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UNICAL dean, Adamawa REC under probe for sexual abuse– NBA

1 year ago1824 min

The University of Calabar’s suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, Prof. Cyril Ndifon, has been accused of sexual assault. The Nigerian Bar Association has formed an ad hoc committee to look into the claims. The NBA also filed complaints against Hudu Yunusa-Ari, a suspended resident electoral commissioner for the Independent National Electoral Commission in Adamawa State, and Ifunanya Grant, a young attorney in Aba. The complaints against Miss Grant focused on her social media...

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Security & Defence

Buhari mourns loss of soldiers in Niger

1 year ago1931 min

The loss of numerous soldiers slain in an ambush and subsequent chopper accident in Niger State has drawn sympathy from former president Muhammadu Buhari. The Defence Headquarters reports that both ambush attacks and an evacuation chopper crash resulted in the deaths of 36 officers. President Bola Tinubu received a message from Buhari on Saturday from his spokesman, Garba Shehu, expressing his sorrow over the incident. “Following the horrible ambush in which we lost our courageous...

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Business & Economy News

Palliatives: LG autonomy is required to conduct programmes to combat poverty, says Don

1 year ago1074 min

Ekpo Barnabas, an associate professor of political science at the Nigerian Defence Academy, claims that the only way to alleviate poverty in Nigeria at the local level is to give local government authorities more autonomy or democratic rights. Ekpo pointed out that only local government employees can assist people in rural areas because they are familiar with their circumstances. He also encouraged the government to take action so that monies for environmental purposes would be...

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Judiciary & Crime

APC, NNPP Trade Tackles over Alleged Move to Bribe Tribunal

1 year ago1175 min

The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), which is in power in Kano State, yesterday exchanged barbs over an alleged effort to bribe a tribunal member by an anonymous senior lawyer for their client. The Kano State Government earlier expressed shock over the claim made by Hon. Justice Flora Ngozi Azinge, Chairman of the Kano National and State Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal, that an attempt was made to...

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JUST IN: APC accuses Kano govt of alleged N10m bribe to judges

1 year ago1825 min

In response to the alleged N10 million bribe that was allegedly given to Justice Flora Azinge’s legal team, the All Progressives Congress has issued a warning to the Kano State government of the New Nigeria People’s Party not to disgrace her. Malam Muhammad Garba, the Gawuna-Gari Campaign Council’s spokesman, said this in a statement on Thursday. At the same time, the Kano State Government urged security services to thoroughly investigate the claim and bring to...

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Judiciary & Crime

BREAKING: GROUP SET TO PROTEST OVER COMPLICITY OF BELLO KOKO IN CORRUPTION, FINANCIAL FRAUD AND ABUSE OF OFFICE

1 year ago1572 min

A group under the aegis of the Coalition of Civil Society for Transparency in Public Offices (CCSTPO) is set to organize a massive protest at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja over allegations of corruption and financial fraud hanging on the neck of the Managing Director/CEO of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello Koko. The protest which is slated for Tuesday, 22nd August, 2023 will be used to draw the attention of President Bola Ahmed...

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Security & Defence

Bandits kill two Plateau teachers, youths demand ban on open grazing

1 year ago1815 min

In the Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State, bandits stormed a secondary school and killed two teachers. The victims were a newlywed couple who worked as teachers at the BECO Comprehensive Secondary school in the Kwi hamlet of the municipal region. The event, according to eyewitnesses, occurred on Monday after school at a meeting to compile student results for distribution on Friday, August 18, during their “Speech and Prize Giving Day,” in accordance with...

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ECOWAS converges for key summit on Niger coup

1 year ago1349 min

During a demonstration on independence day in Niamey on August 3, 2023, protesters held a Russian flag during the demonstration. – France demanded safety guarantees for foreign embassies on August 3, 2023, ahead of planned rallies in coup-hit Niger, at a time when other Western governments curtailed their diplomatic presence. After the country’s military chiefs disobeyed an order to reinstate the elected president, leaders from the West African bloc ECOWAS will gather on Thursday for...

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