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President Buhari’s family crisis: How people reacted

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When a fresh crisis broke out on Monday October 14, 2019 at the home of President Muhammadu Buhari between his wife, Aisha (First lady) and her in-laws, many were not surprised. According to reports, the family of Mamman Daura, the President’s nephew had always had a sour relationship with the first lady, and many believed that it was one of the reasons why Aisha once spoke out, that some ‘cabal’ have hijacked the presidency. The recent video of Mamma Daura’s daughter, Fatima who alleged that Aisha Buhari was victimising her,…

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ECOWAS Court orders Federal Government to pay N10m compensation to dismissed soldier

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For the violation of his right to work, a dismissed soldier of the Nigerian Army, Pte Barnabas Eli has been granted N10 million compensation against the Federal Government by the ECOWAS Court of Justice. The judgment is contained in a statement, which states that Eli was dismissed from the Army for the loss of his rifle in 2012 for which he was sentenced to two years imprisonment by a court-martial without recourse to the confirming authority before enforcement. The court also ordered the government to pay the applicant the arrears…

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Gardener in police net; threatens to kidnap, murder his boss

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Nnaji Nwabueze, a suspect and private gardener of a businessman based in Enugu is in trouble for issuing threat messages to members of the public, in a bid to extort money from them. He has been arrested by the Police Command in Enugu State, after threatening to kidnap and also murder his boss if he fails to pay a certain amount of money. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Ebere Amaraizu in a statement on Saturday in Enugu, said that the suspect demanded money from such people via text messages…

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Policemen beat lawyer to coma for giving them advice

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Barrister Jacob Obasi, a lawyer and member of the Nigerian Bar Association, Onitsha branch, got more than he bargained for as he was allegedly beaten to coma by officers of the Anambra State Police Command. According to reports, he was rushed to a nearby hospital by passersby. The lawyer’s offence was his intervention in an attack on a citizen by the police in the area. The Onitsha NBA chairman, Ozoemena Erinne, said the police’s action as unprofessional and barbaric. The NBA statement read in part, “The branch was reliably informed…

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Fidelity Bank Seeks Better Data Sharing In Retail Growth  

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The Executive Director, Operations and Information, Fidelity Bank Plc, Gbolahan Joshua has advised data validation agencies and organisations to adopt appropriate policies that provide financial institutions with the required flexibility to utilise available customer data. Joshua who gave the counsel during a panel session at the 10th anniversary celebration of Verve in Lagos recently, explained that this would assist banks in the country drive new levels of customer engagements across digital channels and systems. He harped on the need for data generating institutions in Nigeria to explore fresh ways to collaborate with…

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How Ogun Transport Committee Deceived Governor Dapo Abiodun +Their Many Lies, Fraud

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After the exposition by the media on the interference and usurpation of duties of transport unions in Ogun State, which we gathered has been causing disaffections among the members of the unions, the 13-man Governor Dapo Abiodun’s Committee on Transportation led by Barrister Sunday Olufemi Adeniyi has come out to deny any wrongdoing, maintaining that it had nothing to do with the activities of the unions since they were suspended by the government in June this year. In an unsigned press statement replete with inconsistencies and attempt to mislead members…

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N4.2billion debt: AMCON seeks judgement against Al Kahf Resources owner, Badamasi Sheu

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Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria has filed an application before a Federal High Court in Lagos, urging the court to enter  judgement in its favour in the sum of N4,282,918,018.43, against a businessman, Alhaji Badamasi Sheu and his company, Al Kahf Resources Limited.  In an affidavit in support of an application for summary judgement sworn to by a supervisor with AMCON- Mr. David George, and filed before the court by a Lagos lawyer, Barrister Asama Kadiri, the deponent alleged that sometimes in 2006 Al Kahf Resources Limited approached Oceanic Bank…

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Sex-for-grades scandal rocks UNILAG

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Due to the escapades of randy some lecturers, Nigerian universities caught global attention yesterday. The focus on the nation’s universities was triggered by yesterday’s release by BBC African Eye, of a video allegedly showing academics propositioning undercover female reporters. Wearing a secret camera, a reporter, Kiki Mordi, had allegedly visited Dr. Boniface Igbeneghu, a lecturer of the Department of European Languages and Integrated Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Lagos (UNILAG), posing as a 17-year-old admission seeker. The clip went on to show the lecturer allegedly making sexual overtures to…

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US$11m fraud: Obinwanne Okeke to forfeit N280m

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After his arrest on August 6, 2019 at Dulles, Virginia in the United States of America by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Obinwanne Okeke a.k.a Invictus Obi is again facing another battle as a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the temporary forfeiture to the Federal Government of the sum of N280,555,010 linked to him. The ruling by Justice Rilwan Aikawa came after an ex-parte application filed on Monday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against Okeke after the said amount was traced to…

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Buhari presents 2020 budget to National Assembly today

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Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari, will today present an appropriation bill of N10.729 trillion for the 2020 fiscal year before a joint session of the National Assembly. It was learnt that the extraordinary Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday sanctioned the adjustments made by the National Assembly to the Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF-SP) which reviewed upward the earlier N9.12 trillion estimates. The gathering, originally billed for last Saturday when the president returned from his state visit to South Africa, was shifted…

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