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Offa Robberies: Saraki Asks Buhari To Investigate Prime Suspect’s Death

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Senate President Bukola Saraki has approached President Muhammadu Buhari to institute an inquiry into the death of the prime suspect in the April 5 Offa robbery attacks, Michael Adikwu, because it has several implications for the country’s legal system. Saraki, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Yusuph Olaniyonu, also noted that the development could affect the nation’s engagement with the international community He said the international community had consistently cited the issues of human rights abuse and extrajudicial killings by security forces as major reasons for their…

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Three men jailed for selling neighbour’s 4-year-old son

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Three men, Adejo Ogiri, Ndukwe Henry and Obuito Onyema have been sentenced to five years imprisonment by a Federal High Court in Makurdi, Benue State, for abducting and selling a neighbour’s four-year-old son in the Otukpo area of the state. The three convicts were arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services in connection with the abduction. They were thereafter handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, which charged them to court. It was learnt that the first convict, Ogiri, abducted the four-year-old…

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Habari, Nigeria’s Largest Platform for Music, Shopping, Lifestyle Content and More, Goes Live

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Leading African financial institution, Guaranty Trust Bank plc, has announced the launch of Habari, Nigeria’s largest platform for music, shopping, lifestyle content and more. Unveiled on Friday, November 23, 2018 at a special event attended by renowned personalities in the entertainment, media and technology sectors, Habari offers users direct access to the largest catalogue of local and foreign music online, a seamless shopping experience and an exciting way to connect with friends, amongst other features. Built around the everyday lives of customers, Habari is the first mobile platform in Nigeria…

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Lawmaker jailed for N31m fraud in Zamfara

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Lawali Gogonkade, who is a member of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, has been sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of N31m fraud preferred against him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission. He was arraigned before a Zamfara State High Court sitting in Gusau on Thursday on four counts bordering on corrupt practices. He was convicted and sentenced by Justice Bello Shinkafi after pleading guilty to the charges. Gogonkade, until his conviction by the court, represented the Kaura-Namoda council area…

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Undergraduate poisons self after stabbing boyfriend in Imo

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Jennifer Agomuo, an undergraduate of the Imo State University, Owerri , has allegedly taken her own life after a disagreement with her boyfriend, simply identified as Johnson. The tragedy occurred in one of the hostels in the Aladinma Alliance area of the school on Wednesday night. It was gathered that the 21-year-old Agomuo was a 300-level student of the Department of Computer Science of the university. A source in the institution told our correspondent that the undergraduate poisoned herself after allegedly stabbing her boyfriend over an undisclosed issue. The source…

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Union Bank Receives Multiple Awards at 2018 Marketing World Awards Ceremony

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Union Bank has received the ‘Marketing Campaign of the Year’ and ‘Innovative Financial Brand of the Year’ awards at the 2018 Marketing World awards. The awards were officially presented at a ceremony that held recently at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra, Ghana and brought together top practitioners and stakeholders from the African integrated marketing communications industry. Now in its 8th year, the annual Marketing World awards were established to recognise and celebrate top individuals and organisations across Africa who have developed and implemented exceptional integrated marketing campaigns during the…

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How Jose Mourinho Saved My Chelsea Career” – Didier Drogba

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Didier Drogba has revealed how former coach Jose Mourinho saved his career at Chelsea. The Ivory Costa international only announced his retirement from professional football last night and admits his Chelsea career could have ended sooner. Drogba joined Chelsea from Marseille and the meteoric rise from France’s second division to the bright lights of London left him scared. But he has revealed a conversation with Mourinho inspired him to become one ofthe club’s biggest legends. “The only time I doubted myself was the time I moved from Marseille to Chelsea,”…

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Man arrested for slaughtering daughter for sacrifice in Benue

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A man identified as John Depuun has been arrested by police for killing her daughter for sacrifice in Benue state. The Chairman, Konshisha Local Government, Mrs Justina Ubebe confirmed the killing of the infant girl by her father as sacrificial offering in a village in Tse-Agberagba in the area. Confirming the incident to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview on Thursday in Makurdi, Ubebe described the act as ” strange and bizarre”. She said the act, which happened on Wednesday night, had already been reported to the…

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Femi Otedola tells court Farouk Lawan demanded $500,000 bribe

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Femi Otedola, Founder of Zenon Petroleum and Gas Limited, has said that a former member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan, demanded $500,000 bribe from him. Lawan was former Chairman of the House of Representatives committee that probed the multi-billion naira fuel subsidy fraud by the seventh Assembly. The former lawmaker is accused of receiving money from Otedola to remove Zenon from the list of oil companies allegedly involved in the fuel subsidy fraud. He was charged by the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation for allegedly receiving…

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Nurse apologises to families of over 100 victims for giving injection overdose

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Niels Hoegel, 41-year-old German former hospital nurse who has admitted to killing more than 100 patients in his care apologised on Thursday to victims’ grieving relatives. “If I knew a way that would help you, then I would take it, believe me,” he said at his trial. “I am fully convinced now that I owe every relative an explanation,” said the bearded, heavyset defendant “I am honestly sorry.” Hoegel, Germany’s worst post-war serial killer, has already spent nearly a decade in prison on a life term for six other patient…

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