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Okupe, others arraigned for alleged diversion of N702m

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Doyin Okupe, a former senior special assistant to the president, was yesterday arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on alleged money laundering and diversion of funds totalling N702million. Okupe was brought before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of a Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja along with two companies, Value Trust Investment Ltd and Abrahams Telecoms Ltd allegedly involved in the commission of the fraud. One of the counts reads: “That you, Dr. Doyin Okupe, being the Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan from July 2012 to May 2015,…

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Man kills wife and two sons in Edo

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Uwaila, a 35-year-old man, has been arrested by the Edo State Police Command, for shooting his wife and two sons dead. The incident happened on Sunday at Ovbiogie village in the Ovia North-East Local Government Area of the state. Security agents were said to have evacuated the corpses to an undisclosed mortuary. The suspect, who is now in police custody, said his wife accused him of having extramarital affairs. He added that his wife threatened to also go out with other men. Uwaila said he drove out of the house…

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11 injured as thugs attack Saraki’s family quarter

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No fewer than 11 people were reportedly injured as hoodlums invaded the Agbaji area of Ilorin, where the family residence of the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, is located. The hoodlums reportedly damaged 50 vehicles on Sunday. Also, Solagberu and Aliagan mosques, as well as about five buildings in the area were damaged during the attack. The incident, according to residents of the area, started at about 11.30am when armed thugs stormed the area and shot into the air to scare people away. According to the President of…

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FG to arraign Onnoghen tomorrow for alleged non-declaration of assets, others

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The Federal Government will tomorrow arraign the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen before the Justice Danladi Yakubu led- Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) in Abuja, on charges of failure to declare his assets, and for operating foreign currency accounts. The CCT Headquarters in Abuja, yesterday, confirmed the planned arraignment in a statement signed by its Head of Press & Public Relations, Mr. Ibraheem Al-Hassan. Ahead of his appearance at the tribunal, it was gathered that Onnoghen was on Friday, at his official residence served with…

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Drunk dad rapes drunk daughter, on his wedding night

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A 50-year-old man, who raped his own daughter on his wedding night “because he thought she was his wife” has been sentenced to two years and six months imprisonment. The man, from Denmark, was hosting his wedding reception at a country estate when his 20-year-old daughter, who was already intoxicated passed out in the bridal suite. During the party in April 2018, the daughter became “very intoxicated” and family members realised she would not be able to get to the nearby hotel where she was meant to be staying, reports Metro UK.…

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Melaye moved to DSS medical facility in Abuja

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Senator Dino Melaye has been moved to a medical facility owned by the Department of State Service (DSS) in Abuja by the Nigerian Police Force, for further medical attention. Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, who disclosed this in a statement, yesterday, in Abuja, said the relocation became necessary due to a complaint from the senator that he was not well. The Police spokesman denied media reports that Melaye was moved by masked armed policemen to an undisclosed location and that his whereabouts was unknown, saying the Police medical team…

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Saraki accuses IGP of compromising his personal security

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Senate president, Bukola Saraki, has accused Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, of compromising his personal security and endangering his life and called on Nigerians to hold Idris responsible should anything befall members of his family and himself. Addressing an emergency press conference at the PDP Presidential Campaign Office (Legacy House) in Abuja yesterday evening, Saraki alleged that the police is showing undisguised hostility to him and his supporters. He listed some cases that showed that the Police are after him for the wrong reasons. “Yesterday, (Thursday) after the APC…

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Buruji Kashamu direct supporters to back Adebutu

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The lawmaker representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Senator Buruji Kashamu, of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has directed all his supporters to work with members of the Ladi Adebutu faction in the overall interest of the party. The Lado group is led by a member of the House of Representatives, Ladi Adebutu, who had been locked in a supremacy battle with Kashamu over the control of the state party structure and the Ogun State PDP governorship ticket. In a statement Kashamu personally issued on Thursday, he  said it was better for…

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Man kills wife over alleged extramarital affairs

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Ishaya David, 29, has been arrested by the Niger State Police Command for allegedly killing his wife. Ishaya was arrested by police detectives attached to the Gawu Babangida Division in the Gurara Local Government Area of the state. The suspect, who hails from Sabon Kaida village in Gurara, was said to have killed his wife, Rifkatu David, 25, over allegations of promiscuity. It was learnt that the suspect stabbed his wife to death for having an affair with her ex-boyfriend. It was gathered that the suspect had earlier cautioned his…

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ASUU to FG: Strike continues until offers are implemented

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Thursday said the ongoing strike would not be called off until the Federal Government fully implemented all the offers it made to the union after their last meeting. The public university lecturers said they were tired of Federal Government’s antics of making unfulfilled promises, insisting that the strike would be called off after they got tangible evidence and concrete actions that the offers made to them by the Federal Government had been implemented. The National President, ASUU,  Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, said the team…

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