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Bandits demand N200m to free Niger 19

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By Justina Asishana, Minna Abductors of 19 persons from Kutunku village in Wushishi Local Government Area of Niger State have demanded a N200 million ransom to free their victims. They made the demand on Wednesday evening in a telephone call […]

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Senate uncovers discrepancy in N120b subsidy payment

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By Sanni Onogu, Abuja The Senate said yesterday it has uncovered N120 billion difference in the subsidy paid by the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory (PPPRA) to the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) in 2016. The discovery was made […]

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Appeal Court orders re-trial of Bulama, others

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The Court of Appeal in Gombe State has ordered that the case involving former Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Abdu Bulama, and four others to be reassigned to another Federal High Court for retrial. Bulama was arraigned by the […]

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My wife cannot make ‘simple eba’ – Divorce seeking man laments in court

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By Olawale Akinremi A sales attendant, Stephen Akinseloye has told a Customary Court in Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State that his wife, Opeyemi, cooking skill is so poor that she cannot make simple ‘eba’ Akinseloye, who lives in Elewura-Challenge area in […]

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My order on military to shoot anyone found with AK-47 illegally stands – Buhari

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja emphasized that security chiefs have received marching orders to go harder on criminals, including to shoot anyone found illegally with AK-47. The President spoke at a meeting with the National Council of Traditional […]

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Rep tasks NLC on wage bill

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Rep. Garba Datti (APC-Kaduna state) has urged the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) to forward its argument against the bill to decentralise minimum wage to the house public hearing. Datti, also the sponsor of the bill said rather than resort to […]

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FG replaces FIRS with NIPOST as stamp duty collector

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The Nigerian government on Thursday said it has replaced the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) with the Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST) as stamp duty collector. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, made the disclosure at the launch […]

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Supreme Court dismisses Dickson’s, PDP’s appeals

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By Eric Ikhilae, Abuja and Mike Odiegwu, Port Harcourt The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck out two appeals filed by former Bayelsa State Governor Henry Seriake Dickson and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The appeals were on the […]

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Massive harvest: EFCC busts 25 suspected Internet fraudsters in Lagos

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The Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested 25 suspects for their alleged involvement in computer-related fraud. The suspects are: Ibrahim Olaiwon Olatunji, Kelechi Daniel David, Olutayo Oluwapelumi, Abiola Baruwa Gideon, Adesuyi Toheeb Adeyika, […]

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Court declines to unfreeze Shell’s bank accounts in alleged oil diversion case

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• Summons three banks for alleged contempt Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo of Federal High Court, Lagos, yesterday, declined to vacate her interim Mareva injunction directing 20 banks to block accounts of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) and its subsidiaries. The […]