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Pastor’s agony: ‘My wife eloped to Liberia with another man’

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A pastor, Onyekwere Osondu, 48, has pleaded with an Ojo Customary Court, Lagos, to dissolve his 10-year-old marriage, saying his wife eloped to Liberia with another man. Osondu told the court that the wife, Ogechi, travelled to Liberia over a year […]

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Professional Negligence? : 250 Passengers Cheat Death As 2 Planes Collide In Lagos

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About 250 persons narrowly escaped death yesterday when a First Nation Airways plane hit another stationed aircraft belonging to same airline at the Murtala Mohammed Airport 2 (MMA2), Lagos, while taking off to Port Harcourt. While the airline refused to […]

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Finally, Radio Biafra is off the airwaves

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The Nigerian government appears to have finally succeeded in taking the pirate channel, Radio Biafra, off the airwaves in south east of the country after earlier claims turned out false. At 7:30 am Saturday, the broadcaster was off the air […]

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The ban on local council roadblocks

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The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase, has ordered Police Commissioners to dismantle roadblocks set up by local government officials for collection of revenue on the nation’s highways. The directive, which followed a similar order for the removal of military […]

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How I co-ordinated Rivers kidnaps from London –Suspect

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A 45-year-old man, Chukwudi Ubani has told the police how he ran a kidnap syndicate from his base in London. He was said to have been responsible for several kidnap cases in Rivers State and its environs for several years. […]

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Lekki robbery suspect sues police over detention

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Ebi Tosan, the 20-year old suspected member of the four suspects arrested and paraded by the police over the March 12, 2015 robbery of the Lekki branch of First City Monument Bank, has dragged the police to court over what […]

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FRSC mobile court convicts 29 for traffic offences

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The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) Mobile Court at Kakau Unit of the Kaduna Sector Command on Friday convicted 29 motorists for various traffic offences and discharged six others. The sector’s Legal Officer, Mr Fawzy Garba, who made this known […]

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Buhari appoints Gana Muhammadu as new Commandant-General of NSCDC

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President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu as the new Commandant-General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). Muhammadu succeeded Dr. Ade Abolurin, who has retired from service. A statement by the Special Adviser to the president […]

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Buhari dissolves federal boards, sacks NIMASA D-G

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President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Mr. Patrick Ziakede Akpobolokemi. Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina,‎ in a statement, said the sack is with immediate […]

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The questions Okonjo-Iweala could not answer by Oshiomhole

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Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has said that there is nothing ‘personal’ between him and former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. The Edo State Governor in a statement signed by Kassim Afegbua, […]