A suspect, Oni Samuel, was on Thursday ordered to remain in the custody of the correctional facility in Akure, the capital of Ondo State, by a Magistrate Court on Thursday for defrauding a commercial sex worker, Blessing Olaitan, of N120,000. Samuel was arraigned by men of the state command of …
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Seplat Energy Plc has reacted to allegations of racism, favouring of foreign workers, and discriminating against Nigerian employees levelled against its embattled Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Roger Brown, by employees of the company. Recall, THE WITNESS reported that the Federal Government had revoked Brown’s visa due to several allegations made against him by the workers. Seplat employees …
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Italian agent, Guiseppe Pisano has backed Ademola Lookman to improve his performance at Atalanta. Lookman had a strong start at Atalanta but seems to have struggled in recent outings. The 24-year-old has failed to register a goal in his last six league games. But despite the drought, Pisano is upbeat …
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The Kwara State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress in the state of allegedly moving huge sums of money from government accounts into private bank accounts for subsequent disbursement to induce voters in the gubernatorial and house of assembly elections. Director-General of the Party’s Governorship …
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Ahead of the March 18 gubernatorial election, the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to allow the use of Temporary Voter Cards, TVC. Justice Obiora Egwuatu gave the order on Thursday while delivering judgment in a suit filed by two Nigerians seeking the …
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Governorship candidates in Abia State have signed a peace accord in preparation for next week’s guber and House of Assembly polls. The peace accord signing event, put together by the Abia State Police Command was held at the Police Officers’ Mess in Umuahia. Guber candidates and Chairmen of different political …
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A businesswoman, Mrs Joy Abu on Thursday, dragged her husband, Daniel before a Customary Court in Nyanya, Abuja, for allegedly denying her conjugal rights. Joy, who resides in the Jikwoyi area of Abuja, also accused her husband of being irresponsible. The woman, who is seeking a divorce, told the court …
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A woman described as a prominent figure in the Nigerian mafia has been arrested after being on the run since 2010. She was flown from Abuja back to Rome, Italy, where she has been sentenced to 13 years in prison. The crimes of the convict, who was tried in her …
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The Managing Director, Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC, Mr Fidet Okhiria, on Thursday gave an account of the brief he got on the accident involving a train and a bus earlier in the day. The NRC train was involved in an accident with a Lagos State Government staff bus on the …
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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has reacted as a train collided with a BRT bus in the Ikeja area of the State. Newsextra24 had reported that two persons were confirmed dead, and many casualties were recorded as a moving train crashed into a Lagos State Government bus known at the …
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