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Group rejects calls by IGP for merger of NSCDC, FRSC with Nigerian Police
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Group rejects calls by IGP for merger of NSCDC, FRSC with Nigerian Police

8 months ago12214 min

The Save Nigeria Movement,  SNM has condemned in strong terms the calls by the Inspector General of Police,  Kayode Egbetokun for the merger of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps  NSCDC,  the Federal Road Safety Corps,  FRSC with the Nigerian Police Force SNM Convener, Solomon Semaka who addressed the media in Abuja said  its condemns  the ill-motivated and ill-timed call for the merger of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the...

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FOI: Rights Group Writes NNPC, Seeks Status Of Staff, Asabe Waziri, Who Owns Multi-million Naira Houses In Abuja, Lagos
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FOI: Rights Group Writes NNPC, Seeks Status Of Staff, Asabe Waziri, Who Owns Multi-million Naira Houses In Abuja, Lagos

8 months ago1487 min

A prominent Abuja based human rights group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has written the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited, Mr Mele Kyari, to seek the status of one of its staff, Ms Asabe Waziri, who is said to have purchased muliti-million houses in Abuja and Lagos. The letter, dated April 19, 2024 written under the Freedom of Information Act, FOI, seeks clarification on the...

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Angry Mob Beats Up Ondo Commissioner For Hiding Result Sheets At APC Governorship Primary

8 months ago1213 min

One of the witnesses, who pleaded not to be mentioned, revealed that trouble started when the opposing members demanded to see the result sheets for the primary. An angry mob has beaten up Banji Ajaka, the Commissioner for Health in Ondo State, during the governorship primary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Ajaka, who was at Ugbo Ward 3, in the local council government, was accused of hiding result sheet of the exercise. Witnesses confirmed...

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$34.4Million Money Laundering: Bail Hearing Of Binance Executive Stalled By Defence Counsel’s Application

8 months ago1034 min

The hearing of the bail application of Binance Holdings Limited and one of its Executives, Tigran Gambaryan, before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja was on Thursday stalled.   This followed a fresh application filed by the counsel for the second defendant, Mark Mordi (SAN), a statement the EFCC Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, said on Wednesday.   The defence’s application, a further affidavit in response to the opposition...

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BREAKING: Nigerian Immigration Service, DSS, Customs Place Kogi Ex-Governor Yahaya Bello On Watchlist To Stop Him From Fleeing Abroad 

8 months ago1249 min

        The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked all security agencies to place former Governor of Kogi State Yahaya Bello, on their watch list to prevent him from leaving the country “through any land, air or sea borders.”     Granting the request and circulating the EFCC directive, the Nigeria Immigration Service in an internal circular seen by SaharaReporters directed its area and zonal commands to arrest Bello if seen. ...

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BREAKING: Anti-Graft Agency EFCC Declares Kogi Ex-Governor, Yahaya Bello Wanted For N80billion Fraud 

8 months ago1197 min

      The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, wanted for offences relating to economic and financial crimes to the tune of N80.2billion.   The EFCC on Thursday said in a bulletin that “anybody with information as to his whereabout should report immediately to the Commission or the nearest police station.”    The Federal High Court in Abuja had adjourned the case against Yahaya Bello, to...

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BREAKING: Abuja Magistrate Court Strikes Out Cyberbullying, Criminal Intimidation Case Against Blogger Ijele As Prison Officer Thwarts Police Move To Rearrest Him

8 months ago1226 min

  A magistrate court in Abuja has struck out the case bordering on criminal intimidation, threat to life, cyberstalking, and cyberbullying filed against social media influencer Ofoegu Chukwuma, popularly known as Ijele. The Chief Magistrate, Emmanuel Iyanna, while ruling on the bail application filed through his lawyer on Thursday struck out the case for lack of jurisdiction. The judge also ordered the police to arraign the blogger before a competent court of law to enable...

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BREAKING: Court Orders Nigeria’s Electoral Body, INEC To Publish Audited Election Expenses Of Political Parties, Others

8 months ago1536 min

    A Federal High Court in Akure, Ondo State capital, on Thursday,  granted an Order of Mandamus compelling the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to publish the 2021 and 2022 Audited Financial Statements. The court also granted an Order of Mandamus to publish the Audited 2023 election-related incomes and expenses of all the registered political parties in Nigeria. The presiding judge, Hon. Justice T.B. Adegoke gave the order while delivering judgment in Suit FHC//AK/CS/72/2023...

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U.S. Bars Four Ex-Malawi Officials From Entry Over Corruption, To Also Disallow Their Spouses

8 months ago1243 min

  The United States has barred four former officials of the Malawi government from entry, the State Department said on Wednesday. It said the decision was based on their involvement in significant corruption. The Department of State announced on Wednesday that the public designations of former Solicitor General and Principal Secretary of Justice Reyneck Matemba, former Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets Agency Director John Suzi-Banda, former Malawi Police Service Attorney Mwabi Kaluba, and former...

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How Nigerian Pastor Chris Oyakhilome Mislead Followers By Pushing Malaria Vaccine Conspiracy Theories –Report  

8 months ago1306 min

    A prominent Nigerian pastor, Chris Oyakhilome has been accused of pushing false information against malaria vaccines. In a report published by BBC on Thursday, the media platform analysed how Mr Oyakhilome misquoted a clip from a TED talk Bill Gates gave in 2010 during one of his sermons in August 2023. The pastor claimed Gates was among “those who have an agenda for depopulation of the world”. While giving a talk on reducing...

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