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Imo state Governor, Rochas Okorocha has revealed that, in his administration, his wife, Nkechi Okorocha, has control over four ministries of the government in the state. Okorocha stated this when the correspondent chapel of Imo state, honoured the wife with the “most outstanding Governor’s wife award” Thursday in Owerri. The Secretary to the Imo state government, Mr George Etche who represented the governor at the event while singing praises of the achievements of Okorocha’s wife in 6 years also named the ministries under the control of the wife of the…

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A commander of the Lagos State Transport Management Agency, Mr. Bakare Olatunji was yesterday lynched by angry mob in the Liverpool area of Apapa, Lagos state, yesterday. It was learnt that Olatunji, who was the zonal head of the agency in the Apapa area, had led a team of officials to the area in a patrol van to arrest erring motorists at about 11am. It was gathered that tanker drivers, who parked their vehicles on the road fled on sighting the enforcement agents. The LASTMA van was said to have…

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The announcement has been made on Thursday by the New UN Secretary-General António Guterres that Nigeria’s Environment minister, Amina Mohammed is his Deputy Secretary-General. Guterres made the announcement through the spokesman of the Secretary-General, Mr Stephane Dujarric. It was reported that Guterres also announced the duo of Ms. Maria Viotti of Brazil and Ms. Kyung-wha Kang of the Republic of Korea into high-profile positions at the UN. “I am pleased to announce that I will be appointing Ms. Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria as my Deputy Secretary-General, and Ms. Maria…

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Following the Federal High Court judgment which ordered Zenith bank to immediately unfreeze the governor’s accounts which was frozen by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Ayodele Fayose, the Ekiti State Governor, on Thursday visited the Ado Ekiti branch of Zenith Bank were he withdrew some money from his accounts. Federal High Court in Ado Ekiti has ordered that Governor Ayodele Fayose’s accounts in Zenith Bank be defrozen with immediate effect. Fayose personal accounts and those of some of his associates were frozen by the Economic and Financial Crimes…

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A burden of not less than N15.4 billion monthly has been removed from the Federal Government via the removal of fuel subsidy, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said. Osinbajo said this in Abuja on Thursday at the 2016 presentation of Scorecard of the Ministry of a Petroleum Resources and Agreements Signing ceremony for Joint Venture Cash Calls (JVC) exit. Represented by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, Osinbajo said that $15 billion would be injected into the sector. ”I am pleased to be the special…

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President Mohammadu Buhari has been asked by the Senate to replace the name of Ibrahim Magu as the EFCC Chairman. The Senate on Thursday, rejected the confirmation of Mr Ibrahim Magu as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The Senate said security reports about the person of Mr Magu was not favorable for his clearance for the anti-graft agency’s top job and asked President Muhammadu Buhari who nominated him to immediately replace him. But the Red Chamber gave its approval for the nomination of other four…

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The two-year-old marriage between one Andrew Epu and his wife, Tina, was on Thursday dissolved by an Igando Customary court over wife’s constant checking of husband’s phone. Delivering judgment, the President of the court, Mr Adegboyega Omilola, said that the petitioner was adamant despite mediation from the court and family intervention. Omilola said “since the petitioner insisted on divorce after several interventions, the court has no choice than to dissolve the union in spite of the fact that the wife still claims she loves her husband.” He then pronounced the…

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