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Benue State commissioner of police, Mr Haliru Gwandu who described the incident as wicked said that a 55-year-old man identified as Aniete, from Akwa Ibom state took Cephas Benin to work at a plantation but unknown to late Aniete, Cephas had his eyes on Aniete’s motorcycle. The police boss explained that after killing his victim, Cephas took the motorcycle to where it could be sold and in the process, he was nabbed. According to him, “this is a very pathetic situation because this man he killed took him out for…

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Unconditional release of detained leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) otherwise known as the Shi’ite sect,  Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife, Malami Zeenat, has been ordered by a High Court sitting in Abuja within 45 days. Justice Gabriel Kolawole made the order while delivering judgment on a fundamental right enforcement suit El-Zakzaky filed against the Federal Government. The court held that the continued detention of the applicant without trial amounted to a gross violation of his constitutionally guaranteed rights. It went ahead and awarded N50m damages against…

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Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Finance Minister under the past President Goodluck Jonathan was on Thursday, honored with the Global Fairness Award in Washington DC, United States. The award was presented to her by the Global Fairness Initiative in recognition of her contribution to sustainable development, through serving others, and her consistent focus on implementing development programs that benefit the poor and less privileged. Speaking at the event in Washington DC, the former minister expressed gratitude for the recognition and pledged to continue to fight for fairness for the less privileged.…

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Six middle-aged rice harvesters were yesterday arrested by the Kwara State Police Command. They allegedly killed their landlady, who owned a farm, and stole her 11 bags of rice. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Olusola Amore, told journalists at the police headquarters that the deceased rice farmer, Mrs Florence Ede, had hired the six men to harvest the rice on her farm in Yashikira, Baruten Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner said that Mrs Ede went to the farm with the six labourers, identified as Kofi Kawku, Ali…

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The remains of the late Afenifere elder statesman and legal icon, Chief Olaniwun Ajayi were yesterday committed to mother earth at his residence in Isara-Remo in Remo North Local Government Area of Ogun State. Late Ajayi was given a private burial inside his sprawling country home on the hilly terrain of the ancient Isara town. Earlier, the funeral service held at Isara Methodist Church had in attendance eminent personalities such as Vice – President, Yemi Osinbajo, Minister of Mines, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, his Lagos…

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Mr G. Okorocha, the Chief Engineer (Aviation Department) of ExxonMobil, who was in charge of servicing of aeroplanes and helicopters in the company was reportedly killed by a blast in the early hours of Tuesday Nov. 24. An official of the company said that Okorocha was killed by a blast from a burst tyre in the aviation wing of the company along Eket Oron road, in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom state. The official said that the deceased was inflating a spare tyre of his car with an…

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Wole Soyinka, Nigerian Nobel p rize-winning author said on Thursday that he has fulfilled his pledge to throw away his US residency green card and leave the country if Donald Trump won the presidential election. Shortly before the vote, Soyinka had vowed to give up his permanent US residency over a Trump victory to protest against the Republican billionaire’s campaign promises to get tough on immigration. “I have already done it, I have disengaged (from the United States). I have done what I said I would do,” the 82-year-old told…

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