How EFCC spent 11 years, millions to prosecute Dariye, Nyame We’re demoralised – EFCC prosecutor The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission spent hundreds of millions of naira prosecuting the pardoned former governors of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye; and Taraba State, Rev Jolly Nyame, it has been learnt. Several EFCC operatives, some of whom were […]
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The unsettled question of the falling apart of Mr Akinwunmi Ambode and national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has come to haunt the presidential aspiration of the latter, it has been learnt. Ambode was denied a second term in office in 2019 after Tinubu and the Governance Advocacy Council, […]
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Students under the aegis of the National Association of University Students, Osun Campus Monitoring Committee, have urged the Federal Government and striking lecturers to return to the negotiation table and resolve the ongoing crisis. In a statement released by NAUS on Friday, signed by its Chairman, Secretary-General, and Publicity Secretary; Eruobami Ayobami, Olaniyan Saleem, and […]
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A 17-year-old worker has been arrested by the Edo State Police Command for allegedly killing his employer, Peter Onoberhie. The suspect was arrested with two accomplices while trying to sell his boss’ car at Uwelu spare part market. He was working at a sachet water factory owned by the deceased when he carried out the […]
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The United States Government has said the implementation of its proposed sale of 12 AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopters to Nigeria will require the deployment of three of its representatives or those of the contractors to reside in the country for two years for the purposes of training and logistics. The US Defence Security Cooperation Agency, […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has told presidential aspirants in the ruling All Progressives Congress to go to the field and sell their candidatures to the electorate, it has been learnt. A Presidency source told one of our correspondents that Buhari did not ask any of those who consulted him to either run or drop their ambitions. […]
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An ex-governor of Kaduna State, Col Abubakar Umar (retd.); a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ahmed Raji, SAN, and some civil society organisations have called for the suspension of the plan by the Federal Government to conduct a population census next year. They asked the government to focus attention on the insecurity in the country and […]
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There are indications that negotiations between the Federal Government and terrorists, who attacked the Kaduna-Abuja train on March 28, have stalled following the refusal of the government to accede to their demands. The terrorists are keeping about 100 passengers, who were abducted from the train, which derailed at Katari, Kaduna, after it was bombed. Eight […]
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Authorities of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, confirmed one of its staff dead, saying that it has established communication with two of its officials, who went missing after Thursday’s attack by gunmen at a continuous voter’s registration centre in Imo State. According to the Commission, the missing staff members would soon be uniting […]
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Rights activist, Mr Femi Falana (SAN) on Friday in Ikeja urged the Federal Government to extend Thursday’s presidential pardon granted some top Nigerians, to people serving terms for petty offences. He made the call at the first anniversary of late Afenifere’s spokesman, Yinka Odumakin’s Lecture and Book Presentation. He said doing so for convicts without […]
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