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93 cultists arrested in warri

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No fewer than 59 cultists were on Wednesday night arrested during a raid on strategic locations in Warri, Delta State by a crack team of policemen from ‘B’ Division of the state police command. Beside, another 34 were earlier apprehended […]

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Money Laundering: Court releases Nyako, son, others on bail

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Two days after they were remanded in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over charges bothering on money laundering, former Governor of Adamawa State, Admiral Murtala Nyako (rtd) and his son, Abdulaziz, yesterday, secured bail from […]

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Business Operators Urge LASG To Beef Up Security In Ikorodu

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Some business operators and residents in Ikorodu area of Lagos on Friday urged the Lagos State Government and the Nigeria Police Force to secure investments in the area by beefing up security. The business operators and residents told the News […]

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21 lawyers conferred with SAN title

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The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) on Friday in Abuja, approved the conferment of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) on 21 lawyers. Mr Ahmed Saleh, the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court and Secretary of the Committee, […]

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49 year-old gynaecologist commits suicide in Enugu

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THE 49 year-old Chief Consultant Gynaecologist and Managing Director of Hope Medical Centre Benin City, Dr John Abode, who was found dead in his wardrobe last Tuesday, may have actually committed suicide, Vanguard gathered. Vanguard learned from a top security […]

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I will deny my husband sex until he pays his debt — wife (in court)

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A 39-year-old trader, Mrs Modinat Idowu, told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos state on Thursday that she would continue to deny her husband, one Akeem Idowu, sex until he has paid the debt he is owing her. Idowu said […]

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Sule Lamido (ex Gov. of Jigawa) : “You mean i am now a prisoner?” Nigerians make funny judgemental comments on twitter

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A Federal High Court, sitting in Kano, yesterday, ordered former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido, and his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, accused of fraud, remanded in prison custody in Kano till September 28. The former governor is facing a […]

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INVESTIGATION: Bayelsa Governor allegedly hires world’s most ruthless hackers for N100M to hack computers, phones in Nigeria

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The Bayelsa state government paid close to one hundred million naira to an Italian firm, Hacking Team, to hack computers and phones in Nigeria, new information emerging from the firm’s leaked internal data has shown. Hacking Team, notorious for equipping […]

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Nigerian court sentences Pakistani to prison for importing heroin

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A 19-year-old Pakistani, Iftikhar Arslan, was on Thursday sentenced to 18 months in prison by Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court, Lagos, for importing 25. 4kg of heroin. Arslan, who said he was a medical student in Pakistan, […]

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We’re ready to prosecute looters – Justice Ministry

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The Ministry of Justice said yesterday it was ready to prosecute anybody indicted by agencies of government for looting public funds. The Permanent Secretary, Alhaji Abdullahi Yola,‎ told State House correspondents shortly after briefing President Muhammadu Buhari on the ministry’s […]