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Businessman accused of stealing N4.6m fuel

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A 47-year-old businessman, Oluwafemi Adeleye, was yesterday arraigned before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing petroleum products worth N4.6million.The prosecution told Chief Magistrate Yewande Aje-Afunwa that the defendant committed the offence last April 4 at Uptime Energy Ltd, […]

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Lagos not in bondage, Razak tells Agbaje, others

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A member of the Lagos State Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC), Chief Lanre Razak, has dismissed as diversionary and cheap blackmail a recent claim by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Mr. Jimmy Agbaje, that the state is under the […]

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FIRS hits N5.2 trillion tax revenue, gets N8tr target in 2019

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By Chijioke Nelson [File] Mr Babatunde Fowler, FTAX Chairman. PHOTO/TWITTER/FIRS • Stamp duty collections accumulate billions under locksThe Federal Inland Revenue Service has recorded an all-time high tax revenue collection of N5.23 trillion in 2018, with Value Added Tax (VAT) at […]

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Court restrains INEC from accepting APC candidates in Rivers

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By Ann Godwin (Port Harcourt) and Adamu Nullifies direct, indirect primaries, party to challenge rulingA Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has delivered judgments in two separate suits, asking the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to acknowledge Rivers State’s All […]

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Ex-NEPA manager dies during sex romp with nursing mother

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A former Manager of the defunct Nigeria Electricity Power Authority (NEPA) , Ebonyi State district has reportedly died in a hotel in Abakaliki during a marathon sex with his lover, a nursing mother.The nursing mother who resides at Nwojiji Street […]

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NANS denies N150m bribery allegations from presidency

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The leadership of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) yesterday dismissed as false an allegation by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) that it received N150 million from the presidency.The National Public Relations Officer (PRO) of NANS, Mr Adeyemi Amoo, […]

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How minister sponsored ‘illegal’ takeover of agency, breaching appropriation act and supporting abuse of office

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By Amos ABBA File Photo: Suleiman Hassan THE Surveyors Council of Nigeria (SURCON) has been embroiled in running battles characterised by accusations of fraud, abuse of office, insubordination and lack of transparency since the registrar of the council, Surv. Muhammed Kabir illegally assumed […]

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‘Overhaul criminal justice system’

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Some Lagos-based lawyers yesterday called for a reform of the justice system and the provisions of its laws.They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the legal system had been mired by challenges ranging from applicable laws to their […]

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Only court can declare Atiku guilty of corruption, says PDP chieftain

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Presidential candidate of the Nigeria’s opposition party Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar speaks during a campaign rally in Ilorin, north-central Nigeria, on December 5, 2018. – Presidential candidate of the Nigeria’s opposition party Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar […]

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Criminality is acquired, not inherited – Cleric

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Crime Rev. Fr. John Oni, Associate Priest, Saints Timothy and Titus Catholic Church, Isheri-Osun, Lagos, says criminality is not inherited but acquired.The priest also said that those indulging in criminal activities in the country were not born criminals but acquired […]