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EFCC arraigns 10, vessel over illegal oil deal

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)on Monday arraigned 10 persons and a vessel, MV Peace, over alleged oil bunkering. They were arrested with 200 metric tons of petroleum products. EFCC said they conspired to commit the crime by dealing […]

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Nigerians arrested in Spain for controlling prostitutes with Juju

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A man and a woman of Nigerian origin have been arrested over claims that they forced Nigerian women into prostitution and deployed voodoo to keep their victims under their control, Spanish police said Sunday. The two suspects were arrested on […]

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Buhari’s anti-corruption war in perspective

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From Judex Okoro, Calabar IT has become an axiomatic fact that corruption in Nigeria has reached its climax. This development has put the country in bad light, especially before the international community. No wonder that in the Transparency International Corruption […]

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Man Jailed For Assault

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A Wuse Zone 2 Senior Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, on Monday sentenced a man, Elijah Okoro, to one month imprisonment for assaulting a man with cutlass. Okoro, who resides at Wuse Zone 2, pleaded guilty to the charge and begged for […]

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How to Get Away with Murder in Nigeria by Seun Lari-William

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By Seun Lari Williams Murder is, simply put, the unlawful killing of a human being by another human being. There isn’t much difference between murder and assassination. Some say, if the person unlawfully killed was important enough, then the media […]

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Property Law: Don't Take this serious: MINE MINE MINE!!! (lol)

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Hilarious for those who have a clue of Property Law.(Most People i guess) Copied from Seun Lari Williams‘ Facebook NO OFFENCE TO MY TEACHER; PROFESSOR I.O SMITH (SAN). BUT HERE’S PROPERTY LAW ACCORDING TO CHILDREN:1. IF I LIKE IT, IT’S […]

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The Rise of new Drug Lords

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Cannabis farm owners in the Niger Delta of Nigeria’s South-South region are creating a new kind of drug cartel. This new cartel type is defined strictly by blood relations, and it frequently involves parents recruiting their own children, by pulling […]

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Judge bans father taking daughters to Nigeria for female genital mutilation

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Court issues protection order preventing three sisters, aged six to 12, from being taken out of UK after mother testifies she has ‘never recovered’ from FGM herself. Three sisters whose father was deemed to be preparing to have them undergo […]

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N17 Million bribe lands Onyeka Onwenu’s aide in jail

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One of Nigeria’s foremost celebrities, Onyeka Onwenu, has been accused of demanding and collecting kickbacks through her personal assistant, Chika Abazu, from a contractor employed to carry out renovation works at the National Centre for Women Development [NCWD], where she […]

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Police nab suspected killer of Benue PDP chieftain

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Suspected killer of former Governor Gabriel Suswam’s political godfather, Chief Atoza Ihindan has been paraded by the Benue State Police Command. The suspect, Aondoaver Nough who was paraded alongside 52 other suspected criminals who were arrested within the state in […]