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Court rejects Saraki’s protest against Senate forgery suit

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A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday rejected a complaint by Senate President Bukola Saraki against a suit seeking to sack him and other principal officers of the Senate elected under the controversial Senate Standing Orders 2015. His counsel Sikiru […]

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MRS Denies N6.2bn Indebtedness to FCMB

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By Ejiofor Alike A major oil marketer, MRS Oil & Gas Company Limited, has kicked against the publication by First City Monument Bank Limited (FCMB), which listed the firm as being indebted to the bank to the tune of N6.2 […]

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EFCC identifies owner of $2.1m seized cash

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Ex-federal agency chief may be declared wanted The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) yesterday said it had traced about $2.1million (N413million) seized at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos to a former Executive Secretary of a federal parastatal. The commission […]

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Woman to court: My hubby is sexually weak

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A 39-year-old fashion designer, Mrs Farotimi Titilayo, has pleaded with an Ikorodu Customary Court in Lagos to dissolve her eight-year-old marriage on grounds of sexual denial and neglect. Titilayo, who resides at Nosiru St., Eyita, Ikorodu, told the court that […]

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Rise of police brutality: 8-month pregnant lady beaten, loses baby

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Starring vacantly as if in a daze, she beckoned with a wave from her hospital bed. The gesture was directed at Vanguard Features, VF, reporter, who stood a few metres away in the middle of the hospital’s expansive ward. Her […]

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EFCC blames judiciary for weak war on corruption

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• Restates call for special courts• NLC faction plans anti-graft protestEconomic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has attributed its alleged poor performance on what it described as defects in the country’s judicial system. An official of the commission made the […]

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Ambode goes tough on traffic robbers, street hawkers

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•Police arrest 595, prosecute 400, get convictions for 300 Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday presided over the state security council meeting with a resolve to stop the menace of robbery in traffic in the state’s trouble spots. He promised […]

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Lagos lawyer sues Buhari over inadequate fuel supply

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A lawyer and rights activist, Kabir Akingbolu has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos over his failure to make adequate provision for the production and supply of petroleum products to all citizens at regulated prices. […]

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Court Convicts Teacher For Fraud

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A 48-year-old teacher, Ismaila Mohammad, was on Tuesday sentenced to 12 months imprisonment by a Lugbe Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly defrauding his neighbour of N224,500. The Senior Judge, Mr Gambo Garba convicted Mohammad after he pleaded guilty […]

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Arase apologizes for police high handedness, misconduct to citizens

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The Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, on Tuesday apologised to members of the public for police high-handedness and misconducts in the country. Arase made the apology in Port Harcourt when he took delivery of 64 patrol vehicles donated […]