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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 […]

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Top News: Waheed Odusile Emerges NUJ President

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Mr Waheed Odusile of the Lagos State council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), has been elected as the new National President of the NUJ at the union’s election held last night in Abuja during its 5th triennial delegates’ […]

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Family petitions Ambode over Ikorodu land

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The Oyega and Oyegbemiga family of Gbodo Village in the Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State has petitioned the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, over a large piece of land at Gbodo Village. In a petition, dated July […]

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Otti Escapes Assassination, Police Officer Shot Dead.

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Former governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Abia State, Dr Alex Otti Friday said that unknown gunmen invaded his Abuja guest house in the early hours of the day, apparently to assassinate him. Briefing journalists at […]

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EFCC to probe Amnesty programme

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THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFFC) has started probing the activities of the Presidential Amnesty Programme and has invited immediate past Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, for questioning on July 28. On his […]

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Okada riders chase Ondo commissioner out of office

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A mild drama played out yesterday at the Ondo State secretariat in Akure, as protesting commercial motorcyclists, also known as Okada riders chased out the state Commissioner for Transport, Mr. Nicholas Tofowomon, from his office. The Okada riders, who stormed […]

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3,000 ghost police pensioners revealed

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The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) has discovered 3,000 ghost pensioners in the police pension scheme, the Director-General, Nellie Mayshak, has said. Mayshak made the disclosure at a two-day sensitisation workshop in Abuja on Thursday, saying, “when PTAD was first […]

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Boko Haram Plotting To Bomb VIPs’ Houses – Osinbajo

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday alleged that Boko Haram had hatched a plot to use refuse collectors to bomb houses of very important personalities (VIPs) in the North-East Osinbajo, who is chairman of the National Economic Council (NEC), raised the […]

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CJN bars politicians from his residence, office

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Apparently to stave off pressure over electoral disputes, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mahmood Mohammed, has banned politicians from his residence. His security detail from the Department of State Service (DSS) and police orderly will henceforth be part […]