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Another student of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi, Mike James Habila, a 400-level student, has been arrested for

"On December 17, he spoke with his brother on the phone around 2:47 pm that he was at Ago Motor Park going to the Redeemed Christian Church of God camp."

A 45-year-old woman, identified as Salamatu Adamu, has reportedly died while in custody of the Department of State Security (DSS), Nasarawa State Command. It was learnt that Salamatu, a mother of two girls and a boy, ground grains as a business in front of her residence at Tudun Kofa in Lafia, the state capital, but was arrested and incarcerated in connection with a kidnapping case.  She was allegedly tortured to death by DSS personnel. 

The Queensland Government announces a new tourism package to encourage travellers back into the state, Residents of Pacific nations may soon be able to join the Australian Defence Force under new proposals to boost recruitment, Former cricket captain David Warner retrieves his baggy green after the sentimental cap went missing on his flight from Sydney to Melbourne.

A graduate of Computer Science at the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Oluwatosin Onadipe, was said to have died after he was allegedly hit with an iron rod by an official of a motor park in Ago, Odogbolu Local Government Area of the state for preaching.

The Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it collected about N41.6 billion as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in 2023 from its command in Kano and Jigawa.Mr Dauda Chana, Comptroller of Customs in charge of Kano and Jigawa commands, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano

The development was confirmed by the spokesman of the Command, Henry Okoye, in a statement he issued on Wednesday.

Victims and family members, including the elderly, who suffered extra-judicial killings in Anambra State, have lamented what they described as “2023 failed promise, failed justice” by the authorities of the Nigeria Police Force.

A final-year student of the Department of Theatre Arts, University of Port Harcourt, Emeka Ndinwa, has been reported missing in Delta State by his family.

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