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Oil pipeline vandalism rise by 77% -NNPC

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Oil and gas pipeline vandalism has risen by 77 per cent in June this year. This was made known by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday. The newly released June edition of the corporation’s Monthly Financial and Operations Report (MFOR) showed that 106 pipeline points were breached as against the 60 points vandalised the preceding month. NNPC’s Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Ndu Ughamdu, explained that the Aba-Enugu axis in the system 2E pipeline corridor accounted for 25 per cent of the total pulverised points, while the…

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APC disowns Wadume’s claim of N13m payment for election

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A statement by the rearrested kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Wadume, that the party paid him N13m for the 2019 presidential election has been refuted by the All Progressives Congress. Wadume was rearrested in Kano and paraded on Tuesday by detectives at the Police Force Headquarters in Abuja. He has been in the middle of rife between the Nigerian Army and the Nigeria Police over the murder of three police operatives and two civilians by soldiers in Ibi town, Taraba State. Some soldiers at the 93 Battalion Takum, Taraba State, had reportedly…

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UK court awards $9bn compensation against FG for letting citizens down

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The federal government of Nigeria has been slammed with $9bn in damages for letting down its 201 million residents by failing to complete a gas supply and production agreement that would have transformed their lives. Instead, the country will now have to pay $9bn (£7.4bn) in penalties or risk having its assets seized. According to the published report, the accusation is being levied at Nigeria by lawyers representing Process and Industrial Developments Ltd (P&ID), a gas supply and engineering company, following a UK court ruling that paves the way for…

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Woman seek to divorce husband for showing too much love

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A woman in the United Arab Emirates has asked the court to dissolve her marriage because her husband shows her ‘too much love’, helps with the housework and showers her with gifts. According to reports, the UAE woman told a Sharia court in Fujairah that her ‘endearing’ husband has never argued or yelled at her and was always kind. When she complained about his weight, the man embarked on a strict  weight loss regime of dieting and exercise which left him with a broken leg. But this did not please the…

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Kanu orders his followers to disgrace and arrest’ President Buhari in Japan

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Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has asked his members to disgrace and arrest President Muhammadu Buhari in Japan today. This is coming few days after members of his group gave former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu the beating of his life in faraway Germany. The threat followed an announcement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina that the President would travel to Japan today to participate in the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development. Kanu, in a statement circulated…

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Woman sells own child for N500,000 in Imo, Husband angry

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Police in Imo have arrested one Chinaza Ukaonu alongside two nurses for allegedly selling her baby for N500,000. The Imo state police public Relation Officer, PPRO, Orlando Ikeokwu, who confirmed this yesterday in Owerri, said that the arrest of the woman was made possible by her husband, Promise Ukaonu, he reported the wife to the police, suspecting that the wife was telling him lies about the whereabouts of their child. Others arrested with Mrs Ukonu was an alleged buyer of the child, Amadi Chioma. Also, two others said to be…

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Tribunal sacks Dino Melaye, orders fresh election

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The National Assembly/State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Lokoja has nullified election of Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye, on Friday. Melaye has described the ruling of the tribunal nullifying his victory in the March 22 election and ordering a fresh election as a total miscarriage of justice. In a statement, he said his legal team was already studying the judgement, adding that he would appeal it. He said he was confident that the Appeal Court would upturn the judgement of the lower tribunal. According to him,…

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Fraud: US names at least 77 Nigerians in massive fraud, money laundering

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80 persons, many of whom are Nigerian nationals, have been named by the United States Department of Justice on Thursday, to have conspired to steal millions of dollars from Americans and American businesses through online scams. In the 252-count federal indictment statement, at least 77 of the persons were of Nigerian origin. The US federal prosecutors says all of the 80 persons will face charges of attempting to defraud individuals of millions of dollars through the use of business email compromise (BEC), online romance scams, in addition to other schemes…

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Tenant allegedly raped Landlady to death in Ekiti

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A tenant who is also a commercial motorcyclist has reportedly raped his landlady to death in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti state capital. The shocking incident occurred on Thursday at Olorunda area of the state. It was gathered that the mother of three, described by family member as a middle-aged woman, was at home alone after her husband had gone to work while the children were said to have gone for holiday coaching when the incident happened. The suspected tenant was alleged to have broken into the woman’s room, threatened her with…

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SARS personnel arrested for killing disarmed suspects

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Lagos state police command has arrested four Special Anti-Robbery Squad personnel for killing two suspected phone thieves in Lagos. In a statement on Wednesday, the command states that the four policemen would be charged for murder. A video posted on social media showed the moment SARS operatives shot dead the two  disarmed suspected phone thieves. According to the report, the video showed the two suspects handcuffed to each other as an officer approached with a third suspect. The man filming the scene was heard identifying the suspects as he gloated…

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