Author: Our Reporter
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Ex Kwara Finance Commissioner arraigned, remanded for money laundering
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ilorin Zonal Office, has arraigned the immediate past Commissioner for Finance in Kwara State Ademola Banu before a Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin on charges bordering on money laundering. Banu was arraigned alongside Travel Messenger Company Limited and one Olarewaju Adeniyi on a nine count charge before…
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Edo 2020: National Referee Judge hopeful of Ebonyi’s impressive performance
A retired national tournament boxing officer, Chief Jasper Okoro, says the Ebonyi contingent to the upcoming National Sports Festival in Edo, will live up to expectation. Okoro, the immediate past South-East Zonal Secretary of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent on Wednesday in Abakaliki. Okoro while…
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Barber docked over alleged cultism
A barber, Abibu Shogbesan, was on Wednesday brought before a Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly belonging to an unlawful group known as “Eiye”. Shogbesan, 20, residing at Baruwa in the Alimosho area of Lagos, is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and belonging to an unlawful society. He, however, pleaded not guilty to…
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Ghana takes measures to prevent 2019-nCoV
Ghana on Wednesday introduced an enhanced health screening procedure for passengers coming into the country, Minister for Health Kwaku Agyeman-Manu announced. These measures were being introduced to prevent the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) that has been noticed in other parts of the world. In a statement, the minister said an alert had been sent to 16…
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Plateau NUJ chair tasks colleagues on reportage
Mr Paul Jatau, the Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Plateau, has advised journalists in the state to engage in development journalism geared toward moving the society forward. Jatau gave the advice in an interview with our correspondent on Thursday, adding that such move would lead to a more peaceful and progressive…
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NUJ commends Plateau Govt. over remodeling of Press Centre
The Plateau Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has commended the State Government for awarding contract for the remodeling of its Press Centre. Chairman of the council, Mr Paul Jatau, made the commendation in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos on Wednesday. NAN reports that the state government had…
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Businessman, 38, docked for alleged attempt to export 2.3kg of Cannabis to Gabon
A 38-year-old businessman, Nelson Anayo, on Wednesday appeared before a Federal High Court in Lagos for alleged attempt to export 2.3kg of Cannabis sativa to Gabon. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arraigned him before Justice Saliu Saidu on a charge of illegal exportation of the said narcotics. He, however, pleaded not guilty to…
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Trump threatens EU with ‘very high tariffs’ if there is no trade deal
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned that the United States will impose painful tariffs on imports from the European Union unless the block agrees to a trade deal. “Europe has been very, very tough to deal with,’’ Trump told U.S. broadcaster, CNBC at the World Economic Forum summit in the Swiss town of Davos,…
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Tina Turner wins court case to have poster banned in Germany
The woman on a poster for a Tina Turner musical in Germany looks too similar to the star, a court ruled on Wednesday. As a result, the promotional poster for “Simply the Best – The Tina Turner Story” has been banned. According to the ruling, which can be appealed, the use of the name Tina…
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Iran will never seek nuclear weapons, with or without a deal-President Rouhani
Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday stated that Tehran would never look to obtain an atomic weapon, with or without the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. According to his website (President.Ir.) the deal was also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). “We have never sought nuclear weapons .With or without the nuclear deal,…