives update on his condition eight years after skiing accident that left him brain damaged

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Former Ferrari boss, Jean Todt has spoken out on the condition of FormulaOne racing legend, Michael Schumacher, 8 years after he suffered a severe brain injury

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WHO renames Indian variant ‘Covid Delta’ and South Africa’s variant as ‘Covid Beta’,

theKorrespondentJune 1, 2021June 1, 2021

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The World Health Organisation has renamed the Indian variant, also known as B.1.617.2, the Delta variant. Under WHO’s new plans, the UK’s Kent strain will

Sports

Brazil confirmed as new hosts of 2021 Copa America with Argentina, Colombia stripped of rights to hold tournament

theKorrespondentJune 1, 2021June 1, 2021

by theKorrespondentJune 1, 2021June 1, 20210799

Brazil will host Copa America for the second consecutive time after Colombia and Argentina were stripped of hosting rights for the tournament. South American football

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Half of Benue land occupied by armed herdsmen – ex-DG of SON laments

theKorrespondentJune 1, 2021June 1, 2021

by theKorrespondentJune 1, 2021June 1, 20210805

Former Director-General, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Dr. Paul Angya, has said that 50 per cent of Benue state’s land is occupied by armed herdsmen.

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Kano police officer, one other get N1m reward for rejecting bribe from fake drug dealers

theKorrespondentJune 1, 2021June 1, 2021

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A police officer attached to the Kano State Command, Inspector Garba Saleh Rabo, and one Jamilu Buhari Alkasim, an official with the Kano State Consumer Protection Council,

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Mike Tyson slept with prison counselor to reduce his sentence

theKorrespondentJune 1, 2021June 1, 2021

by theKorrespondentJune 1, 2021June 1, 20210950

Former boxing champion, Mile Tyson revealed that he slept with a prison counselor in order to reduce his prison sentence. In the prime of his career,

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NDLEA Uncovers N30bn Slush Funds

theKorrespondentJune 1, 2021June 1, 2021

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The chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Buba Marwa, has revealed that the NDLEA is currently investigating N30bn slush funds believed to be

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Insecurity: The President must end the dangerous tide in the South East now – Oby Ezekwesili

theKorrespondentJune 1, 2021June 1, 2021

by theKorrespondentJune 1, 2021June 1, 20210853

Worried by the alarming rate of insecurity in the South East states, former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, this morning, June 1, took to her