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Reactions to Firefighter’s Anti-Cop Texts Present Disillusionment With Police

Reactions to Firefighter’s Anti-Cop Texts Present Disillusionment With Police

Overwhelmingly positive replies to a Twitter thread about a Miami firefighter's disparaging texts concerning police and a Miami-Dade Police officer killed in the line of duty may signal a growing disillusionment with law enforcement.City of…

Mummified our bodies: Edo govt, police name for calm

Mummified our bodies: Edo govt, police name for calm

With the controversy generated over the discovery of 20 mummified bodies in Benin still on, Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has called for calm and has given the police seven days to carry out a…

Joshua, Usyk to get $40m for rematch

Joshua, Usyk to get $40m for rematch

The prize money for Saturday’s (today) heavyweight title rematch between Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia has been revealed. According to Evening Standard, Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk will each receive a guaranteed…

Alabama metropolis council disbands police division it couldn’t hearth over racist texts

Alabama metropolis council disbands police division it couldn’t hearth over racist texts

Aug. 19 (UPI) -- The members of an Alabama city council voted Thursday to "temporarily" disband its three-officer police department, which it couldn't fire after racist texts from one of the officers were revealed. The…

Insecurity: Zamfara farmers negotiate with bandits as we speak

Insecurity: Zamfara farmers negotiate with bandits as we speak

Farmers in Zamfara State are set to meet leaders of bandits in the state to negotiate their (farmers) protection and allow them to cultivate their farmland. Recall that farmers and residents of some communities in…

Lindsey Graham’s bid to delay Georgia grand jury testimony denied by decide

Lindsey Graham’s bid to delay Georgia grand jury testimony denied by decide

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., is seen during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in Washington, D.C., on May 25. File Photo by Ting Shen/UPI | License Photo Aug. 19 (UPI) -- A federal judge on Friday…

Finland’s PM Sanna Marin takes drug take a look at after leaked social gathering movies criticism

Finland’s PM Sanna Marin takes drug take a look at after leaked social gathering movies criticism

Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin delivers a press conference after a video of her dancing in a party was leaked on social media, at the Prime Minister's official residence in Helsinki, Finland, on Friday. Photo…

Chelsea Vs Tottenham: FA bans Tuchel, fines Conte over inappropriate behaviour

Chelsea Vs Tottenham: FA bans Tuchel, fines Conte over inappropriate behaviour

Saturday, August 20, 2022 Thomas Tuchel and Antonio Conte English Football Association has sanctioned Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel and Tottenham’s Antonio Conte over ‘inappropriate behaviour’ during their teams’ Premier League clash on Sunday. The FA…

Nigeria beat Libya to qualify for semifinals of African U21 Volleyball Championship

Nigeria beat Libya to qualify for semifinals of African U21 Volleyball Championship

Saturday, August 20, 2022 Nigeria U21 Volleyball team [Photo Credit: Premium Times Nigeria] The Nigeria Under-21 Men’s Volleyball Team on Friday defeated Libya 3-2 in the quarter-finals to qualify for the semi-finals of the 2022…

Kidnapped Nasarawa info commissioner regains freedom

Kidnapped Nasarawa info commissioner regains freedom

Saturday, August 20, 2022 Yakubu Lawal The Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism in Nasarawa State, Yakubu Lawal, has been freed by bandits after five days in captivity. He was released around 6:00 p.m. on…

FCTA Job Drive demolishes unlawful market in Gwarinpa

FCTA Job Drive demolishes unlawful market in Gwarinpa

Saturday, August 20, 2022 Demolished market used to illustrate the story The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has vowed to sustain the demolition of illegal structures, markets and shanties built on the encroached rail corridor…

It’s commonsensical to be concerned with Chad’s affairs: Buhari

It’s commonsensical to be concerned with Chad’s affairs: Buhari

Saturday, August 20, 2022 President Muhammadu Buhari and Mahamat ibn Idriss Déby Itno President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said it was in Nigeria’s best interest to be interested in the affairs of its northern neighbour,…