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Rivers state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Emmanuel Aguma, has died

  The Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General of Rivers State, Emmanuel Chinwenwo Aguma SAN, has died. Family sources say he died today August 10th at a hospital in London where he was receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment. An official statement from ...

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Gunmen kill nine people in Benue

Nine persons have been killed by unknown gunmen in Tse Ujoh community in Katsina Alla local government area of Benue State today August 10th.   Confirming the attack, the state governor, Samuel Ortom described as unacceptable, the latest attack which left nine persons dead. Speaking through his Chief Press ...

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‘Stop deluding yourselves, you can’t remove Saraki and Ekweremadu’ – PDP tells President Buhari and APC

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the president Buhari led government and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop ‘deluding themselves’ and come to terms with the reality that they lack the legislative number and constitutional facilities to impeach ...

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Igbos don’t celebrate their own, they only destroy – Rochas Okorocha

  Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State who spoke during a breakfast meeting with journalists at the Government House stated that he is more favoured to become the first President of Igbo extraction. The Imo State Governor who noted that he commands massive followership beyond the Southeast much more ...

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Kenya former governor charged over corruption

A Kenyan court on Thursday charged former Nairobi governor Evans Kidero with corruption and wasting public funds, following a new crackdown on public graft. Kidero, who lost in 2017 polls to the ruling coalition, was charged by the Special Economic ...

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Melania Trump’s parents become U.S citizens through chain immigration

First lady Melania Trump’s parents were sworn in as U.S. citizens Thursday. Viktor and Amalija Knavs, both in their 70s, took the citizenship oath at a special, private ceremony in New York City. The Slovenian immigrants, a former car dealer ...

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Bayelsa Governor Dickson loses mother to cancer

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has lost his mother, after she died of cancer. The Governor confirmed the passing on of his beloved mother, Mrs. GoldCoast Dickson. She was aged 72. The governor in a statement on Thursday by his ...

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EFCC raids Abuja home of former SSS DG Ita Ekpeyong

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC Today raided the home of the former DG of the State Security Service SSS, Ita Ekpeyong.   According to Premiumtimes, operatives of the anti-graft agency, stormed Ita’s residence located in Asokoro, at ...

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Bolivian president’s priceless gold-and-emerald medal is stolen from a guard’s car while the officer was at a Brothel

Bolivia’s gold-and-emerald presidential medal with sash, which dates back to the foundation of the republic in 1825, were reportedly stolen from a guard’s car while the officer visited a brothel.   The officer identified as Lieutenant Roberto Ortiz was meant to deliver ...

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Dino Melaye fails to appear in court again over gunrunning charges, case adjourned to September 20th

Again, Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West in the Senate did not appear in court on Wednesday to answer the charges bordering on gunrunning levied against him and two others.   However, the two suspects charged alongside the senator, Kabir Seidu, ...

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EFCC unfreezes Benue state government’s accounts

The Benue State government says the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has unfrozen its bank accounts. The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Samuel Ortom, Terver Akase, confirmed this to Channels Television in an interview on Thursday.   The Anti-graft agency ...

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See throwback photos of fearless female lawmaker, Boma Goodhead confronting more than a dozen Police officers in 2005

Hon. Boma Goodhead, a member of the House of Representatives, representing Akulga/Asalga constituency went viral on Tuesday and made major headlines after she was filmed confronting masked operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS over the National Assembly Invasion. ...

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Oshiomole appoints Akpabio as APC leader in Akwa Ibom State

National Chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomole announced Senator Godswill Akpabio as the new APC leader in Akwa Ibom State during the mega rally in Ikot Ekpene that saw the senator defecting into the ruling party. Oshiomole described Akpabio as an uncommon ...

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Syria’s first lady diagnosed with breast cancer

The wife of Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, has begun treatment for early-stage breast cancer, the presidency said on Wednesday. Asma al-Assad is beginning the first stage of treatment for a malignant tumour in the breast that was discovered at an ...

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Lawal Daura took bribes, betrayed Buhari – Former aide

A former aide to the sacked director general of State Security Service, Lawal Daura, has accused his former boss of being a serial bribe receiver and at the same time, a man who betrayed President Muhammadu Buhari, many times for monetary ...

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Full speech of Saraki’s World Press Conference on NASS invasion by DSS

Full speech of Saraki’s World Press Conference. Earlier today, the Senate President Bukola Saraki addressed a World Press Conference on the invasion of NASS by DSS operatives. Read below: 1. It is a matter of record that yesterday, lawmakers and staff of ...

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Court orders arrest of INEC chairman, asks IGP to produce him on August 14

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, August 8, has ordered Nigeria’s inspector general of police to arrest and bring the chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, to court for refusing to obey a valid order ...

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Saraki hosts world press conference, commends Osinbajo for dismissing DSS DG

Senate President Bukola Saraki this morning addressed a World Press Conference over the invasion of the National Assembly by DSS officials. Saraki condemned the siege laid by the DSS, saying it’s “an assault on democracy.” “It is a matter of record that ...

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Akwa Ibom government sacks Akpabio’s brother, Ibanga Akpabio

Ibanga, who is a younger brother to ex-governor and erstwhile Senate minority leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, was sacked following the news of Godswill defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The commissioner for information ...

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Argentina’s ex-Vice president, Amado Boudou bags 5 years in jail for corruption

Argentina’s former Vice President Amado Boudou was sentenced on Tuesday to five years and 10 months in prison for “bribery and business dealings incompatible with public service.”   Boudou, who served from 2011 to 2015 alongside then President Cristina Fernandez, was also ...

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Special Assistant To Kano State Governor On Graveyard Matters Resigns

Yakubu Nagoda has resigned as the special assistant on graveyards to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state. In his letter dated August 4, addressed to the secretary to the state government, Nagoda thanked the governor for opportunity to serve the people of Kano ...

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Masked DSS operative wearing RCCG wrist band

Masked DSS operatives yesterday prevented Federal lawmakers and journalists from entering the National Assembly. A photo of one of the masked operatives wearing an RCCG wrist band has emerged and gone viral. See below.

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