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EFCC Arrests 18 Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Kwara

The Ilorin zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday said that it had arrested 18 suspected internet fraudsters in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. The command said that it accomplished the feat in a sting operation. They ...

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FG Gets Another $20m Abacha Loot From US

The United States Department of Justice said it has transferred over $20.6m to the Federal Government in accordance with an August 23 agreement between the governments to repatriate assets stolen by late dictator, General Sani Abacha, and his co-conspirators. According ...

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Man In Police Den For Brutal Murder Of Girlfriend

Detectives in Kenya have arrested one Thomas Muthee Ng’ang’a suspected to be behind the brutal murder of his girlfriend, Naneu Muthoni on November 14. Muthoni was found dead in her house, at Onyoka Estate, Lang’ata. Police believe the suspect masterminded ...

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Buhari Approves Salary Increment For Judicial Officers

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved an enhanced salary and welfare scheme for Nigerian judicial officers. The President disclosed this in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Friday during the inauguration of the Dr Nabo Graham Douglas Campus of the Nigerian Law ...

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Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Demands Lawyer Malcom Responds To MURIC’s Lawsuit Challenging His Dressing

The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary (LPDC) Committee has written Legal Practitioner, Malcolm Omirhobo who appeared in court in his lawyer robes complemented with other traditional apparel to respond to a formal complaint made against him by the Muslims Rights Concern (MURIC) over the way he ...

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Osun Police Declares 22-Year-old Man Missing

  The Osun State Police Command had declared a 22-year-old man, Akinbola Daniel Oluwapelumi missing. The notice was contained in a bulletin signed by the Osun State Police Command spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola. According to the bulletin, Akinbola was last seen ...

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TikTok Bans Influencer For Fake News About Osinbajo’s Daughter

A Liberian TikTok content creator identified as @Realcharley22, has been banned by the social media platform for spreading fake news about a daughter of the vice president of Nigeria, Kiki Osinbajo. The TikTok influencer had posted earlier in the week ...

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Three policemen shot dead by unknown gunmen in Enugu

  Three policemen of the Enugu State command have been shot dead by unknown gunmen at Agbani, headquarters of Nkanu West Local Government of the state. The incident, Daily Post learnt, occurred on Saturday morning at a roundabout near the ...

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Rotimi Amaechi Bags Law Degree (Photos)

Immediate past Minister of Transportation and former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has graduated from Baze University, Abuja, with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.). Amaechi, a graduate in English, was among the 504 students who graduated during the university’s ...

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Fire Guts Several Houses, Worship Centre In Benin

Several houses, including a worship centre, were on Thursday evening, gutted by fire at Owan community in Ovia South West local government area, near Benin, in Edo. Eyewitnesses told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the incident was caused ...

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Suspects Narrate How They Killed INEC, NPC Staff In Anambra

A suspect, Mr Nwobodo Samuel Obumneme has explained how his group killed a staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Awka, Mr Osita Duruoha in September this year. The 26-year-old, alongside two of his gang members, allegedly strangled ...

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Fake FBI Commander, One Other Arraigned For $2.8m Fraud

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, arraigned one Ijeboi Dennis and Obade Monday Christian before Justice Abubakar Baba Shani of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Apo, Abuja. Dennis,(aka Andrew Tran huynh) and Monday, who also ...

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Ex-Minister Shettima Mustafa Passes Away

  An academic and former top government official, Shettima Mustafa, is dead. Mustafa, ex-Minister of Agriculture (1990 – 1992), was appointed Minister of Defence by President Umaru Yar’Adua in 2007. He later served as Minister of Interior and left office ...

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Naira Redesign: Governors On EFCC Watchlist Have Increased – Bawa

  The Chairman of the commission of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa on Thursday said the number of governors on its watchlist has increase. He disclosed this while briefing reporters at the State House after meeting ...

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2 Die In Bauchi Commissioner’s Convoy’s Accident

  The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, disclosed that two people have died and one other injured following a crash that involved the convoy of Bauchi State Commissioner for Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Abdulrazak Nuhu Zaki. Sector ...

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Naira Redesign: CBN Directs Banks To Open On Saturdays

The Central Bank of Nigeria has instructed commercial banks in the country to work on Saturdays till January 31, 2023, to enable customers return existing naira notes. The CBN had announced plans to redesign the N200, N500, and N1,000 banknotes, ...

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Police Shut Ekiti Assembly Complex Over Security Threat

Police have shut down the Ekiti State House of Assembly complex 24 hours after electing a new speaker. Police Public Relations Officer in the state Sunday Abutu confirmed to Channels Television that the action is connected to an intelligence report ...

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9-Year-Old Gives Birth In Zimbabwe After Father Impregnated Her

A nine-year-old girl ostensibly impregnated by her father has been delivered of a baby at the United Bulawayo Hospitals in Zimbabwe. The baby was born on Monday via a caesarean section. UBH acting clinical director Dr Harrison Rambanapasi said, “I ...

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Ghana Denies Issuing Travel Advisory To Citizens To Keep Away From Abuja

  Ghana has denied issuing a travel advisory to its citizens to keep away from Abuja, the capital of Nigeria. A notice circulating since Wednesday evening bears the name and logo of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration. ...

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Police Ex-Convict Hours After Release From Lagos Prison

  The Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command has arrested an ex-convict. The suspect, Yakub Yusuf, was apprehended hours after he was released from jail. He had been sentenced to one-month imprisonment for stealing at a ...

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How I Have Survived Diabetes For 40 Years – Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said he has survived diabetes for 40 years, adding that though the disease is not curable it can be managed. He made this disclosure on Sunday 13 November while addressing a gathering during a novelty ...

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How Kokun’s Friend Duped Him Of Almost N1m

  Kokun who runs the Kokun Foundation has revealed how his friend and his wife almost duped him of N1,000,000. According to him, his friend and the wife had called him and lied about their daughter being on life support, ...

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Guardian Tortures 11-Year-Old Maid To Death In Jos

  A microbiologist with one of the research institutes in Vom, Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State, who killed her 11-year-old maid, said she assaulted the girl because she was masturbating. It was gathered that the Kebbi State-born ...

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