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State government suspends Emir for conferring title on bandit leader in Zamfara

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Zamfara state government has suspended the Emir of Birnin ‘Yandoto of Tsafe Local Government Area in Zamfara State, Alhaji Aliyu Marafa, for conferring title of Sarkin Fulani on a notorious bandit leader Ada Aleru. A statement by the Secretary to the Zamfara State Government, Kabiru Balarabe Sardauna, said  government has assigned the District Head of ‘Yandoto, Alhaji Mahe Garba Marafa to take charge of the affairs of the emirate. The state government also constituted a 6-man committee headed by Yahaya Chado Gora to investigate the circumstances leading to the action…

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Bandit honoured with chieftaincy title in Zamfara

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Alhaji Aliyu Marafa, the Emir of Sabon Birnin Yandoto in Zamfara State, has conferred the traditional title of Sarkin Fulani on a repentant bandits’ kingpin, Adamu Aliero. The ceremony was performed in Yandoto town, the headquarters of the emirate. With his new title, Aliero is now the leader of the Fulani clan in the emirate. The spokesperson of the emirate, Lawali Magaji, said, the title of Sarkin Fulani was conferred on Aliero considering his present status as a peace-maker within the emirate. Magaji added that, with this development, the people…

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Fintech owners bag jail term in US over $167million money laundering

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Top executives of a United States-based fintech company, Ping Express have been sentenced to 27 months imprisonment for breaching money laundering rules. The fintech executives who are Nigerians with the names Anslem Oshionebo and Opeyemi Odeyale pleaded guilty to contravening money laundering rules after sending $167 million to Africa unchecked in less than three years. While Oshionebo is the chief executive officer, Oyedale is chief operating officer and both are suspected to have laundered $160 million out to Nigeria. This was revealed by the US Department of Justice at the…

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Woman arrested for hiring thugs to kidnap pastor

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Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two suspected kidnappers for allegedly abducting one Pastor Mapai Samuel of Zoe Family International Church, Odo-Eran, Abeokuta. The suspected female kidnapper, Ibikunle Opeyemi, and her male colleague, Kadiri Jamiu, were arrested on Thursday following a distress call received by policemen at the Aregbe divisional headquarters. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement on Thursday, said two other suspects dressed in military camouflage escaped arrest. He explained that the suspects carried out the operation on Wednesday around…

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Baba Ijesha sentenced to 16 years imprisonment

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Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, aka Baba Ijesha has been sentenced to 16 years imprisonment for defilement by Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Lagos State Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court, Ikeja, on Thursday. The judge sentenced him after he was found guilty of four out of six counts brought against him by the Lagos State Government. Baba Ijesha was arraigned on six counts of child defilement, indecent treatment of a child, sexual assault, attempted sexual assault by penetration, and sexual assault by penetration. He pleaded not guilty to the charges.…

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AGF Malami marries Buhari’s daughter, Nana Hadiza as third wife

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Families of the President of Nigeria, Mohammadu Buhari and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, last Friday, had a private marriage ceremony for Buhari’s daughter at the presidential villa mosque in Abuja. Photographs of the AGF, Abubakar Malami, and his new wife, Nana Hadiza, have emerged online. After days of speculations without official confirmation neither from the Presidency nor Mr Malami’s office, the couple’s photographs were seen online on Monday. Last Friday, representatives of the AGF and Mr Buhari’s family had a private marriage ceremony for the latter’s daughter…

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Sola Shobowale, Broda Shaggi lands Bollywood role

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Sola Sobowale, veteran Nollywood actress, has landed her first Bollywood role.  The “Toyin Tomato” actress announced the big news in a post on her Instagram, revealing that she would be traveling to India to work on director Hamisha Daryani Ahuja’s upcoming project. She wrote, “I am so excited to announce that I will be working with record breaking Director/Exec Producer @HamishaDaryaniAhuja on her upcoming project! And… get this….we will be going to India to film! I will be playing a very dynamic role in this project and cannot wait for…

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I was paid by APC to endorse Tinubu –Portable

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Habeeb Okikiola, the street-pop artiste, also known as Portable, has revealed that he was paid to endorse the All Progressive Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. Portable had come under fire on social media after declaring support for APC in the upcoming Osun State governorship election on his Instagram page. In the video posted on Wednesday, he also asked Nigerians to vote for Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election. Portable, however, fired back at his critics, saying he was only doing his job, as the ruling party had paid him to…

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Man kills 71-year-old female colleague over money

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A 54-year-old man, Dauda Bello, has been arrested arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly killing a 71-year-old woman, Mrs Mesesi Adisa, and selling her wrists and ankles to a suspected ritualist. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. Oyeyemi said the suspect was arrested on Thursday following the sudden disappearance of the victim, who left her house on June 8, 2022, and did not return home. The PPRO said a family member of the victim reported…

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Fake army general sentenced to seven years imprisonment, forfeits property

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A fake army general, Hassan Kareem, aka Bolarinwa Abiodun, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment by Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Special Offences Court in Lagos State on Thursday. Kareem was convicted after he admitted to using the name of former President Olusegun Obasanjo to defraud a businessman, Bamidele Safiriyu, of N266.5m. The defendant was arrested at his house in the Alagbado area of Lagos State on Wednesday, January 12, 2022. Kareem was arraigned on April 11, 2022, for falsely representing himself with a forged letter of appointment…

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