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Microbiology graduate cries out: I was raped, recorded and almost killed

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For 25-year-old Olamide Babayemi, a cobbler, he may have courted trouble beyond his imagination. He is now a guest of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, undergoing further investigation and prosecution, as ordered by the state Commissioner of police, Kenneth Ebrimson. Babayemi was arrested for raping a 22-year-old Microbiology graduate and sharing the victim’s nude video with his friends. According to reports given by the state Police PRO, Babayemi was alleged to have invited the victim, whom he claimed was his girlfriend, to come and collect the phone she…

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President Buhari’s daughter should not use Presidential Jet for personal functions – Femi Falana

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Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Femi Falana, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to stop members of his family from using aircraft in the presidential fleet. According to him, such action is not backed by law. The president’s daughter, Hanan Buhari, had flown in a presidential jet  to Bauchi last Thursday for a private function. Many Nigerians condemned the action, but the presidency defended it. Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, said it was normal practice for the president’s family to use the presidential aircraft. “The normal practice…

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‘Border closure raised customs’ revenue to N1.3 trillion in 2019′ -Ali

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Comptroller-general of customs, Hameed Ibrahim Ali, has disclosed that the customs service (NCS) has generated N1.34 trillion for the year 2019 He made this known yesterday in a statement signed by the customs spokesperson, Joseph Attah. the amount surpassed the target of N937.2 billion set for the year, which was also higher than N1.2 trillion generated in 2018. He said that the partial border closure, which had forced cargoes that could have been smuggled through the porous borders to come through the seas and airports, raised revenue collection from ports.…

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Incompetence tale trails Minister of Power, Sale Mamman

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How Minister of Power, Sale Mamman’s Incompetence Is Embarrassing President Buhari When President Muhammadu Buhari got into office as President for the first time in 2015, he promised to give Nigerians the best and work with the best set of people that would join him to move Nigeria forward. This, he did with the appointment of people with the ability and capability to make changes and one of the stars of his government then was a former governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, who was given three portfolios…

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Contempt: Arts and Culture council DG, Otunba Runsewe to be remanded in prison

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An FCT High Court in Maitama has convicted and sentenced the Director General, National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, to jail for contempt of court. Justice Jude Okeke, who gave the order on Thursday, said it would serve as deterrent to others who abuse office and disobey court orders with disdain, describing the act of the NCAC DG as highly contemptuous. The judge ordered that Runsewe should be kept in the facility of the Nigerian Correctional Service in Kuje “until he purges himself contempt.” The judge…

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Kenneth Ndubuisi Amadi’s N2.9billion fraud case adjourned

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The on going court vacation has stalled the arraignment of a Lagos businessman Kenneth Ndubuisi Amadi alleged to have obtained the sum of N2.9billion by false pretences from a Petroleum company Eunisell  Limited.  Consequently, the case has been adjourned till 29th,of January, 2020 when the accused businessman will be arraigned. Ndubuisi Amadi and his company Idid Nigeria Limited were alleged to have obtained  the sum of N2,900.000,000 by false pretence from a Petroleum company Eunisell while working as the Chief Executive officer of the company. The offences alleged to have been…

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Tinubu visits Buhari, speaks on Bakare’s call for successor

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Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday said it was too early to debate which zone of the country should produce the next president. He cautioned that such a debate would negatively affect the pace of governance by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Tinubu, who spoke after a closed-door meeting with President Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday cautioned that discussing 2023 presidency now would distract the administration from providing people-oriented services and executing its development agenda. Tinubu’s declaration came on the heels…

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Kenyan Pastor stabs wife to death, commits suicide during church service

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Kenyan assistant pastor, Elijah Misiko, with the Ground for God’s Gospel Church in Mombasa, during a church service, left his front-row seat and approached his wife, senior pastor Ann Mughoi, on the pulpit and stabbed her with one of the knives he had hidden in an envelope, a report has said. The incident happened on Sunday, according to Mombasa sub-county police commander Julius Kiragu, “He walked up to his wife while the church was praying”. Then he took one of the knives and stabbed her two times, believing she was…

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15 arrested at Kano gay party

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15 homosexuals were on Thursday arrested by Hisbah operatives in Kano during a gay party. The Hisbah guards, during a routine operation, stormed an event centre located on the Ahmadu Bello Way, and a compound at Sabuwar-Gandu quarters in the Kano metropolis, where they apprehended the suspected gays. It was also gathered that the organisers of the party were new graduates from the Bayero University Kano, and planned the party to celebrate their graduation from the institution but were nabbed before the commencement of the planned party. Each of the…

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Ritual killing:Police exhume remains of LASU undergraduate

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Homicide detectives from the Osun state police command on Saturday, exhumed the corpse of a Lagos State University student, Favour Daley-Oladele, murdered by her lover, Owolabi Adeeko and a pastor, Segun Philip, in Ikoyi-Ile, Osun State. The state Commissioner of Police, Babatunde Kokumo, who led the team that exhumed the corpse, said the move would enable the police to conclude investigation into the case. While responding to questions from newsmen, Philip, said he killed the deceased to experiment what he read in ‘Seven Book of Moses.’ Philip, who was led…

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