Global soccer body FIFA has applied to U.S. authorities for tens of millions of dollars in damages from ex-officials indicted there for graft and recognized for the first time executives had in the past “sold” votes in World Cup hosting contests. Gianni Infantino, recently elected president to clear out the …
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A pregnant woman, her four children and a commercial motorcyclist were crushed by a Hilux pick-up van along old Oleh-Ozoro Road, Oleh, Isoko South Local Government Area, Delta State. The woman, who sold electrical appliances, sources said, had boarded a motorcycle with the children after close of sales for the …
Read More »A Malumfashi Senior Magistrates’ Court in Katsina State, on Wednesday sentenced six elderly persons to 20 strokes of the cane each for constituting nuisance while drunk. The convicted persons were, Nomau Akwai, Yusuf Bature, Salisu Abdullahi, Sani Rabi’u, Sa’idu Abdullahi and Musa Yusuf, all residents of Malumfashi Local Government Area. …
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Proceedings commenced in the alleged Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) N8 billion currency scam on Tuesday with a new judge, Justice Joyce Abdul-Maleek, taking charge at the Federal High Court 2, Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Abdul-Maleek took over from Justice Olayinka Faji who initially handled …
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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday directed that stability test be conducted on all building constructed by the Lekki Gardens to ascertain their structural integrity, saying that any building found to be defective will be demolished. Governor who addressed Government House Correspondents at the Lagos House, Ikeja, shortly …
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By Dara Adenekan I remember while growing up in Lagos as a child and teenager during the 1990’s and the first decade of the new millennium, the Mile 12 ethnic pogrom and NURTW frequent riots are prominent signatures of violence in the centre of excellence, called Lagos. The frequent clash …
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An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded a 14 year-old teenager (names withheld) at the Boys Correctional Centre, Isheri, a suburb of Lagos, for allegedly raping a five year-old daughter of his neighbour. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Tajudeen Elias, who remanded the accused, over the alleged defilement, then adjourned …
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The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to the former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh (retd), to the tune of N2billion. Badeh is facing trial over allegation that he diverted about N3.9billion from accounts of the Nigerian Air Force within 2013. In a ruling this …
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The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mr Solomon Arase, has said the Nigeria Police Force had spent over N600 million on the procurement and maintenance of foreign dogs in the last few years. Arase made the disclosure at the inauguration of the Police Dog Breeding Centre and Ultra Modern Mounted Troop …
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The Police in Lagos have arrested the contractor who is handling the collapsed five storey building in Lekki area of the state. The Lagos State Police Spokesperson, SP Oladapo Badmus, who made the disclosure to the News agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos, did not disclose where he …
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