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Premium Times publisher, Dapo Olorunyomi was yesterday arrested by the Nigeria police when his office was raided in Abuja. He was arrested alongside the judiciary correspondent, Evelyn Okakwu. Plain-clothes officers conducted a search at the office shortly after 5:00p.m. yesterday and said they were acting on a complaint filed by the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai. The arrests came days after Premium Times turned down the army’s demand to retract news stories about the Nigerian Army and its operations. The paper’s Editor-in-Chief, Musikilu Mojeed, condemned the raid. “They should…

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Son of late Anglican Bishop, James Kwasu, Jehu Kwasu, a graduate of Polical Science was on Tuesday convicted and sentenced to three years in prison by Justice Binta Isah of the Kaduna State High Court, Zaria on a two-count charge of forgery and obtaining by false pretence. It was reported in September, 2016 that Jehu had admitted to impersonating the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Mathew Kukah, and conned prominent Nigerians of millions of naira. Kwasu said his victims included Bishop David Oyedepo of Winners Chapel who he claimed…

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Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday wrote the Senate that the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo will act on his behalf as President for the 10 days that he would be on medical vacation. In a letter addressed to the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, President Buhari said, in line with Section 145 (1) of the 1999 constitution as amended. According to the letter which was read at plenary on Tuesday by Saraki, President Buhari said he will be away from Monday 23rd January to Monday 6th February. The letter…

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Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai has ordered a 24-hour curfew in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area, in Southern Kaduna, after suspected armed herdsmen opened fire in Samaru Kataf, a busy market, Tuesday evening, killing three and injuring five. Samaru Kataf is in Samaru District of Atyap Chiefdom in Zangon Kataf council. The traditional ruler of Zangon pKataf, Gwatyapof Atyap Chiefdom, Mr. Dominic Yahaya, who visited the injured in hospital, described the situation as “sad and unfortunate” and appealed for calm. Christopher Yakubu, one of the injured, who spoke from his Gwatyap…

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A Supervisory Councillor for Agriculture in Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State, Umar Ibrahim; and four others have been arrested by the EFCC, for the alleged diversion of 300 bags of rice donated by Danish Refugee Council, a Non-Governmental Organisation and meant for Internally Displayed Persons in the council. The EFCC said in a statement by its spokesman, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, that the arrest was triggered by intelligence report. Others arrested along with the councillor are:  Bulama Ali Zangebe, Modu Bulama, Halilu Abdullahi and Abacha Ali. According to some of…

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Omojoye Ayodele, an official of the Western Naval Command, Apapa, Lagos, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly killing his wife, Mary Egbailo. It was gathered that Ayodele on Tuesday allegedly beat up the victim till she gave up the ghost at their house on Eze Anthony Street, in the Igando, Alimosho area of the state. Our correspondent gathered that the 30-year-old suspect had gone to bring back the wife from the Cherubim and Seraphim Church in the area, where she was said to have been…

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ECOWAS yesterday has intensified moves to get the President of The Gambia, Yayah Jammeh, to respect the will of his people expressed at the December 1, 2016 election won by Adama Barrow. Already, the Nigeria Air Force yesterday deployed a contingent and fighter jets on standby in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. The refusal of Jammeh to quit is making Nigeria to lead ECOWAS countries in a possible military removal of Jammeh from office. ECOWAS officials had previously met with the The Gambian president, appealing to him to implement the…

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The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, yesterday, expressed his desire to strengthen the state judiciary with a view to ensuring sanity and enforcement of rule of law to provide conducive environment for investors. Obaseki, who spoke when he received members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, at Government House, noted that nobody would invest his money in a state where there was disorderliness and impunity. According to him: “It is the desire of this administration to provide a conducive atmosphere for investors. The rule of law…

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