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Seven Dead, six Injured As Dangote Truck Crashed Into Bus In Plateau

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An accident which occured at Hawan – Kibo, Jos road, Tuesday evening has left seven persons dead, this was made known by the Federal Road Safety Corps Plateau Command. Six people were also injured in the accident when the brake of a truck with registration number BSA214XA belonging to Africa’s richest man Dangote failed and crashed into an oncoming Toyota Hiace bus marked BSA453XJ. The bus is owned by ‘God’s Time Is The Best’ Transport company in Jos. An eye witness said the truck was speeding when the brake failed, resulting in the fatal…

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APC crisis: Oshiomhole under pressure to resign

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Fresh crisis have again hit the ruling All Progressives Congress APC as the Deputy National Chairman, North, Sen. Lawali Shuaibu is up in arms against the party’s National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. In a six-page letter dated May 27th, 2019, and addressed to the Chairman, Shuaibu held that in advanced democracies, people who fail to add value or build over and above what they met on assumption of duty show some civilised examples, “they honourably resign.” The letter titled “APC: Its fortune and misfortune, time to act!” also said “It…

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Zamfara SSG’s brother arrested with N60m, arms, EFCC alleges

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Sokoto Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday arrested a politician with N60 million cash following intelligence report of his suspicious money laundering activities. Operatives of the EFCC arrested Murtala Muhammad, who is alleged to be a brother to Secretary to the Zamfara State Government, Professor Abdullahi Shinkafi in Gusau. A Black Toyota Land Cruiser Prado Jeep with registration number DKA 67 PX Kaduna loaded with four Ghana Must Go bags containing N60 million was recovered from him at the point of arrest. Also found on…

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UBA Mastercard Holders to Win All-expenses-paid Trip to UEFA Champions League finals

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Leading Pan-African Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc in partnership with leading global payments and technology company, Mastercard, will be giving away an all-expenses paid trip- ticket to 12 lucky customers of the bank and their plus ones to watch the Finals of the 2019 UEFA Champions League. Open to all existing and new UBA Platinum Mastercard holders, this amazing giveaway is an opportunity to pamper customers and give them a unique, unforgettable and priceless experience including flights, visas, 5-star accommodation, tickets to watch either the semi-finals or final…

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Buhari’s aide replies Aisha: You don’t have knowledge of SIP

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Maryam Uwais, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on social investment, has defended the Federal Government’s Social Investment Programmes (SIP). Uwais said Aisha Buhari, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari who criticised SIP, would have been able to find all beneficiaries of the project if she had access to available data. Speaking on Channels Television, the presidential aide said about 290,000 beneficiaries from Adamawa, Aisha’s home state, were being paid under the initiative. An online platform (not Topnews) reports that Buhari’s wife said the programme being coordinated by Uwais failed in the north.…

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I’m leaving N42.5bn for my successor -Okorocha

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Rochas Okorocha, the outgoing Governor of Imo State, on Monday said he would be handing over N42.5bn to his successor, Emeka Ihedioha. He said he decided to keep the money for the incoming governor so that there would not be excuses in carrying out government’s activities. Okorocha spoke while inaugurating 11 new permanent secretaries, including the new Accountant-General and Permanent Secretary, Donald Igbo; and the new Head of Service, Mrs Ngozi Eluma. He said N8.1bn was meant for the payment of salaries and capital projects, while N5.2bn was for pension…

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High Court sacks APC lawmaker-elect in Imo, awards N13.5m to plaintiff

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All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Ugonna Ozuruigbo has been sacked by a federal High Court sitting in Owerri, Imo State as House of Representatives member-elect for Nkwerre/Njaba/Isu/Nwangele Federal Constituency of the state. In suit marked FHC/OW/CS/25/2019 between Harrison Nwadike (plaintiff) and APC, Ozuruigbo and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) (defendants), the court ruled that APC did not conduct primary and should not have fielded any candidate for the poll. Nwadike had sued APC and INEC for submitting Ozurigbo’s name as the party’s candidate, maintaining he was the rightful candidate of…

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Nigerian girls sold for N210,000 as sex slaves in Mali -NAPTIP

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A call has been made by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, to end the practice of Nigerian girls being used as sex slaves in Mali. At a presentation to the ECOWAS Parliament during its First Ordinary Session on Saturday, NAPTIP Director-General, Julie Okah-Donli told members of parliament that Nigerian girls were being sold for between N210,000 and N240,000 to work as prostitutes. Presenting the report of the fact-finding mission to Mali, Okah-Donli said that after being sold, the girls were made to pay back…

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FirstBank Convenes Fireside Chat, Promotes Awareness On Cyber Security

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First Bank of Nigeria Plc, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial services provider, has announced that, the fourth edition of its Fireside chat would hold on Friday, 31 May 2019 at its Digital Innovation Lab in Yaba, Lagos. The topic, Cyber Security in Digital Payments, would be delivered by Dr. Obadare Peter Adewale, Co-Founder of Digital Encode, who is the guest speaker at the event. The FirstBank Fireside Chat had its inaugural edition in 2018 with Tosin Eniolorunda, Founder, TeamApt Limited, and subsequently with Ope Adeoye, Managing Partner, 2iLabs, and Bunmi Akinyemiju, Managing Director, Venture…

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Man sentenced to death for killing employer’s mother

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A Beninese domestic help, Christian Yavine has been sentenced to death by Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of the Lagos State High Court in Igbosere, for killing his employer’s 78-year-old mother, Mariam Abiola. The judge found 23-year-old Yavine guilty of severing Abiola’s head with a knife while she slept in her daughter’s residence in the Ipaja area of Lagos on July 1, 2014. It was gathered that the convict’s employer, Ajoke Abiola, had gone to a vigil in a church when the incident happened. Delivering her judgment on Monday, Justice Ipaye, who…

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