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INEC begins recruiting ad-hoc workers in preparation for elections in Imo, Bayelsa, Kogi

1 year ago1473 min

On February 25, 2023, during Nigeria’s presidential and general elections, an Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) official holds up a vote during the counting procedure at a voting location in Egbeda, Lagos. Benson Ibeabuchi/AFP provided the image. Before the governorship elections in Imo, Bayelsa, and Kogi states, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has started hiring ad hoc employees. The recruitment portal will be open from Thursday, August 31, 2023, and will close on October...

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Man, Matthew Ifeanyi kills dad over N70,000 debt

1 year ago1613 min

The Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, also known as So-Safe, reported that it had detained a 38-year-old man named Matthew Ifeanyi for allegedly killing his father, Anthony Nnadike, with a machete in the Olorunda area of Eruobodo Ntabo, Ijoko. According to reports, Ifeanyi killed his father since he was unable to provide the N70,000 he had with him since July 2022. This was stated in a statement...

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FG debunks report of expulsion of Nigerian ambassador from Niger

1 year ago1851 min

On Saturday, the Federal Government debunks a widely circulated report that Mohammed Usman, the nation’s ambassador to the Republic of Niger, had been expelled. Francisca Omayuli, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ spokesperson, pleaded with the people to ignore such misinformation in a statement that was signed by her. “The attention of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been called to rumors making the rounds on social media that the Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of...

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Palliatives: Zulum donates N36m, 100 bags of rice to Borno corpers

1 year ago1553 min

On Saturday, August 26, Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum announced the provision of N36.4 million as consolation for the 1,215 members of the Youth Corp stationed in the state for their national duty. They will each receive N30,000. The governor went to the NYSC orientation camp over the weekend, four days after he had attended the reopening of the camp in Maiduguri and the swearing-in of the youth corp members. He looked over a...

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EFCC, CCB go after Kano’s anti-corruption boss for confirming Ganduje’s bribery video, confiscating assets

1 year ago10476 min

The activities of Muhuyi Magaji Rimingado, chairman of the Kano state public complaints and anti-corruption commission, have come under scrutiny by two anti-graft organizations since he said the video of the former governor Abdullahi Ganduje allegedly receiving alleged kickbacks — in the form of wads of cash — was not doctored. Due to the history of hostility between Mr. Ganduje and the chair of the Kano anti-graft committee, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)...

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Breaking: Niger Republic’s coup leader dismisses French ambassador, gives him 48 hours to leave country

1 year ago11162 min

Niamey, Republic of the Niger The leader of the Niger Republic coup has given the French ambassador, Sylvain Itte, 48 hours to leave the country. According to Reuters, the foreign ministry announced this in a statement on Friday, August 25. According to the statement, Itte’s refusal to accept a meeting invitation from the Nigeran minister of foreign affairs contributed to the decision. It went on to add that other actions made by the French administration...

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Four men, Adenuga, Ogunsanwo, Adebayo, Oluwasegun arraigned for assault

1 year ago11352 min

Tuesday saw the arraignment of four individuals before Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun of the Yaba Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, for allegedly shooting and injuring one Abbass Raufu on his right shoulder during an altercation over disputed land. Five counts of assault, forcible entering, and threat to life were brought against the defendants, Kazeem Adenuga, Adeolu Ogunsanwo, Ahmed Adebayo, and Moses Oluwasegun. Rita Momoh, the prosecution, claimed that the defendants went to Raufu equipped with firearms and...

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EFCC detains Man, Stephen Acheme Akpa Involved In Abuja Land Scam

1 year ago1761 min

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained a man named Stephen Acheme Akpa in connection with an alleged land fraud scheme over N500,000,000. On December 2, 2022, the Commission made its initial arrest of Akpa, the CEO of Zoe New Dawn Nigeria Limited, at his workplace in Abuja’s Idu axis. This comes after a petition that said he used deception to obtain N500,000,000. The suspect jumped the administrative bail provided by the Commission,...

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Falana works to free former EFCC boss Bawa

1 year ago11002 min

Abdulrasheed Bawa, the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has been held by the Department of State Services (DSS) for 67 days without being charged or facing a trial. A human rights attorney from Lagos, Femi Falana (SAN), has launched a campaign to secure Bawa’s release. He claimed that Bawa’s remand order had expired in a statement he made today, August 20. He claims that Bawa’s incarceration is in violation of...

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Breaking: Nigerian Court To Hear Bail Application Of Remanded Traditional Religion Worshipper, Talolorun August 23

1 year ago1349 min

The hearing of Adegbola Abdulazeez’s bail application has been postponed in Kwara State’s Chief Magistrate Court. Talolorun, an activist and practitioner of Isese (traditional religion), filed the application. A war in the city was allegedly planned to be started by the Isese practitioner by “inviting other traditional and idol worshippers to assemble in Ilorin on the 20th of August, 2023.” The Isese practitioner was remanded in prison last week. Additionally, he was charged with insulting...

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