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AGF to court: Fed Govt has no record of how states spent N388b Paris Club refund

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+ Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF) Ahmed Idris has told a Federal High Court in Lagos that the Federal Government has no record of spending of N388.304 billion London Paris Club Loan refund by 35 states.Idris stated this before […]

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Court stops Army from demolishing homes

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+ Residents of Mesiogo Estate at Akobo area of Ibadan, Oyo State capital, have obtained an Oyo State High Court order restraining the 2 Division from demolishing their homes or from doing anything that can threaten their peace pending the determination […]

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Paris Club refund: Three more governors indicted + EFCC uncovers another slush account Release of third tranche threatenedThree more governors are believed to have diverted the London-Paris Club refund, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) sources said yesterday.Besides, another slush account […]

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Ekiti: SON Destroys Fake, Expired Products Worth N4.5m

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Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON).Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Sunday, destroyed N4.5 million worth of fake and expired products in Ekiti for want of quality assurance and other factors.Among the products burnt were fake and substandard tyres, expired cereals, […]

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Women support anti-open grazing law in Benue

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Ortom and his wife receiving the protesters…yesterday No fewer than 2000 women across the 23 local councils of Benue State yesterday stormed the Government House in Makurdi to demonstrate their solidarity for the implementation of the anti -open grazing law […]

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Court declines to suspend Metuh’s trial

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+ A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday declined request to delay the trial of ex-spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, to enable detained former National Security Adviser (NSA), Mohammed Dasuki to consult his records. Dasuki […]

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2015 Polls: I Collected N30m From Diezani For Logistics – Ex-INEC Secretary

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Diezani Alison Madueke, former petroleum resources ministerA former INEC officer, Christian Nwosu on Thursday at a Federal High Court in Lagos denied that he was bribed by a former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to rig the 2015 general elections for […]

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FG directs Malami to recover $321m Abacha loot from Switzerland

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By Terhemba Daka, Abuja Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami The Federal Government yesterday authorised the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to endorse an agreement between Nigeria and Switzerland to facilitate the repatriation of ‎$321 million […]

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Court: Diezani’s application for trial in Nigeria bizarre, misconceived

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+ The Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday held that an application by former Minister of Petroleum Resources Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke seeking to be tried in Nigeria was “bizarre” and “misconceived”. Justice Rilwan Aikawa dismissed the application for lacking in […]

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Man on the run after Facebook tips he gave on how to rape women went viral

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By Odita Sunday Donatus Enyeobi For giving a vivid lecture of how to rape women, a young man, Donatus Enyeobi, is on the run after the post he shared on his Facebook page went viral and drew the ire of Nigerians […]