President Muhammadu Buhari hosted the founding fathers of the All Progressives Congress, including former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu, to a dinner at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday. It was gathered that the get-together was to show Buhari’s appreciation to the critical stakeholders for their continued support, understanding and cooperation to his administration. It […]
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The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday directed businessman Jimoh Ibrahim and three of his firms to publish a notice of committal proceedings against three principal officers of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) for allegedly flouting the court’s earlier orders. Those affected are: the Managing Director/CEO, Ahmed Lawal Kuru; and two Executive […]
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The absence of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, from the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, stalled hearing in a suit instituted against his office by the Nigerian Bar Association. Although Malami was served with the hearing notice in the suit marked FHC/ ABJ/ CS/ 77/2022, he […]
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A board member of Yiaga Africa, Mr Ezenwa Nwagu, said on Thursday that the frontline election monitoring group would deploy 541 election observers to monitor the June 18 governorship poll in Ekiti State. Nwagu, who said that the high number of personnel deployments was to ensure that the Ekiti votes count, added that the civic […]
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Katsina State Police Command on Thursday paraded nine suspects, among whom were three members of a robbery gang terrorising Katsina State capital and its environs. The three paraded members of the robbery gang who were aged between 27 and 29 are all residents of Katsina. The command’s spokesman, Supritended Gambo Isah, said the trio was […]
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Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike Rivers State Government has estimated that 9,000 persons living with tuberculosis are missing from communities in the state. The state’s Ministry of Health also disclosed that 12,500 persons had been diagnosed with tuberculosis and treated in the last two years. The state government said its target was to end the […]
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A former governor of Kaduna State and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has condemned terrorists attack on the Agban Kagoro community in the Kaura Local Government Area of the state, which claimed no fewer than 37 lives on Sunday. Scores of residents were injured, while over 200 houses were razed during […]
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Say 2023 will be decisive for Nigeria Southern and Middle Belt Nigerian leaders under the umbrella of Southern and Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum (SMBLF) comprising Afenifere, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Middle Belt Forum and Pan Niger Delta Forum, (PANDEF), has commended South South and South West governors of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), National Assembly members and other […]
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An Ogun State Magistrate’s Court sitting at Itori, in the Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state, on Thursday, remanded 12 suspected killers of the Olu of Agodo, Oba Olajide Odetola. The suspects were alleged to have killed Oba Odetola and burnt his remains. They were later arrested in connection with the crime. Our correspondent […]
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A Magistrate’s Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has sentenced a lady, Blessing Stephen, to 10-year imprisonment for conspiracy and child trafficking. The Chief Magistrate, Felicitas Amanze, described Stephen as unrepentant and hardened, adding that the prosecution proved she deceived the child’s mother, Abigail Monday, to sell her baby for N200,000, and gave her […]
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