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Suspected rapist of 10-year-old girl says I didn’t meet her a virgin

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Terna Taga, an eighteen-year-old boy, who allegedly impregnated a 10-year-old internally displaced person, Masenengen Targba, has said he did not meet the girl a virgin. On Sunday, Targba was said to have been abandoned at a hospital but later rushed to Foundation Memorial Hospital, Makurdi, where she gave birth to a baby girl. Taga is a farmer who dropped out of school in Senior Secondary School 1. Taga, who was paraded by the Benue State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Garuba, said that though he slept with the little girl twice,…

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Maurice Iwu granted N1billion bail

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Prof. Maurice Iwu, ex-chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), who is being prosecuted for fraud, has been granted bail by Justice Chuka Obiozor of the Federal High court yesterday, to the tune of N1 billion with two sureties in like sum. While delivering his ruling on the bail application, Justice Obiozor said: “Bail is hereby granted to the defendant to the tune of N1billion with two sureties in like sum. “The first surety shall be resident in Lagos State and shall transmit his land use as evidence of…

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Man arraigned for attempting suicide after arrest for alleged N116m fraud

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Lokesh Parwani, an Indian national, who allegedly attempted suicide after he was arrested for an alleged N116 million fraud yesterday appeared at an Igbosere Chief Magistrate’s Court, Lagos State. The Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department (Force CIID), Annex, Alagbon-Ikoyi, arraigned Parwani, the Personnel Manager of an Indian-owned firm in Lagos, on a three-count charge of conspiracy, fraud and attempted suicide. Police counsel, Morufu Animashaun, alleged that Parwani and his accomplices, who are on the run, conspired and defrauded his employer of the said sum on July 19, 2019, at…

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N1.23b fraud: EFCC begins trial of Iwu over alleged fraud

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Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Maurice Iwu, was yesterday arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), before the Federal High Court in Lagos on an alleged N1.23 billion fraud. In the four-count charge, the EFCC alleged that Iwu committed the offense in the build-up to the 2015 general elections in which President Muhammadu Buhari defeated the then incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan. According to the anti-graft agency, Iwu, between December 2014 and March 27, 2015, “aided the concealment of N1.23 billion in the account…

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Nana Hotel set to host Aare Gani Adams

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In line with its commitment to rewarding excellence in the society, the management of Nana hotel will be Rolling out the drums to celebrate the 15th Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Chief Iba Abiodun Ige Ganiyu Adams, on Sunday 18th August 2019. The celebration which will come in form of a Cultural banquet and grand reception is coming on the heels of previous banquets in honour of HRM Oba AbdulKabir Obalanlege, the Olota Of Ota & Senator Akin Odunsi, the father of Advertising in Nigeria. Aare Gani Adams whose hosting…

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Court Sacks Nwajiuba, Upholds Okafor’s election

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One of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Ministerial nominee, Emeka Nwajiuba, has been sacked by the Appeal Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday and Chike Okafor was declared in his place as the winner of the House of Representatives seat for Ehime Mbano /Obowo/Ihitte Uboma Federal Constituency of Imo State. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had declared Honourable Okafor of the All Progressives Congress, APC, winner and issued him with Certificate of Return, for Ehime Mbano/Obowo/Ihitte Uboma Federal Constituency but the Federal Capital Territory High Court nullified the result of the…

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Tekno, producer invited for questioning as FG probes Lekki strippers’ video

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Lagos State Police Command, on Tuesday, invited Tekno, his producer and one other in connection with the video of semi-nude women dancing seductively in a display truck around the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge in Lagos on Friday. The footage, which has since gone viral on the social media, showed half-clad ladies dancing seductively with singer, Tekno, in a transparent display van in traffic around the bridge. The footage, which was said to be a scene from Tekno’s unreleased video titled: ‘Agege’, in which he featured Zlatan Ibile, had the musician dancing…

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Four students killed as bridge collapses in Bauchi varsity

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Following the death of four students in a flood disaster that hit the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi, the institution has been shut. The Vice-Chancellor of ATBU, Prof Muhammed Abdulaziz,  who announced the closure of the school on Tuesday in Bauchi while addressing reporters over the incident, said the students died after the bridge in the school collapsed following hours of downpour. According to him, the incident occurred on Monday night at Gubi Campus of the university. Seven students were also injured. He said, “The students were trying to return…

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Fidelity Bank Rewards Customers in Northern Market Activation Campaign

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Under its Northern Market Activation Campaign currently going on across the northern states and Abuja, Fidelity Bank Plc has doled out over N74 million as cash reward to 190 customers in the northern part of the country. The loyalty cash reward packaged under the Fidelity Savings Loyalty Scheme was splashed on 190 customers/beneficiaries, comprising 130 Fidelity Personal Savings Scheme (FPSS) and 60 SWEETA account operators The bank has so far doled out about N3 billion to close to 7,000 customers across the country since the introduction of its loyalty cash…

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Two Chinese arrested for operating Toxic e-waste Factory in Lagos

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A factory in Ikeja where e-wastes are assembled and exported to China and Vietnam has been uncovered by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command (Area F) yesterday. The detectives also arrested two persons allegedly behind the e-waste company- 22-year-old Lin Piehao and Li Ruoneng, 27. It was gathered that despite the fact that the visas of the two suspects had since expired, they continued to stay in the country unperturbed. The Area F police operatives stormed No 19 Sule Abuka Street, Opebi, Ikeja, the location of the factory, which…

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