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Abubakar Malami, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), yesterday disclosed that there was no evidence yet to indict those accused of corruption in the Malabu oil deal. He made the disclosure when he appeared before the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee on alleged breach of due process in the award of oil prospecting licence. He explained that former Petroleum Minister Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke and her counterpart in the finance ministry Olusegun Aganga, could not be arrested based on the available information. He said on-going investigations…

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The Ponzi scheme called MMM has frozen accounts of its participants in Nigeria for one month. For Nigerians hoping to have a good Yuletide celebrations by cashing out of Mavrodi Mondial Moneybox (MMM), their plans may have to be revised. The operators of the scheme said in a message sent to all subscribers that the measure was put in place because “in the New Year season the System is experiencing heavy workload.” During the period – December 12 to January 12 – none of the participants would be able to…

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A nursing mother, Mrs Olufunmi Adeyemo, and her one-year-old baby were detained in police custody for stealing plantain from Agbowa Market in Ikorodu Local Government Area, Lagos State, until the state Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, came to her rescue. It was learned that the mother and her child were detained at the Agbowa Police Station, Ikorodu, after they were apprehended at the market by traders for the theft. According to a source, on interrogation, the woman claimed that she stole after efforts to get food for herself and her…

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Umar Abubakar, the 10th gang member involved in the abduction of the wife of the Central Bank Governor, Margaret Emefiele, in September 2016 has been rarrested by the police. Abubakar, aka Kiriwa, was reportedly arrested in Minna, Niger State, on December 9, 2016, by the IG Intelligence Response Team, according to a statement by the Force spokesman, Donald Awunah on Monday. Awunah said the suspect had confessed to have invested his share of the ransom in a provision store, two houses and three plots of land. He was said to…

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Through a gazetted Senate Bill 346 sponsored by Solomon Olamilekan of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) from Lagos East Senatorial District, Nigeria’s Senate is stepping up efforts at saving democracy from executive abuse. It plans to amend the Constitution to decentralise the police force, whittle down the powers of the President over commissioners of police by giving state governors the power of the ‘last command.’ The Upper Legislative Chamber has given full powers to governors to issue unconditional directives to the Police in their states. A copy of the Bill…

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