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NCC Suspends Directive on Data Tariffs Hike

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Ogunmade and Dele Ogbodo in Abuja Following the outcry over the proposed introduction of a new price floor for the data segment of the telecommunications sector that would have led to a hike of data tariffs, the Nigerian Communications Commission […]

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N100,000 credit alert lands undergraduate in police trouble

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A 26-year-old undergra-duate, Sunday Akande, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, over alleged unlawful detention. In a letter through his lawyer F. E. Ojeikere, and copied the Commissioner of Police, Anambra State, the petitioner claimed he was arrested and […]

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PDP CRISIS: Makarfi, Sheriff issue jail threats against each other

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PDP factions step up struggle for control Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders were still tearing at one another yeNation rday.The two factions of the leading opposition party threatened imprisonment against each other for laying claims to the leadership of the […]

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From Barracks to the Bar! Former IGP, Solomon Arase, Establishes Law Practice

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Why ex-police boss stays away from public glare Public service, like bullfighting, is a perilous art in which the public servant faces the danger of ravenousness and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the […]

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EFCC: Corrupt Judges Not Business of DSS or Internal Security

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Damilola Oyedele in Abuja The rivalry between law enforcement agencies in the country reared its head thursday, when the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said the Department of State Services (DSS) had no business raiding and arresting judges, as […]

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Ondo Election: Appeal Court Declares Eyitayo Jegede PDP Candidate

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A final verdict has been given by the appeal court, declaring Mr Eyitayo Jegede, as the People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP), political candidate for the Ondo governorship election holding on November 26, 2016 in a lead judgement by Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, he confirmed that the […]

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Two brothers, son of traditional ruler to die by hanging for murder

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Two brothers, Shola and Kayode Oni and one other person, are to die by hanging for the murder of one Suleiman Afolabi during a fight on Christmas day in 2012.Also to be hanged to death alongside the two siblings is […]

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N5m bribe: Court rejects Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia’s ex-parte application

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*Refuses EFCC ex-prosecutor’s plea By Onozure Dania Lagos—A Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday refused to grant an ex-parte application filed by Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, seeking to secure her release from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission […]

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EFCC slams corruption charges on Ofili-Ajumogobia, Obla

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has preferred a 30-count charge against a Federal High Court Judge, Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, and Godwin Obla, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria.In the charge listed as number LD/367/C/16, Ofili-Ajumogobia was listed as the first defendant, […]

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From Fred Itua, AbujaTo buoy President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-graft crusade, the Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption, has commenced a nationwide visit to agencies handling graft-related cases.Committee chairman, Chukwuka Utazi, who led other members to Enugu State, yesterday, said the purpose of […]