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Two people we’re confirmed dead yesterday, after part of a two-storey building under construction at NICON Town Estate, off Admiralty Way in Lekki area of Lagos, collapsed. The two persons were identified as Tasiu Tanko and Abdulai Usman, construction workers. Another worker, Yakuub, who sustained severe injuries, is still being attended to by doctors at the intensive care unit of an undisclosed hospital. It was gathered that work was ongoing at the site when part of the building caved in, trapping the workers. The deceased, according to eyewitnesses, were brought…

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Two Princes have been arrested by Police operatives in connection with the case of an alleged rape of a 15-year-old princess and secondary school student (names withheld) in the palace of the Obi of Idumuje-Ugboko, Aniocha North Local Council, Delta State. The suspects, Prince Richard Nwoko and Prince Ejimofor Nwoko, were arrested in the premises of the Magistrates’ Court, Asaba, after several unsuccessful attempts by the police to pin them down over the alleged offence. Police sources told newsmen yesterday that efforts were on to arrest the principal suspect and…

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Mr Godwin Emefiele, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, yesterday, expressed optimism that the present economic recession in the country would end by the end of June or latest by the third quarter of this year, based on what he described as emerging positive economic indicators. According to Emefiele, one of such indicators is the downward trend in the parallel market as regards the value of Naira against the dollar which has appreciated from as high as N525 per dollar to between N370 and N380 currently. Emefiele spoke with…

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The bail terms given Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), by the Federal High Court, Abuja has been rejected by his parents, Eze Israel and Lolo Ugoeze Sally Kanu. They described the hurdles as needless. Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako yesterday granted the junior Kanu a reprieve in the sum of N100 million and three sureties with like sum each. The judge added that one of them must be a highly respected Jewish leader since he claimed Judaism as religion. Also, another must be a senior…

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Two Brazilians have been apprehended by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos State, for unlawful importation of cocaine. The suspects, who claimed to be tourists, had allegedly smuggled the drug weighing 23.9 kilogrammes in sealed cans into the country. It was learnt that the narcotic, which was estimated at N310m, was found in their luggage during the screening of passengers on arrival at the airport. The suspects were identified as Cristina Dos Santos, 36, and 20-year-old Lima Diego. While Dos Santos…

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The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, who is facing charges bordering on treasonable felony, has been granted by a Federal High Court in Abuja. Trial Justice Binta Nyako said her decision to release Kanu on bail was based on health grounds. The court held that Kanu must produce three sureties, including a “highly respected and recognised jewish leader”. According to the court, aside a jewish leader, Kanu must also produce a “highly placed person of Igbo extraction such as a Senator”, as well as…

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