Police comb Ekiti forests for kidnappers, rapists
The Police Command in Ekiti on Wednesday said it had started combing all the forests suspected to be hideouts for kidnappers and rapists
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Woman absconds with funds meant for participants at an EFCC event.
No fewer than 20 women were on Wednesday stranded at the Haven Event Centre, GRA, Ikeja after the inauguration of a programme “Nigerian
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EFCC recovers 17 vehicles from Ex-Customs boss, Inde
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has recovered 17 “exotic vehicles’’ in a warehouse belonging to a former Comptroller-General of
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Court freezes Stella Oduah’s 21 bank accounts over $16.4m, N100m debts
A Lagos Federal High Court has restrained Stella Oduah and Sea Petroleum and Gas Company Ltd., from making any withdrawal from 21 accounts domiciled with
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Whistleblower blows the lid on a N8.4b ‘ghost’ account
A whistleblower has led the Nigerian government to a suspicious bank account, with no signatories, but where N8.4 billion was secretly kept. A
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N25m Fraud: EFCC docks illegal money lender
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on February 20, 2017 arraigned one Marcel Amadi, before Justice Dugbo Oghoghorie of the Federal High
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Adeosun: FG seeks $2.3bn loans from W/Bank, China …says no need for IMF loan
The Federal Government is seeking to borrow at least $1bn from the World Bank and another $1.3bn from China’s Export-Import Bank, the Minister
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Mexican kills self after deportation from US for the third time
With just a plastic bag of belongings in his hand, a Mexican man who was deported from the United States Tuesday promptly killed
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Air Peace receives 12th aircraft, opens Lekki office
Nigeria’s leading domestic carrier, Air Peace, has taken delivery of its 12th 114-capacity Boeing 737-500 series. Air Peace Chief Operating Officer, Mrs Oluwatoyin
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Breaking: Protest in Sango-Ota over Customs invasion of market
The entire Sango-Ota axis in Ado Ota local Government Area of Ogun is now engulfed in protest. Vehicular and human traffic along Abeokuta-Lagos
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Driver docked for N23m bus stolen at lover’s house
A driver of a bus conveying Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation workers has run into trouble after he woke up at his lover’s house
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Bafana Bafana top job: Siasia screened out.
Samson Siasia has reportedly been omitted from the shortlist of candidates for the vacant South Africa’s Bafana Bafana job. The developments came just
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Neymar,mother, Barca FC to face trial for corruption
Brazilian player Neymar, his former club and Barcelona FC will stand trial in Spain on corruption charges over his transfer in 2013 from
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FG to reduce agencies operating in ports to six
The Federal Government is currently working towards streamlining the number of agencies operating in the nation’s ports to only six from about eight.
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CAF presidency: NFF rejects Hayatou, needs ‘new generation’
The Nigeria Football Federation is backing a challenge to the long-serving President of the Confederation of African Football Issa Hayatou, BBC Sport reports.
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U.S. blames South Sudan leaders says “the famine in the country is self-inflicted”
The U.S. Department of State has blamed the leadership of South Sudan for the famine currently plaguing the conflict-torn country. The department’s Spokesperson,
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Justice Ademola’s trial: Confusion over why Buhari’s lawyer sent him N500,000 ‘gift’ while presiding over his certificate scandal case.
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Joe Agi, who is being prosecuted along with Justice Adeniyi Ademola of a Federal High Court, has
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Flouting of court order: Dismissed Police Officer asks court to jail IGP
A dismissed police officer, one Mr Michael Agha, on Tuesday asked the Federal High Court, Makurdi, to commit the Inspector General of Police
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Diezani’s poll cash: INEC chief for trial
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday said it will prosecute a Deputy Director of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) in
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Armsgate: How We Recovered $1m cash In Badeh’s House – Witness
A prosecution witness, Goji Mohammed, on Tuesday, February 21, 2017 gave a vivid explanation of how the operatives of Economic and Financial Crimes
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Armsgate: Judge Adjourns Metuh’s Case to Feb 22
Justice Okon Abang of a Federal High Court Abuja has fixed February 22, 2017 for “hearing without fail” in a money laundering charge
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Mugabe defers birthday bash till Saturday
World’s oldest President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has deferred his 93rd birthday bash till Saturday.The lavish ceremony will take place in Matopos, 500
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My husband became President because he never gave up – Aisha Buhari
The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has advised Nigerians to emulate her husband by never giving up on their dreams and
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N/East: Outrage as Presidency budgets N60m again for grass cutting
Members of the House of Representatives expressed shock on Tuesday that the Presidential Committee on North-East Initiative budgeted N60m to award contracts to
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Unbelievable! Father dumps child’s corpse inside Lagos canal
A father of nine children, Adekunle Adewusi, on Tuesday appeared in an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly disposing his child’s remains
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Sanusi: Kano to outlaw forced marriages, regulate polygamy
Muhammadu Sanusi II, Emir of Kano, has said a family law will soon be put in place to outlaw forced marriages in the
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Court frees Katsina ex-Gov. Shema
A Katsina State High Court on Tuesday granted a former governor of the state, Ibrahim Shema and three others N1 billion bail and
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Boko Haram recruited 2,000 child soldiers in 2016
The terrorist Boko Haram group recruited about 2,000 child soldiers in 2016 and used them in combat , the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
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Again, Buhari shifts return date, writes the Senate. …Sources say he is likely to be in UK till end of March
The Senate on Tuesday officially read President Muhammadu Buhari’s letter dated Feb. 5, requesting an extension of his vacation to further finish up
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N29bn Fraud: Court Admits More Exhibits Against Ex-Gov Nyako, Others
A Federal High Court, Maitama on February 20, 2017 admitted 26 documents as exhibits in the trial of a former governor of Adamawa
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