Month: November 2018
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Kanu’s Escape: Fear Grips Abaribe, Fani-Kayode, File Joinder In Suit Seeking Their Prosecution
For fear of being sent to jail, Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe and Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, have approached a Federal High Court in Abuja, asking it to join them in the suit filed by a lawyer, seeking their prosecution for the role they played in the escape of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra…
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6 dead after petrol lorry sets alight homes in Vietnam
No fewer than six people have died after a petrol lorry crashed into a block of homes in Southern Vietnam on Thursday, setting them alight, state media reported. The lorry, which was driving on National Highway 13, crashed into a motorbike rickshaw in Chon Thanh district of Binh Phuoc province and overturned after hitting a…
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Helen Paul, Keppy Ekpenyong to host 2018 BON Awards
Helen Paul, a popular comedian, will team up with Keppy Ekpenyong Bassey, veteran actor, to host the Best of Nollywood (BON) Awards which celebrates high fliers in the movie industry. The awards ceremony has been scheduled to hold on Dec. 9 in Oyo state. “The duo of Ekpeyong and Paul will thrill guests to `an…
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Fake car dealer docked for allegedly defrauding customer of N1. 5m
Ikeja, Nov. 22, 2018 (NAN) A 34-year-old fake car dealer, Oke Oladipupo, who allegedly defrauded swindled a man of N1. 5 million, on Thursday appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. The accused, who lives in Block 12, Flat 6, County Estate, Iju Road in Lagos, is charged with two counts of fraud and…
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Man docked for allegedly beating up ex- wife
The police on Thursday arraigned a 50- year-old public servant, Tijani Aliyu in a Kubwa Grade I Area Court for allegedly beating his ex-wife. The police charged the defendant on three counts of criminal trespass, assault and intimidation. The prosecutor, Babajide Olanipekun told the court that one Hannatu Jimoh, the ex-wife of the defendant reported…
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Jobless man faces trial over alleged theft of motorcle
Ikorodu (Lagos State), Nov. 22, 2018 (NAN) A 40-year-old unemployed, Okechukwu Okpara, who allegedly stole a motorcycle worth N250, 000.00, was on Thursday docked at an Ikorodu Chief Magistrates’ Court, in Lagos State. Okpara, whose address is not known, was arraigned on a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing. The Police Prosecutor, Sgt John Iberedem,…
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Minimum wage bill: NASS will give accelerated passage – House Committee Wage
The House of Representatives Committee on Labour, Employment and Productivity, on Thursday, said the National Assembly would give the minimum wage bill accelerated hearing and passage. The Chairman of the committee, Rep Ezenwa Onyewuchi, made the remark in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. NAN reports that President Muhammadu Buhari…
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Alleged violation of public trust against NEMA, DG replies House of Reps.
RE: ALLEGED VIOLATION OF PUBLIC TRUST AGAINST NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (NEMA) BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON EMERGENCY AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS 1) Distinguished members of the press corps, Good Afternoon. 2) I would like to thank you all for coming to this Press Conference. This Conference was called to provide an open platform…
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JONATHAN GOOFED ON ABDUCTION OF CHIBOK GIRLS-GOV SHETTIMA
Borno state Governor, Kashim Shettima has reacted to certain postulations in former President Goodluck Jonathan’s recently kaunched book, “My Transition Hour”. Shettima said on some aspects of the book that Jonathan’s probe panel’s report missing in chapter four of the book. ” In clever attempt to sweep under the carpet, incontrovertible facts surrounding the April…
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Principal Suspect In Offa Bank Robbery Is Dead-Police
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The principal suspect in the deadly April 5 bank robbery attack in Offa, Kwara state, Michael Adikwu, is dead. The Force headquarters of the Nigerian police passed the information about the death of Adikwu to the office of the Attorney General and Commissioner for justice, Kwara state on Tuesday. The Attorney…