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My wife spends our children’s school fees, man begs court to dissolve marriage

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An Ado-Ekiti Customary Court on Monday dissolved a 28-year-old marriage between Mr Imoleayo Sunday and his wife, Funmise. The marriage was dissolved on grounds of frequent fighting and adultery. Sunday, 51, a resident of Omolayo behind Queen’s Court, Ado-Ekiti, told […]

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Saraki docked, pleads 'not guilty'

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Senate President pleads not guilty Tribunal fixes Oct. 21 for hearing WHO SAID WHAT The Judiciary saved the nation …One can just imagine what would have happened if there were contradictory decisions by the courts —Prosecution I am puzzled why […]

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Robbers raid Catholic Church in Abuja

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ABUJA—About three months after the Catholic Church of Annunciation, Kubwa, was made Parish by the Archdiocese of Abuja, suspected armed robbers invaded it and took away valuable equipment and a Toyota Camry. The robbers, who have constantly kept Kubwa residents in […]

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Go, defend yourself, Buhari tells Saraki

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By Clifford Ndujihe, Henry Umoru, Ikechukwu Nnochiri & Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA – President Muhammadu Buhari has dissociated himself from the current travails of Senate President Bukola Saraki in the hands of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and the Code […]

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Policeman shoots woman to death, injures husband in Lagos

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By Evelyn Usman & Ebere Aham LAGOS—A police corporal attached to Isheri-Oshun Division in Lagos, Wednesday night, fired a shot at a moving tricycle along Isheri/ Ijegun road, killing the wife of the operator, Idongesit Ekpo, on the spot. Doctors […]

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NDLEA arrests 6 for swallowing something unthinkable!

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Operatives of the of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, yesterday arrested a Bureau De Change operator and five other suspected money laundering syndicate for swallowing $156,000 (N31, 083, 000.00) at Excel Oriental Hotel along Airport Road, Lagos. The […]

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Asset Declaration: Court Summons CCB, CCT Chairmen over Saraki’s Arraignment

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A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday summoned the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) to appear before it on September 21 over an attempted arraignment of the Senate President Olubukola Saraki without following […]

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Alleged false declaration of assets: Code of Conduct Tribunal docks Saraki tomorrow

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By Henry Umoru, Ikechukwu Nnochiri & Bartholomew Madukwe ABUJA — The Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, will tomorrow, dock the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on a 13- count charge bordering on alleged corruption and false declaration of assets at the […]

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NBA to NLC: We are opposed to capital punishment for corruption

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The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) has opposed the call by the organised labour for capital punishment for public officers found guilty of corruption and corrupt practices in the country. President of the Association, Barrister Augustine Alegeh (SAN) while receiving the […]

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Judge detains seven journalists for hours, free them after snake threat

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Seven journalists were yesterday, arrested and detained at the Ota High court premises for three hours on the order of a judge attached to the state High Court 1, Ota, Ogun state, Justice N. I. Agbelu. The detained Journalists are […]