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Six middle-aged rice harvesters were yesterday arrested by the Kwara State Police Command. They allegedly killed their landlady, who owned a farm, and stole her 11 bags of rice. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Olusola Amore, told journalists at the police headquarters that the deceased rice farmer, Mrs Florence Ede, had hired the six men to harvest the rice on her farm in Yashikira, Baruten Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner said that Mrs Ede went to the farm with the six labourers, identified as Kofi Kawku, Ali…

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The remains of the late Afenifere elder statesman and legal icon, Chief Olaniwun Ajayi were yesterday committed to mother earth at his residence in Isara-Remo in Remo North Local Government Area of Ogun State. Late Ajayi was given a private burial inside his sprawling country home on the hilly terrain of the ancient Isara town. Earlier, the funeral service held at Isara Methodist Church had in attendance eminent personalities such as Vice – President, Yemi Osinbajo, Minister of Mines, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, his Lagos…

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Mr G. Okorocha, the Chief Engineer (Aviation Department) of ExxonMobil, who was in charge of servicing of aeroplanes and helicopters in the company was reportedly killed by a blast in the early hours of Tuesday Nov. 24. An official of the company said that Okorocha was killed by a blast from a burst tyre in the aviation wing of the company along Eket Oron road, in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom state. The official said that the deceased was inflating a spare tyre of his car with an…

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Wole Soyinka, Nigerian Nobel p rize-winning author said on Thursday that he has fulfilled his pledge to throw away his US residency green card and leave the country if Donald Trump won the presidential election. Shortly before the vote, Soyinka had vowed to give up his permanent US residency over a Trump victory to protest against the Republican billionaire’s campaign promises to get tough on immigration. “I have already done it, I have disengaged (from the United States). I have done what I said I would do,” the 82-year-old told…

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Due to dearth of gas, the nation’s power generation capacity has dropped from 4,285 megawatts recorded on September 16 to 3,321 megawatts on December 1. Reports has it that this figure was obtained from the website of Nigerian Electricity System Operator on Thursday. The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), puts the total output of all the generation companies at 3,321.50 megawatts, which had been transferred to the 11 distribution companies across the country. An official of TCN, who preferred anonymity, said that electricity generation had been dwindling due to challenges…

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Ruling of a Federal High Court that discharged the former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon, Adeyemi Ikuforiji and his Personal Assistant (PA), Oyebode Atoyebi of allegations of money laundering has been set aside by the Court of Appeal in Lagos State yesterday. The appellate court in an unanimous judgment set aside the judgment of the trial judge, Justice Ibrahim Buba, stating that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had made a prima facie case against the former Speaker to require him to enter a defence to the…

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The Senate has once again rejected the Federal Government’s draft budget for 2017. In addition, they condemned the 2017 to 2019 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) as well as the Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) which accompanied it. Many of the lawmakers were also in support of sending the entire MTEF package back to the Presidency. Only the intervention of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, saved the President Muhammadu Buhari government from the embarrassment of having yet another document being thrown back at it by the National legislature.  Only last month,…

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Orji Chukwuma, an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday informed a Federal High Court in Lagos that he made conflicting statements in the ongoing trial of embattled former Director-General, of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA)  Dr. Patrick Akopobolokemi, alongside  five others. Chukwuma had earlier in his testimony told the court presided over by Justice Ibrahim Buba that  Akpolobokemi, paid the sum of N40 million for two years rent in his Banana Island, Ikoyi home Lagos and bought a Toyota Landcruiser SUV Bullet Proof from…

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