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Social media celebrity arrested for kidnapping *Linked to ex-Bayelsa governorship candidate

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John Lyon alias IK- Kpai-kpaia, a suspected kidnapper has been arrested by men of the Nigerian Police Force in Abuja. The suspected kidnapper was a former staff of Sterling Bank, who allegedly used the name Lyon Interior Hub as a cover-up for his many kidnapping activities. He claims to be a graduate of the University of Calabar, and there were reports that he was born on22nd of December, 1986. Known for his flamboyant lifestyles on social media where he flaunts cash and frolick with ladies, he was involved in the…

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Ondo Governor condemns FG’s refusal to allow Amotekun bear arms

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Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has faulted Federal Government’s objection to the use of arms by the Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun Corps, while allowing its equivalent in Katsina State to bear weapons. The governor, who is chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum (SGF), in a statement, insisted that Ondo State government will defend its people, just as the denial of the right of Amotekun to bear arms to protect the people of the state violated the tenets of federalism. Advocating that equity and justice are required in…

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Professor, maid arrested for brutalizing police orderly

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A Professor, Zainab Abiola, has been arrested by police for brutalizing a police officer, Inspector Teju Moses on Tuesday in Garki, Abuja. Professor Abiola and her domestic staff, comprising the housemaid, Rebecca Enechido, and a male suspect at large, were said to have brutalised the orderly. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Chief Superintendent of Police, Muyiwa Adejobi confirmed the arrest of Abiola and Enechido. It was said that Abiola, a legal practitioner and human rights activist had attacked the female officer following her refusal to breach professional ethics by…

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Unanimously decision: Shareholders approve Holding Company Structure for Sterling

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Shareholders of Sterling Bank Plc unanimously voted in favor of the creation of a new non-operating holding company (HoldCo) to hold the shares in its commercial banking operation as well as the shares of a newly incorporated subsidiary, The Alternative Bank Limited, which will operate as a Non-Interest Banking (NIB) business. At the end of a court-ordered meeting in Lagos yesterday, the shareholders gave the approval for the carve out and transfer of the Bank’s non-interest banking business to The Alternative Bank Limited, under a proposed scheme of arrangement between…

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Aisha Buhari criticized for celebrating daughter-in-law graduation amid ASUU strike

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Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Buhari has come under criticism after she shared the graduation photos of her daughter-in-law across her social media pages on Tuesday. Zahra Bayero-Buhari, who got married to President Muhammadu Buhari’s son, Yusuf, in August 2021, graduated from a UK university on Tuesday. Aisha’s critics berated her for being insensitive to the plights of Nigerian students who have been out of school for seven months due to the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Some of the responses to her post are as…

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Ex-DSS officer, 9 suspects arrested over bullion van robbery in Abia

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Prosper Israel, a dismissed personnel of the Department of State Services, DSS, alongside nine other suspected robbers, were, yesterday, paraded by the Abia State Police Command, for robbery. The suspects were part of the alleged 14-man robbery gang that ambushed a bullion van near Ntigha Junction of the Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway, on July 26, 2022. During the robbery, the cash officer of a new generation bank was killed on the spot, while the suspects carted away an unspecified amount of cash being conveyed by the bullion van. Three police personnel…

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Employers’ association fumes as government impose over 50 different taxes, levies on businesses

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NECA, the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association has raised alarm over 50 different taxes, levies and fees imposed on organised businesses by local, state and the Federal Government. The employers’ body, also revealed that, currently, at the National Assembly, there are over five different Bills, which also seek to impose various taxes and levies on businesses, in addition to the notable taxes and levies which are of general application, such as The National Information Technology Development Levy (NITDA Levy), Education Tax (or Tertiary Education Tax), National Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF),…

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Evans, ex-soldier sentenced to 21 years imprisonment for kidnapping

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Kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, was yesterday sentenced to 21 years imprisonment, by a Lagos Special Offences Court, Ikeja, for kidnapping a businessman, Slyvanus Ahamonou and collecting $420,000 ransom from his family.     The trial Judge, Oluwatoyin Taiwo, sentenced Evans along with his accomplice, Victor Aduba, an ex-soldier after finding them guilty for kidnapping and unlawful possession of firearms.   The court found them guilty of a four-count charge, bordering on kidnapping and unlawful possession of firearms.     The prosecution witnesses, Ahamonou and his wife, Chimebere had…

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N194bn worth of cocaine seized by NDLEA in Lagos, five arrested

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Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Monday uncovered a major warehouse where 1.8tons of illicit drugs worth over $278, 250,000, an equivalent of about N194, 775,000,000 in street value were seized in a secluded estate in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State. The NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Monday, said at least four drug barons including a Jamaican and the warehouse manager were arrested in the well coordinated and intelligence led operation that lasted two days across different locations in…

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Travellers miss flights, motorists held up for hours as students lock down Lagos airport road

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Leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), yesterday, took over the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Road, in protest against the seven-month old industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The resultant effect was that many travellers missed their flights, while motorists shunned the road to avoid being caught up in a likely scuffle. Those who dared were stranded as the students, who converged on the road as early as 5:0a.m. defied the heavy downpour to remain on the road. Some parents, who joined the…

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