Bamaiyi: EFCC re-arraigns Lagos socialite, Ajudua, over $10.3m fraud
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday re-arraigned a Lagos socialite, Fred Ajudua, before Justice Josephine Oyefeso of an Ikeja High Court for
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Horror! Hoodlums Kill Alfa Abu, wife and children in Ijebu-Ode
A 35 year-old Muslim cleric, Sheikh Yusuf Amzat-Salam, also known as Alfa Abu, his wife and four children were killed by hoodlums in
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Odizor donates N10m tennis equipment to Ondo State
Nduka Odizor, Nigeria’s leading tennis icon, will donate tennis equipment worth N10million to a new initiative driven by the First Lady of Ondo
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Prices of rice, other items, crash
Nigeria’s precious meal, rice, is becoming more affordable as the price of the product dropped in April by an appreciable margin. The report
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Gates Foundation sinks 1 million dollars into research projects in Kebbi varsity
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has expended one million dollars on three research projects at the Kebbi State University of Science and
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$5.9bn rail: S’East alleges exclusion, Senate summons Amaechi
Leader of the South-East caucus in the Senate, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has protested against the alleged exclusion of the eastern rail line from
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PDP condoles Anenih over demise of wife, son
The National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commiserated with former Chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees, Chief Tony
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Britain’s state-rescued Lloyds bank back in private hands
British bank Lloyds, bailed-out by the UK government at the height of the financial crisis, said Wednesday that it had returned to full
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PDP crisis: Makarfi yields PDP to Sherif. Advises aspirants to defect
The division in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) got to a head yesterday, with the Ahmed Makarfi group telling its supporters to seek
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Court jails two siblings for Internet fraud
Two siblings, a male and female, have been sentenced to two years imprison each for Internet fraud in Warri, Delta, according to the
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Female marathoner did’nt expect to win
Marathoner Deborah Pam, the fastest Nigerian female at the just-concluded 5th Okpekpe 10km Road Race, on Monday said she did not believe she
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Opera Mini unveils Victor Moses as brand ambassador
Opera (www.Opera.com) has named Victor Moses, the Nigeria international and Chelsea player as brand ambassador of Opera Mini, the most popular browser in Africa. The
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Fake prophet bags 25 months’ imprisonment for stealing, impersonation
A 32-year-old man, Lukman Yaya, who claimed to be a prophet, was on Monday sentenced to 25 months’ imprisonment by an Ota Magistrates ‘Court
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Ebola: FG steps up passenger screening at airports
Additional personnel, thermal scanners and sanitisers have been deployed in Nigeria’s two major international airports by the Federal Government as part of measures
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WHO confirms 2nd Ebola case in Congo
The World Health Organisation on Monday confirmed that a second Ebola case in Congo. “So far there are 19 suspect cases, including three
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IPOB condemn continuous detention of five members
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has condemned the continued detention of five of its members and many others being detained at various
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UTME: JAMB arrests cyber cafe operators for selling information to candidates for N10,000
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) yesterday said it had arrested operators of cyber cafés for defrauding candidates of the ongoing Unified
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Ignore IPOB’s May 30 sit at home order, MASSOB tells Ndigbo
The Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign States of Biafra has urged Ndigbo to ignore the order by the Indigenous People of Biafra,
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President Trump top aides face sack
President Trump is weighing a “huge reboot” in his White House staff after becoming disappointed with several aides, according to a report on
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Horror! ISIS executes 145 civilians, hangs bodies on poles
The ISIS (Islamic State Iraq and Syria) has executed more than 145 civilians for trying to flee the western part of the Iraqi
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Daily Times posthumous awards for Yar’Adua, Jose
The Daily Times of Nigeria (DTN), will confer posthumous awards on the late former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and the former Managing Director
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Lagos hairdresser commits suicide over N150,000 loan
A hairdresser, Yetunde Oladipupo, aka Iyabo, has committed suicide on Onabola Street, Owotutu, in the Somolu area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that
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Court transfers INEC officials’ graft case to Port-Harcourt
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday transferred the case filed by the Police against 23 Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials to
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Court adjourns EFCC’s suit against Patience Jonathan to May 22
Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Monday adjourned to May 22, a suit seeking final forfeiture to the Federal Government of the
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Ikorodu killings: Police after family for raising false alarm
Mr Fatai Owoseni, the Commissioner of Police in Lagos, said on Saturday that the police were on the trail of a family which
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Egg-sized diamond stone that N2.5b can’t buy
The government of Sierra Leone has rejected a $7.8 million bid, about N2.5 billion for a rough, egg-sized diamond stone, one of the
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Ebola in Congo: Nigeria on red alert
The Management of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has assured Nigerians of adequate surveillance at the nation’s airports following the outbreak
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Senate, Reps to spend N13bn on refreshment, travels, welfare
The National Assembly is to spend over N13bn on refreshment, transportation and welfare packages in 2017, estimates of its new budget have shown.
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3 Suicide bombers target UNIMAID, 4 killed
Three suicide bombers attempted early Saturday morning to enter University of Maiduguri, (UNIMAID) but they were thwarted by security men. Two of the
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5th Okpekpe International 10km Race: Gebrsilase, Azemra emerge men, women’s champions
Ethiopian athletes dominated yesterday’s 5th Okpekpe International 10km Road Race as Leal Aleme Gebrsilase emerged overall Champion after clocking the time of 29
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