Day: January 31, 2019

Power supply back in Igbokoda as Osinbajo commissions BEDC, NDPHC restoration project

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  Residents of Igbokoda in Ilaje Ese Odo local government in Ondo South senatorial zone who have resigned their fate to living without electricity for the past five years were enveloped in frenzy of joy on Wednesday as Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo commissioned the restored power project facilitated by the BEDC Electricity Plc. (BEDC) and Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) which jointly completed work on the rehabilitation of the power project in the town. With the commissioning by the Vice-President flanked by Ondo state Governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, Executive Director,…

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I Will Consider Amnesty For Corrupt Persons Willing To Surrender Loot – Atiku

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Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday said he would consider granting amnesty to corrupt persons willing to surrender their loot. Mr Abubakar said this while appearing with his running mate, Peter Obi, at a live town hall programme hosted by journalist, Kadaria Ahmed. Mr Abubakar said he would consider drawing a line during which corrupt former public officials would be allowed to return their loot without prosecution. After then, strong policies would be put in place to prevent and fight corruption. Mr Abubakar said it would be more prudent to…

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DJ killed by mob in Uganda for playing ‘boring music’

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Jerry Okirwoth, a Ugandan Disc Jockey, was reportedly killed by concert-goers for playing ‘boring music’. The DJ who was killed in a disco hall in Nebbi District, Northern Uganda, was a part-time DJ and student at Parombo Secondary School in Uganda. He was reported to have been killed for failing to play their favourite songs. Meanwhile, the Nebbi Resident District Commissioner, William Bob Labeja, who confirmed the incident in a press conference blamed the management of the facility who according to him failed to protect the late disc jockey. “As…

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Man arrested for stealing sibling’s pants

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A 35-year-old man, Adojoh Ojonugwa has been arrested by the Ondo State Police Command, for allegedly stealing his sister and brother wife’s pants in Akure. The suspect was arrested along with a pastor, Olajide Ogunleye, who was also alleged to be involved in the crime. Five ladies’ pants were found inside Ojonugwa’s bag, two of which reportedly belonged to his brother’s wife, while his sister owned the others. The Kogi State indigene was alleged to be planning to use the pants for money-making rituals. It was gathered that when the…

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EFCC files fraud charges against Babachir Lawal, Oke

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Fraud charges have been filed against the sacked Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal; and a former Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ayodele Oke, and his wife, Folasade by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The anti-graft agency filed 10 counts of fraud against Lawal and five others, including his company, Rholavision Engineering Limited, before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja on Wednesday. It filed four counts of money laundering against Oke and his wife before the Federal High Court in Lagos…

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