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President Buhari off to London for medical check-up, to return in July

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President Muhammadu Buhari, today, Friday, June 24, is to proceed to London, the United Kingdom, for a scheduled medical follow-up. It will be recalled that, the President had on March 30, 2021 undertaken a similar trip, which kept him in the United Kingdom for about two weeks. Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity), Femi Adesina had on Thursday, informed that President Buhari is due back in the country in the second week of July, 2021. Share on: WhatsApp

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How 21-year-old UNILAG student stabbed Super TV CEO to death

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A 21 year-old undergraduate of the University of Lagos, Chidinma has been arrested by the men of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly killing the Chief Executive Officer, Super TV, Usifo Ataga, in Lekki area of the state. Chidinma, a 300-level student of Mass Communication was arrested at her parents’ residence in the Yaba area of the state on Wednesday night. She allegedly stabbed the victim, while they were in a room, and made away with his belongings, among is an ATM card, in which she withdrew the sum…

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EFCC re-arraigns FIRS directors over N4.5bn fraud

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Three directors and some other officials of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, (FIRS) have been re-arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over allegations of N4.5 billion fraud. The officials are Peter Hena, a former Coordinating Director; Mohammed Bello Auta (Director of Finance) and Amina Sidi (Finance and Account Department). Others are Umar Aliyu Aduka (Internal Audit), Mbura Mustapha (Deputy Manager), Obi Okeke Malachy (Services Group), Obaje Napoleon Adofu (Head of Budget), Udo-Inyang Effiong Alfred (Officer II) and Benjamin Jiya (Assistant Director). EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, who disclosed…

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Presidency denies involvement in media amendment bill, says AGF to advice on ECOWAS court ruling on Twitter

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The Presidency, yesterday, denied involvement in the move by the National Assembly to amend the Nigerian Press Council (NPC) and National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Acts. This is as a result of condemnations by relevant stakeholders of alleged attempt to gag the press. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, claimed that the initiative was completely outside the Presidency’s purview, noting that the matter was a government thing, which only the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, could adequately address. Adesina made the clarification while addressing…

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Man arrested for defiling maid, 2-year-old biological daughter

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Kingsley Achugbu, a 35 year-old man has been arrested by officers of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly raping his housemaid and his 2-year-old biological daughter. The case was said to have been reported by the housemaid at the FESTAC Division of the command in company with a child rights activist, Justina Nelson of Advocates for Children and Vulnerable Peoples Network. The minor, who was molested by her father, has been taken to the hospital for medical examination to aid further investigation, police said. It was further stated that…

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Farouk Lawan jailed seven years for taking $500,000 bribe

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The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Apo, Abuja, has sentenced a former federal lawmaker, Farouk Lawan, to seven years imprisonment for taking bribes while serving as the chairman of the defunct House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating the fraud around fuel subsidy regime in 2012. The trial judge, Angela Otaluka, handed down the verdict in a hours-long verdict on Tuesday. Lawan was the chairman of the house of representatives ad hoc committee probing the multi-billion naira fuel subsidy fraud in 2012. He was accused of demanding $3 million…

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National Assembly Complex flooded after downpour

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The heavy rainfall in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Tuesday morning, left some parts of the National Assembly Complex flooded. Part of the areas affected by the flood was the central lobby of the building, which links the Senate and House of Representatives chambers. Other areas include the third and last gate to the premises as well as the road linking the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation to the National Assembly were heavily flooded. At the lobby, workers of the private firms engaged for…

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Medical doctor arrested for selling drugged cookies online

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A 26 year-old medical doctor, Jane Chioma Ofoma, who is a graduate of medicine from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and recently completed her housemanship at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital has been arrested in Auchi, Edo State. Chioma was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), for allegedly operating an online catering service, Omachi’s kitchen, through which she sells drugged cookies and biscuits. Following intelligence and surveillance, narcotic officers of the Edo State Command of the Agency on Saturday, June 19, 2021, stormed her…

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Heritage Bank staff protest at Sen. Andy Uba’s Abuja residence over unpaid loan

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A video surfaced online on Monday, showing how some staff of Heritage Bank Plc besieged the residence of Andy Uba, a former senator from Anambra State, who once served as an aide to former President Obasanjo. The staff of the bank, displayed placards, as they gathered in front of his residence in Abuja, asking the politician to repay the loan he collected to save their job. One of the bankers at the scene said in the video that, they are appealing to the former senator to “kindly pay this money…

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Suspected bandit in possession of military kits arrested by the Nigerian Army

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The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu said in a statement that, the Nigerian Army troops operating along Mokwa-Jebba road, intercepted and arrested a fleeing bandit in a vehicle travelling from Zuru to Ibadan during a stop and search operation on Sunday. Nwachukwu said the vigilant troops spotted an occupant of the vehicle, who claimed to be Sgt. Aminu Sule. He said the suspect was found to be in possession of a pair of camouflage, military boots, knife and substance suspected to be charms. He said on further interrogation,…

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