Africa Update
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Health
Scientists caught sperm defying Newton’s third law of motion
With their whip-like tails, human sperm propel themselves through viscous fluids, seemingly in defiance of Newton’s third law of motion,…
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Crime
Justice Wike recommends amputation for sex offenders
A judge of the Rivers State High Court, Eberechi Wike, has advocated the amputation of people found guilty of defiling…
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News
Rivers Assembly set to screen Commissioner nominees
Indications have emerged that Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, will soon expand the current size of the State Executive Council,…
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News
MOSOP lauds NSCDC CG over personnel motivation, seeks stronger collaboration to combat oil theft in Rivers State
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has expressed their utmost delight in the deployment of highly…
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Politics
Tinubu appoints RECs for Rivers, nine other States
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of 10 new Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) for the Independent National Electoral Commission…
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Oil& Gas
Crude Oil thieves now install CCTV on trees—NNPCL
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has disclosed that crude oil thieves have resorted to a new tactic of installing…
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Business Inside
MTN Nigeria to pay $72.5m fine to FIRS, Tribunal orders
The Lagos state division of Tax Appeal Tribunal has ordered MTN Nigeria Communications to pay the sum of $72, 551,…
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Politics
APC Governorship candidate Cole appeals Fubara’s tribunal victory
The Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Tonye Cole, has appealed the judgment of the…
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Business Inside
Fidelity Bank blocks transfers to OPay, Moniepoint, Palmpay over KYC concerns
Fidelity Bank, a Nigerian commercial bank, has blocked neobanks like OPay, Palmpay, Kuda, and Moniepoint over concerns that their lax…
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News
King Amachree’s Burial: Chieftaincy Commissioner hails CWC
Rivers State Government has expressed readiness to assist in the burial arrangements for His Serene Majesty, King Prof. TJT Princewill,…
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