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It has been confirmed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, that the substance found in a container imported by an Ikeja-based multinational roofing materials company (names withheld) is cocaine. The Head of Public Affairs of NDLEA, Mitchell Ofoyeju, said the drug was worth over N2 billion. He said that the substance weighed 214.732kg and that investigation had begun. It will be recalled that the Tin-Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, said it discovered a substance suspected to be cocaine in one of the seven containers brought…

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Justice Sylvester Ngwuta of the Supreme Court, whose home was raided by operatives of the Department of State Service, DSS, has opened fresh can of worms, alleging that his ordeal was a function of his refusal at various times, to help the All Progressives Congress, APC, to pervert justice in governorship election disputes involving Ekiti, Rivers and Ebonyi states. Justice Ngwuta, in a letter dated October 18, which he forwarded to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed and the National Judicial Council, NJC, specifically fingered the Minister…

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The suit by the Federal Government against Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nig. Limited and its subsidiary, Shell Western Supply and Trading Limited, over alleged crude oil theft has been adjourned till December 8, 2016 by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos yesterday. Counsel to the Federal Government in the suit is Prof. Fabian Ajogwu, SAN. The case was adjourned following the absence of the trial judge, Justice Mojisola Olatoregun. The plaintiff has, meanwhile, filed an amended statement of claim, which is yet to  be moved. Government in the…

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Caroline Rush has achieved remarkable success in promoting the British fashion industry, particularly through organizing the globally renowned London Fashion Week and the prestigious British Fashion Awards. In 2015, she was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by the Queen of England for services to the British fashion industry. Caroline Rush will be at the GTBank Fashion Weekend to offer insights on how to successfully position a fashion brand. Share on: WhatsApp

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Reports has it that EU leaders are getting tough on African migrants. This is encouraged by their success in halting a mass influx of refugees by closing Greek borders and cutting a controversial deal with Turkey. A Brussels summit on Thursday is expected to endorse pilot projects to pressure African governments, via aid budgets, to slow down the influx– an exodus of people across the Sahara and Mediterranean. It also wants swift results from an EU campaign to deport large numbers who reach Italy. “By the end of the year,…

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Mrs. Chika Orji, a 41-year-old woman, who was arrested by policemen attached to Area ‘J’ Command, Ajah, Lagos State, for allegedly hiring assassins to kill her husband of 14 years over a disagreement which led to their separation, has said she was a frustrated housewife but that she only sent the thugs to beat him. The woman was arrested following a confessional statement by one of the suspected assassins, Bright Ikechukwu, who was arrested while attempting to break into Mr. Orji’s apartment at Jakande Estate, Ajah. During preliminary investigation, it…

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Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s former president has said that he always get angry whenever people blamed Buhari for not making comments concerning the destruction done by herdsmen, and other national issue. Obasanjo who made this known in Abuja on Tuesday at an agriculture seminar in Abuja organised by Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) with “Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture in Nigeria: Challenges and Opportunities’’ as theme said that herdsmen have the onus to look and take care their animals but it is ‘unacceptable’ for them to destroy…

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