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DisCo marketing officer sentenced to six months imprisonment for illegal disconnection

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A Marketing Officer of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, Mr James Olayemi,has been sentenced to six months imprisonment by a Kogi State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Lokoja on Thursday, for unlawful disconnection of electricity supply to a customer’s house. Chief Magistrate Tanko Muhammed jailed Olayemi and ordered the immediate reconnection of electricity supply to Mr Dennis Osanwuta’s house. Osanwuta, a retired top management employee of the National Inland Waterways Authority, had dragged Olayemi and the Regional Manager, AEDC, Lameed Obadaki, to court for the damage to his property and unlawful…

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COVID-19: 790 new cases recorded

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The Federal Government, yesterday, said it was not considering a fresh lockdown following increase in COVID-19 cases. Speaking at the weekly ministerial briefing organised at the State House in Abuja, Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said the number of cases were not threatening enough for a lockdown to be considered. On Wednesday night, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced 790 cases of new COVID-19 infections. The figure was the highest in about six months, a sharp increase from the 610 cases it registered a day earlier. A…

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Witches rejoice over sack of Governor’s aide in Cross River

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Advocacy For Witches, AFAW, a group for witches in Cross River State, has commended Senator Ben Ayade for dismissing his Special Adviser on Forest Security, Mr Thomas Tawo aka “General Iron”. In a statement by its director Mr Leo Igwe, the group describes Tawo as a notorious witch hunter and “blood letter” who has been terrorising witches in Boki Local Government Area in central Cross River. The witch group claimed that last year, 2020, Tawo led some witch hunters to abduct, torture and lynch about fifteen witches in Boki without…

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13 dead, farms, houses submerged in Bauchi flood

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Following five new recorded deaths in Jama’are Local Government Area, the number of people killed by flood across Bauchi State since the 2021 rainy season started has increased to 13. It was learnt that no fewer than 24 people sustained varying degrees of injury in the floods that have so far affected 18 LGAs of the state. An official of the State Emergency Management Agency in Bauchi State, who declined identification, indicated that five people died in Jama’are, three in Gamawa, three in Ningi while one person each died in…

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FIRSTBANK SPONSORS THE 5TH EDITION OF THE CHIEF OLUSEGUN OBASANJO GOLF TOURNAMENT

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First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced its sponsorship of the 5th edition of the Chief Olusegun Obasanjo golf tournament, organized by the Abeokuta golf club. The competition, which is scheduled to hold on Saturday, 14th August 2021 will have Chief Obasanjo perform the ceremonial Tee-off to the glamour of the 150 golfers participating from across Nigeria. Speaking on the competition, Kola Adeneye, the Captain of the Abeokuta golf club, said; “Abeokuta golf club is putting up this tournament, fully sponsored by First Bank of Nigeria Limited to celebrate Chief…

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FG reintroduces toll plazas on selected roads

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The reintroduction of toll collections has been approved by the Federal Executive Council, on some selected dual carriageways across the country. This is as it exempted diplomatic, military, para-military vehicles, tricycles, motorcycles from the scheme. Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, disclosed these on Wednesday at the end of the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The decision was made almost two decades after the Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration dismantled all toll plazas on federal roads across…

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Father arrested for allegedly defiling own three underage daughters

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A 43-year-old businessman, Emeka Orisakwe, has been remanded in prison custody by an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State for allegedly defiling his three underage daughters. The police, on Wednesday, charged Orisakwe, who resides at Maza Maza, Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos, with sexual assault. The Magistrate, Ejiro Kubeinje, did not take the defendant’s plea and ordered that he should be remanded in the Kirikiri Custodial Centre. Kubeinje directed the police to send the case file to the Director of Public Prosecutions for legal advice. The prosecution counsel, ASP Bisi Ogunleye, told the…

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Mother, son, others arrested for internet fraud

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Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kaduna State Zonal Command, has arrested Lucky Ebhogie, Richman Kas Godwin, Israel Justin, and Precious Iwuji, over alleged internet-related fraud.   They were arrested on August 5, 2021, in the Sabo area of Kaduna, following intelligence on their alleged involvement in fraud activities. Spokesperson for EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, yesterday, said preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects were mostly involved in impersonation and romance scams; faking the identities of US military personnel on foreign missions to deceive their victims.   One of the suspects, Lucky…

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Late Gani Fawehinmi’s first son Mohammed, is dead

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The first son of the late renowned lawyer, Gani Fawehinmi, is dead. It was gathered that the 52-year-old passed on in Lagos on Wednesday. Mohammed Fawehinmi was a graduate of Business Administration of the University of Lagos in 1991. He obtained an LLB degree from the University of Buckingham, England, and was called to Nigerian Bar in 1998. Before his death, Fawehinmi was the Head, Mohammed Fawehinmi’s Chambers, Director, Nigerian Law Publications Limited, Director, Books Industries Nigeria Limited, and Director, Gani Fawehinmi Library & Gallery Limited. He had a terrible…

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Pastor accused of snatching church member’s wife

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The General Overseer of the World Bank Assembly in Eneka,  Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, Moses Adeeyo, has been accused by a man, Bright Ben, of snatching his wife, Tina. Bright claimed that trouble started after his wife of 12 years was made an assistant choir mistress in the church and she moved out of the house with their two children. Bright said that he had been searching for her and had called the pastor to seek advice on the matter. He stated that he got to know…

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