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Ex-president Zuma turns himself in, begins 15-month prison sentence

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Former South African president, Jacob Zuma turned himself in to prison on Wednesday to begin serving a 15-month sentence for contempt of court. In a historic ruling, the Constitutional Court last week handed Zuma a 15-month term for snubbing anti-graft investigators. Police had earlier on Wednesday warned they were prepared to arrest the former president by a midnight deadline to enforce the ruling, unless the top court instructed otherwise. But Zuma decided to make his way to an unnamed prison in his home province of Kwa-Zulu Natal (KZN). “Please be…

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Scientific Equipment Development Institute’s DG assassinated in Enugu

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Prof. Samuel Ndubuisi, the Director-General of Scientific Equipment Development Institute (SEDI), was on Wednesday assassinated in Enugu. It was reported that Ndubuisi along with his police orderly were shot dead along the Centenary City Junction axis of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway. The driver of the vehicle reportedly sustained injuries and had been taken to an undisclosed hospital for medical attention. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Enugu State Command, Mr. Daniel Ndukwe confirmed the incident in a statement. He said: “Information surrounding a shooting incident today, 07/07/2021 at about 1600hrs,…

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FIRSTBANK HOLDS SMECONNECT WEBINAR, ENLIGHTENS ENTREPRENEURS ON ACCESSING FINANCE FOR THEIR BUSINESS

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*The FirstBank SME Connect webinar is one of the ways through which FirstBank delivers its capacity building pillar of its value propositions to SMEs. *The event topic “The ABCs of Accessing Finance for your Business” is designed to expose SMEs to various finance opportunities that they can access and utilize to foster the continued growth of their businesses. *With FirstBank’s over 127 years of being woven into the fabric of society, FirstBank has been at the forefront of impacting businesses, and has consistently won awards for providing innovative solutions for…

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NYSC Certificate: Court vindicates Former Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun

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Former Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun was ineligible for national service, and thus vindicated in the ruling by a Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday. The court said she was not supposed to present herself for National Youth Service because under the 1979 Constitution, which was in force at the time of her graduation, she was not a Nigerian citizen either at the time of her graduation or when she turned 30. According to the ruling, the constitution does not require her to present her first-degree certificate or…

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Four workers abducted by gunmen in Ekiti, N50m ransom demanded

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Four persons working on a farm at Ikosu Ekiti in the Moba council area of Ekiti State, have been abducted by gunmen. It was learnt that the farm workers were whisked away around 5pm on Monday. A source said the hoodlums had contacted the victims’ families and demanded N50m ransom. “It is still being negotiated,” he added. The source identified three of the victims simply as Jimoh, Bolarinwa and Yinka. Another source said family members of the victims were praying for their safe release. He said, “We are praying that…

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South Sudan honours T.B. Joshua with country’s key

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At the burial activities of the late televangelist and founder of The Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Prophet T. B. Joshua yesterday, there were torrents of tributes at the church premises at Ikotun, Lagos. The service followed Monday’s candlelight procession for the late prophet at his Faith Resort ground, Agodo, Egbe. At that event, a restaurant of the SCOAN, Ikotun, which is close to Gate 5 of the church, gut fire around 11:30 p.m. and members battled to douse the fire. The church spokesperson, however, said it was a…

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JAMB ex-registrar remanded in prison over alleged N5.2b fraud

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A former registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Lawrence Adedibu Ojerinde, was remanded in prison custody by Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja. In a ruling, on Tuesday, July 6, 2021, Egwuatu ordered that Ojerinde be kept in a correctional facility pending the hearing of his bail application, scheduled for Wednesday. Ojerinde was arraigned on an 18-count charge in suit number FHC/ABJ/CR/97/2021 accused of complicity in the diversion of over N900 million. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC)…

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Bandits abduct 140 students in fresh Kaduna raid

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Bandits in the early hours of Monday invaded the Bethel Baptist High School, Maraban Rido in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State and whisked away no fewer than 140 students. A teacher in the school, Emmanuel Paul, said 140 students were abducted by the bandits, who attacked the school located along the Kaduna-Kachia highway at 1am. “They came at 1am and made away with 140 students,” he said. However, the police said a few hours after the abduction, security agents rescued 26 of the abducted students. Recall that…

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Soyinka to FG: Stop pursuing Igboho, apologise to him

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Prof. Wole Soyinka has said it is not criminal or illegal for anyone to express intention to leave any federation. He also condemned as “bizarre” the midnight raid by the Department of State Services (DSS) on the Ibadan residence of Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, last Thursday. Soyinka, who spoke during an interview with BBC, urged the Federal Government to apologise to Igboho. “How can you place the will for separation as a criminal act? That kind of language doesn’t exist in the Constitution, it doesn’t…

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Canadian Justice Minister: “Malami is a disgrace to rule of law”

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The Minister of Justice and Solicitor-General of the Government of Alberta, Canada, Kelechi Madu has faulted the Nigerian Minister of Justice and Attorney-General, Abubakar Malami, over the re-arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. Madu, in a post on his LinkedIn page, said if reports that Kanu was abducted from Kenya were true, Malami was not only a disgrace to the rule of law but also not worthy to be a public officer. The Canadian official, who is also the Deputy Government House Leader,…

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