Diezani’s ally, Kola Aluko forfeited $73m, N350m properties to Nigerian govt

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the forfeiture of three landed properties belonging to Kola Aluko, an ally of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission gave the value of the landed properties located in Abuja and Lagos as $73m and N350m. The EFCC […]

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Judge orders forfeiture of Saraki’s houses in Lagos

A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos and presided over by Justice Mohammed Liman, on Monday ordered temporary forfeiture of two properties located in Ikoyi area of Lagos State belonging to the immediate past Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to the Federal Government. The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) […]

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Ekiti govt relocates Ilejemeje Local Govt Headquarters from Iye-Ekiti

Ekiti State government has implemented the supreme Court’s judgement, which ordered the relocation of the headquarters of Ilejemeje local government from Iye Ekiti back to Eda Oniyo-Ekiti, its original abode. Ekiti government said it has no option than to obey the Apex Court’s decision, which ordered the recognition of Iye Ekiti as the headquarters of […]

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Released inmates of Kaduna religious rehabilitation center were in chains for eight years -Commissioner

Kaduna State Commissioner for Human Services and Social Development, Hafsat Baba has disclosed that some of the released inmates of a religious rehabilitation center were in chains for 8 years. She also revealed that it took the services of a welder to remove the fetters from the legs of the freed inmates of the centre located […]

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Sowore’s bail conditions varied, may be out in days

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has varied the earlier stringent bail conditions granted the convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore, and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu granted the order in a ruling on the application for bail variation by the duo charged with treasonable felony among others. She waived the earlier requirement […]

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My husband beats and rapes me, I am quitting marriage -Nigerian actress

Nigerian actress, Bose Oladimeji has disclosed that she is quitting her marriage of two years because of the domestic abuse she claims she has constantly been subjected to. According to Bose, her husband beats and rapes her each time he comes home drunk. She told Vanguard that the domestic violence she has been subjected to […]

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Kidnapped Suleja Police Area Commander rescued

Nigerian police have rescued Assistant Commissioner of Police, Musa Rabo, who was kidnapped along Barde-Jos road by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Saturday. He was rescued unhurt on Sunday by a combined team of police operatives from Kaduna, Niger and Zone 7 Headquarters, Abuja, backed by members of the elite police special forces. While […]

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Osinbajo is tribalistic as Acting president, employed only church members, his tribesmen -Junaid Mohammed

In an interview with the Sun, Second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed said Osinbajo made some mistakes in the discharge of his functions as the Acting President, adding that on the whole Osinbajo was tribalistic and focused more on his people. Dr. Junaid Mohammed said this while backing President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to reassign the […]

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CBN objects to MTN’s planned charges for USSD transactions

The Central Bank of Nigeria has opposed plans by MTN to charge their subscribers for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data access to banking services from Oct. 21. The Governor of CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, gave the bank’s position at a news briefing by the Nigerian delegation to the just-concluded World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings, in Washington on […]

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If injustice, inequity persist, Nigeria may explode -Prof Akintoye

Leader of Yoruba World Congress, Prof. Banji Akintoye, Saturday warned that Nigeria could break up unless there was deep sense of equity, justice and fair play among all ethnic nationalities in the country. Speaking during an interview on Fresh FM 105.9 FM, an Ibadan-based radio station, he called on the Fulani hegemonists “to give up […]

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Nigerian sentenced to prison for fraud in US, ordered to pay restitution

A United States court has sentenced a Nigerian national, Segun Otaru, 27, to four years and three months in prison without parole. Otaru was jailed for his role in a large fraud conspiracy that used various internet scams to defraud victims, according to a local news website KY3. Aside the prison term, US Chief District […]

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Being married is not a reward for good character -Actress Joselyn Dumas

Ghanaian star actress, Joselyn Dumas has shared her view on having a good character, marriage and being single. Joselyn stated that being married is not a reward for having a good character neither is being single a punishment for having a bad character. She also advocated for an end to measuring a woman’s attitude with […]

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Thisday Editorial Board Chairman, Adeniyi losses brother, Agboola Adeniyi

Mr. Agboola Adeniyi, younger brother of Mr. Olusegun Adeniyi, Chairman of the Editorial Board of THISDAY, is dead. In a statement on his twitter handle @olusegunverdict on Saturday, Mr. Adeniyi said Agboola died on Friday morning at an Ibadan hospital of complications arising from liver cancer. He said Agboola left behind a wife, two children […]

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Senate president Ahmad Lawan allegedly uses office to get 26 FIRS job slots for his people

Nigeria’s Senate President, Ahmad Lawan (Yobe North) was said to have secured 26 job slots for his constituents, from the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Daily Trust exclusively gathered. This is just as the job scandal rocking the upper chamber gets messier with senators threatening showdown over the sharing formula of the employment slots given to […]

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Prisoners in America earn higher than Nigerian workers –Aregbesola

Nigerian Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, yesterday shocked the nation, when he hinted that the least daily upkeep of a prisoner in America was higher than the proposed N30,000 minimum wage for the least Nigerian worker. Aregbesola made the startling revelation at a budget defence session of his Ministry with members of the Senate and […]

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