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Buhari postpones medical trip to London

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President Muhammadu Buhari has postponed traveling to London for medical check-up. Earlier, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina had in a statement he issued on Thursday said that President Buhari would proceed to London, the United Kingdom on Friday, June 25, 2021, for a scheduled medical follow-up. Adesina in the statement said that the president would be due back in the country during the second week of July 2021. However, Adesina in a fresh statement on Friday said, “The medical follow-up visit of…

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Reps summon Polaris Bank MD, NNPC over $224m hidden account

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Acting Managing Director, Polaris Bank Limited, Innocent Ike, was a guest of the House of Representatives’ Ad Hoc Committee on Assessment and Status of All Recovered Loots Movable and Immovable Assets from 2002 to 2020 by Agencies of the Federal Government of Nigeria for Effective Efficient Management and Utilisation. The bank MD was grilled on Thursday over an account belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation believed to have been hidden in the bank. Over $200m was said to have been allegedly hidden in the account, which was opened in…

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Billionaire Samuel Adedoyin’s grandson allegedly commits suicide

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Multi-billionaire businessman and chairman of Doyin Group of Companies, Prince Samuel Adedoyin has lost his 28year-old grandson, Subomi Olobayo in a mysterious circumstance. Subomi who died on Tuesday night at his parents’ home in GRA, Ilorin, is the first son of Lola Olobayo, one of the daughters of Adedoyin. Sources say, the young man allegedly committed suicide, and was believed to have been battling depression before he died. It was gathered that the body of Subomi was reportedly discovered around 5pm at the backyard of their residence, while he was…

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President Buhari off to London for medical check-up, to return in July

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President Muhammadu Buhari, today, Friday, June 24, is to proceed to London, the United Kingdom, for a scheduled medical follow-up. It will be recalled that, the President had on March 30, 2021 undertaken a similar trip, which kept him in the United Kingdom for about two weeks. Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity), Femi Adesina had on Thursday, informed that President Buhari is due back in the country in the second week of July, 2021. Share on: WhatsApp

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How 21-year-old UNILAG student stabbed Super TV CEO to death

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A 21 year-old undergraduate of the University of Lagos, Chidinma has been arrested by the men of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly killing the Chief Executive Officer, Super TV, Usifo Ataga, in Lekki area of the state. Chidinma, a 300-level student of Mass Communication was arrested at her parents’ residence in the Yaba area of the state on Wednesday night. She allegedly stabbed the victim, while they were in a room, and made away with his belongings, among is an ATM card, in which she withdrew the sum…

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EFCC re-arraigns FIRS directors over N4.5bn fraud

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Three directors and some other officials of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, (FIRS) have been re-arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over allegations of N4.5 billion fraud. The officials are Peter Hena, a former Coordinating Director; Mohammed Bello Auta (Director of Finance) and Amina Sidi (Finance and Account Department). Others are Umar Aliyu Aduka (Internal Audit), Mbura Mustapha (Deputy Manager), Obi Okeke Malachy (Services Group), Obaje Napoleon Adofu (Head of Budget), Udo-Inyang Effiong Alfred (Officer II) and Benjamin Jiya (Assistant Director). EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, who disclosed…

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Presidency denies involvement in media amendment bill, says AGF to advice on ECOWAS court ruling on Twitter

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The Presidency, yesterday, denied involvement in the move by the National Assembly to amend the Nigerian Press Council (NPC) and National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Acts. This is as a result of condemnations by relevant stakeholders of alleged attempt to gag the press. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, claimed that the initiative was completely outside the Presidency’s purview, noting that the matter was a government thing, which only the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, could adequately address. Adesina made the clarification while addressing…

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Man arrested for defiling maid, 2-year-old biological daughter

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Kingsley Achugbu, a 35 year-old man has been arrested by officers of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly raping his housemaid and his 2-year-old biological daughter. The case was said to have been reported by the housemaid at the FESTAC Division of the command in company with a child rights activist, Justina Nelson of Advocates for Children and Vulnerable Peoples Network. The minor, who was molested by her father, has been taken to the hospital for medical examination to aid further investigation, police said. It was further stated that…

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Farouk Lawan jailed seven years for taking $500,000 bribe

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The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Apo, Abuja, has sentenced a former federal lawmaker, Farouk Lawan, to seven years imprisonment for taking bribes while serving as the chairman of the defunct House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating the fraud around fuel subsidy regime in 2012. The trial judge, Angela Otaluka, handed down the verdict in a hours-long verdict on Tuesday. Lawan was the chairman of the house of representatives ad hoc committee probing the multi-billion naira fuel subsidy fraud in 2012. He was accused of demanding $3 million…

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National Assembly Complex flooded after downpour

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The heavy rainfall in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Tuesday morning, left some parts of the National Assembly Complex flooded. Part of the areas affected by the flood was the central lobby of the building, which links the Senate and House of Representatives chambers. Other areas include the third and last gate to the premises as well as the road linking the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation to the National Assembly were heavily flooded. At the lobby, workers of the private firms engaged for…

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