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NDLEA, FRSC Partner To Sanitize Parks And Highways

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Following the recent fatal crashes in Anambra state, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) with the help of the state government, have commenced a joint operation on the major highways and parks […]

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We’ll Crush Boko Haram This Year – PMB

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President Muhammadu Buhari declared yesterday that the Multinational Joint Task Force of the Lake Chad Commission will crush Boko Haram sect before the year 2015 runs out. The president, who stated this in Cotonou, Benin Republic capital, at a gala […]

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Death Row Soldiers Sue Army For Contempt

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Soldiers in the Nigerian Army who were recently sentenced to death by a military court martial have initiated contempt proceedings against the Chief of Army Staff over non-release of the record of proceedings that convicted and sentenced them to death. […]

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Army disbands courts martial, set to review cases

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Respite may have come for military officers and soldiers that have either been dismissed or standing trials before courts marshal for acts of insubordination, cowardice, mutiny and related offences, as the new Chief of Staff, Major General Tukur Buratai is […]

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Pregnant Nigerian woman murdered in Ghana

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BY GBOYEGA ADEOYE She was in the throes of childbirth and needed to get to the hospital fast. Gripped by an excruciating pang of labour, she held her aching waist and hobbled towards the bus station, eager to catch a […]

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Four policemen arrested over businessman’s death

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Four policemen from the Special Anti-Robbery squad unit of the Lagos State Police Command have been arrested over the death of a car dealer, Benson Obode, in their custody in Benin City, Edo State. The four policemen – Adeleke Adedeji, […]

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Money laundering: CBN moves against banks

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THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has impressed the need on money deposit banks to discourage money laundering. The apex bank, which has come hard against banks aiding high net worth individuals to launder money, yesterday reiterated its commitment to […]

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Police raid baby factory in Asaba, arrest operator, eight pregnant girls

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Police detectives, at the weekend, swooped on a suspected baby factory in Asaba, Delta State, and arrested the operator and eight pregnant girls. In addition, a surveillance patrol team attached to the Ozoro Police Division, in the state, apprehended a pastor […]

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States owing banks N685billion – Osinbajo

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Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo had defended the bail-out fund policy of the Buhari administration for states owing salaries of civil servants. Speaking at a ceremony in honour President Mihammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media, Malam Garba Shehu, Osinbajo […]

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REVEALED: Untold Story Of The 2,000 Nigerians Repatriated From Cameroon

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In the past few weeks, a lot of Nigerians are being deported by the Cameroonian government with the figure rising to over 2000. Those affected according to an investigation by our correspondent were the internally displaced persons (IDPs) taking refuge […]