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BRT driver arrested as missing lady found dead by Carter Bridge

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A 21-year-old tailor, Oluwabamise Ayanwole, who was recently declared missing has been found dead. A Lagos Bus Rapid Transit driver, Andrew Nice, alleged to be involved in her abduction has been arrested. The police also said the remains of the victim had been recovered. Oluwabamise, who closed from work around 7pm on February 26, was on her way to visit her brother, Pelumi, when she boarded the BRT vehicle around Chevron Bus-stop, in the Lekki area of the state. The busman, Omininikoron, was said to be conveying the victim to…

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Sunday Igboho granted conditional release in Benin Republic

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Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, has been granted conditional release from detention in Benin Republic. The Pan Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has described the release of Yoruba Nation agitator, as a personal liberty and victory for those who believe in personal liberty and right of the people to self-determination. The National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere, Jare Ajayi, said this on Monday. He said, “Afenifere and indeed Yoruba people as a whole are very happy that the Yoruba Nation agitator has been released. “Sunday Igboho’s release is not just for him…

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Anambra Court orders arrest of Rev Father over threat to life

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A Chief Magistrate Court, sitting in Umunze, Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra state, has ordered the arrest of a Rev. Father, Ejike Nwankwo, over a case of assault, malicious damage and conduct likely to cause breach of peace standing against him in the  court. Issuing a warrant of arrest against Rev Father Nwankwo, the presiding Magistrate, His Worship Nnaemeka Nnacheta, ordered that the cleric should be arrested anywhere he is seen and brought to court to answer charges against him. In a five count charge at the Magistrate…

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Lady goes missing after boarding BRT bus, Police begin probe

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The Lagos State Police Command’s spokesperson, in a statement this weekend, disclosed that two suspects have been arrested in connection with the alleged disappearance of Ayanwole Oluwabamise, a 22-year-old lady, who boarded a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) vehicle on February 26. It was gathered that the alleged victim, Miss Oluwabamise Ayanwola, who works as a fashion designer at Chevron Estate, Ajah and spends weekends at Ota, Ogun State, with her sister, was returning to Ota when she boarded a BRT bus with number 240257 going to Oshodi at about 7…

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Ex minister sentenced to three months imprisonment for fraud

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Former Minister of Water Resources, Sarah Ochekpe, has been sentenced to three months imprisonment by a Federal High Court in Jos, alongside two others for N450 million fraud. The two others are Raymond Dabo and Leo Jitung, both sentenced to three months imprisonment each. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged them in 2018 with conspiracy and money laundering. Delivering the ruling, Justice Musa Kurna, gave the convicts an option to pay a fine of N1 million each. Ochekpe, Dabo and Jitung had entered a plea of no-case submission.…

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Event centre where petrol was shared as souvenir sealed by Lagos government

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Officials of the Lagos Safety Commission and the Rapid Response Squad have sealed Havillah Event Centre, Oniru, for contravening public safety rules for allowing sharing of the petroleum product in jerrycans. The senior special assistant (SSA) to the Governor of Lagos State on New Media, Jubril Gawat, said the Lagos State police commissioner has ordered the arrest of those involved. “There is no doubt that this action is dangerous and can lead to loss of lives and property,” Lagos State commissioner for information Gbenga Omotoso said in a statement earlier…

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CBA FOUNDATION LAUNCHES SOCIAL ENTERPRISE INITIATIVE TO TAKE INTERVENTION AMONG UNDERPRIVILEGED WIDOWS TO NEXT LEVEL

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If indications from two separate but related events that were held last December are anything to go by, then one of Nigeria’s most vulnerable groups may be on the verge of experiencing better times. The events, hosted in two separate states/regions and separated by a 20-day interval, held at a time when self-splurging by many young Nigerians was at octane levels, and saw young men and women behind an NGO that caters to the welfare of underprivileged widows and their vulnerable children, passionately putting the widows’ needs above their wants.…

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Drug Offenses: NDLEA slams eight criminal charges against Abba Kyari, others

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An eight-count charge bothering on trafficking in hard drugs has been slammed against the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), yesterday, in Abuja. Kyari was charged with the criminal offences alongside four other senior police officers and two civilians in a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CR/57/2022 filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja and signed by NDLEA Director of Prosecution and Legal Services, Joseph Sunday. Those charged along with Abba Kyari are, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Sunday Ubua, Assistant Superintendent…

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$1,000 to be provided by Nigerian fighters for ticket, visa – Ukraine Embassy

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The Embassy of Ukraine in Nigeria says Nigerians who are willing to travel to Ukraine to fight Russian forces must be willing to provide $1,000 for ticket and visa. The embassy stated this when scores of Nigerian men converged on its premises in Abuja on Thursday to express their readiness to join the Ukrainian side. The Second Secretary at the Ukrainian Embassy in Nigeria, Bohdan Soltys, confirmed that $1,000 would be needed by Nigerian volunteers. The announcement did not go down well with the Nigerians who lamented that the price…

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No funds to meet ASUU’s demands – Ngige

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Dr Chris Ngige,, the Minister of Labour, Employment and Productivity, has stated that the Federal Government does not have the funds to meet its obligations in the agreement signed with the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Ngige said the government was considering a renegotiation of the terms of the agreement with ASUU, in the effort to end the ongoing strike by university lecturers. The minister made this known while appearing on a current affairs programme on television on Thursday. When asked if he agreed that the government had failed to…

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