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Jail terms for substandard products fakers

Admin 1 9 years ago

The proliferation of substandard products in the country has continued to generate great concern despite efforts by the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) to check the menace. The recent directive given the agency by the Federal Government to reduce the […]

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Woman Docked For Allegedly Peddling 4.5Kg of Cocaine

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday arraigned a 38-year-old woman before a Federal High Court in Lagos for drug trafficking. The accused, Alake Abdulrazaq, is standing trial on a one-count charge bordering on the offence. She, however, […]

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Falana Petitions EFCC On Abacha Loot

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A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana, has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate how $4 billion recovered from former military Head of State, General Sani Abacha was spent by the federal government. The human […]

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Why we took NCC to court, by MTN

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TELECOMMUNICATION giant MTN yesterday said it took the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to court over the N780billion fine imposed on it over subscriber identity (SIM) card registration infractions because of its belief in the long term sustainability of its business […]

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Reps to summon Okonjo-Iweala over N1.2bn river basin fund

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Directive by the former finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the withdrawal of N1.17 billion from Sokoto Rima Basin Development Commission (SRBDC) account last year is “unacceptable,” members of the House of Representatives have said. To this end, the ad hoc […]

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FG probes Aero’s use of ladder to disembark passengers

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By Lawani Mikairu The Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika yesterday directed an immediate investigation into the use of ladder by Aero Contractors Airlines to disembark passengers on its chartered flight at the Bauchi Airport on Saturday. This […]

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Breach of contract: Court orders bank to pay N4.5bn

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By Innocent Anaba Lagos—A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, has ordered Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc to pay a former Group Managing Director of Afribank Nigeria Plc, Patrick Olayele Akinkuotu and his company, Longterm Global Capital Limited the sum of […]

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MTN, lawyer urge court to quash NCC’s fine

Admin 1 9 years ago

MTN Nigeria has urged the Federal High Court, Lagos to quash the $3.9 billion sanction imposed on it by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The action came as a lawyer, Abubakar Sani, in a separate suit, also asked a Federal […]

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Appeal Court Nullifies Election Victory Of Delta State Senator, Amori

Admin 1 9 years ago

The Court of Appeal sitting in Benin City, the Edo State capital has nullified the election victory of Senator Ighoyota Amori in the Delta Central Senatorial District. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator lost the seat to Ovie-omo Agege of […]

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Nigerian Army commutes death sentence on 66 soldiers

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Chief-of-Army-Staff-Major-General-Tukur-Buratai The 66 soldiers who were condemned to death by military courts for mutiny and trying to kill their commanding officer in the war on Boko Haram, will no longer face the firing squad. Instead, they will serve a term […]