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APC chieftain in trouble as EFCC initiates new proceedings against Tinubu campaigner

2 years ago783 min

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced that a new prosecution of three other individuals, including a former Minister of Aviation named Femi Fani-Kayode, will begin in the Federal High Court that is currently sitting in Abuja. The anti-corruption agency is taking the former minister to court over allegations that he laundered money and stole N4.6 billion. The allegations were made by the anti-corruption agency. Fani-Kayode served as a minister in the government...

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News Politics

How Buhari’s broadcast in support of Binani impacted Adamawa guber – SDP candidate, Ardo

2 years ago694 min

Dr. Umar Ardo, the candidate for governor of Adamawa State for the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the election that was just recently concluded, has claimed that a broadcast that President Muhammadu Buhari made in which he solicited support for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Aishatu Dahiru Ahme Binani, had a negative impact on the election. During an interview, Ardo asserted that the broadcast, which was made in Hausa language, influenced some...

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Man found guilty of murder in Ekiti, to die by hanging

2 years ago715 min

Ismailia Mohammed Ojo was found guilty of murdering Kareem Adu in an argument over ownership of a Hajue motorcycle and was sentenced to death by hanging by a high court in the state of Ekiti. The one-count charge of murder against Mohammed was upheld, and Justice Olusegun Ogunyemi found him guilty. Infractions of this law, which are punishable under section 319 of the Criminal Code Law Cap C16 Law of Ekiti State 2012, are in...

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International

FG acts to free Nigerian students who are stranded in Sudan

2 years ago814 min

In the midst of the ongoing, deadly fighting in the nation of Sudan, Nigerian students are still imprisoned in Khartoum. As plans are being made to evacuate about 5,500 stranded Nigerians out of Sudan via the Egyptian town of Luxor, the Federal Government has reportedly revealed that 40 buses are on the ground and ready to transport the students from Khartoum to Cairo. To ensure that the stranded Nigerians are transported safely, the Nigerian government...

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News

APC chieftain: the first two years of Tinubu’s health insurance will cover 87 million Nigerians

2 years ago734 min

In his first two years in office, President-elect Bola Tinubu hopes to provide health insurance for at least 87 million Nigerians. Oyakhilome Bello, national youth leader for the APC in the United States in Abuja, made this announcement on Monday. The APC youth leader noted that Mr. Tinubu planned to accomplish this expansion by increasing the financing available for the Basic Health Care Provision Fund and the Vulnerable Group Fund, which President Muhammadu Buhari recently...

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Business & Economy

CBN defends its forex importation ban on stockfish

2 years ago645 min

The Central Bank of Nigeria has stated that the importation ban on stockfish was put in place to protect foreign exchange (forex), revive the domestic fishing industry, and increase job creation. This comes after the Norwegian Seafood Council made public the fact that stockfish imports from Norway to Nigeria fell by 5.9% in 2022, from N3.4 billion in 2021 to N3.2 billion. According to the Council, 10,740 metric tons of stockfish, which include the head...

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Business & Economy

NDIC starts checking insured Peak Merchant Bank depositors’ accounts

2 years ago532 min

In accordance with its mandate to guarantee deposits and compensate depositors in the event of bank failure, the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has started to verify insured Peak Merchant Bank depositors’ inability to pay their insured sums. According to a press release from the NDIC’s Director of Communication and Public Affairs, Bashir Nuhu, the verification exercise would allow depositors of the bank to close to cross-check and determine their account information and balances....

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Security & Defence

Gunmen kidnap NPC commissioner for Bayelsa, demand N500m

2 years ago592 min

Gloria Izonfuo, the Federal Commissioner who represents Bayelsa State at the National Population Commission, has been abducted by some gunmen. According to reports, she was kidnapped on Sunday night in the Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, close to the Ogbakiri junction on the East-West Road. At around 6:30 p.m., the thugs reportedly ambushed Izonfuo as she was traveling to Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, from a visit to Bayelsa State’s Brass...

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Editors' Pick

New group forms in Reps, recruits members for key positions

2 years ago518 min

The 10th Assembly’s struggle for the Speaker of the House of Representatives took an interesting turn on Monday with the emergence of the pressure group known as “New Dawn,” which is vying for lucrative leadership positions. The organization declared that it was profiling each candidate for the Speakership and other positions before making a decision as a group as to who would receive votes to become the Speaker. ‘New Dawn’ is reportedly being led by...

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Lead Stories News

Youths bury two Benue men alive

2 years ago693 min

The youths in the region were claimed to have mobilized in response to the occurrence and captured Ihwakaa, the father of the suspected thunder victim, and another older guy who was allegedly working with him. They were allegedly buried alive after the youths dug a small hole for them. Before police could reach the hamlet, according to Baba Agan, a local community leader who claimed to have reported the incident to the police at the...

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