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Buhari sends money laundering, criminal activities bills to Senate

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ABUJA —PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, sent his first two executive bills to the Senate, seeking to prohibit money laundering and criminal activities in the country. The bills are:”The Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Bill, 2016″ and “The Mutual Legal Assistance […]

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Budget 2016 scales second reading

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The 2016 appropriation bill passed second reading amid scathing criticisms from members of the opposition at the House of Representatives yesterday. Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara however said the debate so far was illuminating and it should be a […]

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Metuh gave me $2m cash to invest , witness tells court

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Two testify as PDP spokesman’s trial begins in Abuja Trial opened yesterday at the Federal high Court, Abuja in the money laundering charge against Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) spokesman Olisa Metuh, with the prosecution calling two of its planned 18 […]

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Bello’s swearing-in: Kogi voters drag FG to court

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THE controversy trailing the emergence of Alhaji Yahaya Bello as the governor-elect of Kogi State is far from ending, as some registered voters in the state have gone to the ECOWAS Court sitting in Abuja to stop his swearing-in in […]

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Court fixes Feb 4 for hearing of Dasuki’s application to halt trial

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High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Maitama, Abuja has fixed February 4 for hearing of an application by former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki, with which he seeks to stay proceedings in his trial. ?Dasuki is being […]

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Update: Court grants Metuh N400m bail

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Detained spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh got a breather Tuesday at a Federal High Court in Abuja granted him bail at N400million. Metuh, who was on January 15 remanded in Kuje prison, Abuja after his arraignment, […]

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Assault on journalist: Lagos NUJ files N500m lawsuit against customs

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The Lagos State chapter of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) has filed a N500 million criminal suit against the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, over the brutal assault on one Yomi Olomofe, a journalist at Seme border post of the […]

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Court sends Olisa Metuh to Kuje Prison

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A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday ordered that the spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, be remanded in Kuje Prison, Abuja. He is to remain in prison until January 19 when his formal bail application would be […]

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28-yr-old man kills pregnant woman for N50,000

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UYO— A 28-year-old man, Edet Stephen Asuquo, yesterday, made revealing statements to the Akwa Ibom State Police Command on how he was hired by a village council leader in Itu Local Government Area to kill a pregnant woman for ritual […]

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Court remands driver in prison for alleged rape of teenager

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A Gudu Upper Area Court in the FCT on Thursday remanded a 44-year-old driver, Ayodele Obayelu, in prison for alleged rape of an 18-year-old girl. Obayelu, a resident of Durumi village, Abuja, was arraigned on a one-count charge of rape. […]