APC chairman, Adams Oshiomhole has told Bayelsa Government to account for the N100 billion expended on the construction of the state airport runway project. Adams, who described the project as the most costly anywhere in the world, revealed this yesterday when APC governorship aspirant in Bayelsa, Mr. Heineken Lokpobiri, paid …
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Niger State Police Command has arrested two suspects for allegedly performing an abortion that led to the death of one Hannatu, 23 of Gauraka Village in Tafa Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Adamu Usman, disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of …
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The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday failed to deliver its scheduled ruling on the bail application filed by former Chairman of the Police Pension Task Force, Abdulrasheed Maina. The accused is facing trial for allegedly diverting pensioners’ funds estimated at N3 billion. Justice Okon Abang said the court …
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Former UEFA president Michel Platini is taking action to obtain substantial amounts of back pay as well as a bonus and legal fees, he told AFP on Friday. According to sources close to Platini, whose four-year suspension from football ended in October, the former France international is seeking to recoup around 7.2 …
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Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo will today perform the ground-breaking of Railway Wagon Assembly Plant in Kajola, Ogun State. He would be accompanied by the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi. The Presidency announced this on Wednesday through its verified twitter account @NGRPresident. It said the Transportation Ministry, on behalf of the …
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The Code of Conduct Bureau has investigated 200 cases and filed 75 of them at the Code of Conduct Tribunal with about 100 cases still pending in the CCT. The Chairman of the CCB, Muhammed Isah, who stated this in Abuja on Thursday, put the amount involved in the …
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The Sexual Assault Centre of Gambo Sawaba Hospital, Zaria, is currently treating two boys aged six and 15, who were sexually assaulted in Zaria, Kaduna State. The centre manager, Hajiya Amina Umar-Faruq, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday that the six-year-old boy was brought to the centre by his father for …
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At least 10 Nigerian soldiers have been killed and nine severely injured in an ambush by suspected Boko Haram fighters in restive northeast Nigeria, military sources said Thursday. Another 12 soldiers were missing after a column of troops on patrol was ambushed by the jihadists on Wednesday in Damboa district …
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Security aides attached to the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday beat a photographer of Vanguard Newspaper, Mr Abayomi Adeshida, who is accredited to cover the activities of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The incident took place at the State House Banquet Hall, Abuja, allegedly in the full glare of the …
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The Appeal Court in Owerri on Thursday upheld the electoral victory of Senator Rochas Okorocha, of Imo West senatorial district. The chairman of the panel, R.A Ada, who read the judgment said that the appeals filed by Senator Osita Izunaso of the All Progressives Grand Alliance and Jones Onyereri …
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