The Nigeria Immigration Service on Wednesday submitted a Memorandum of Settlement to the National Industrial Court, Abuja, on an agreement reached to reinstate Mr. Sule Abdul, who was dismissed in 2015. Counsel to the NIS, Mr. Usman Awachi, told the court that it had reached this agreement with the claimant, …
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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, on Tuesday received Nigeria’s Lola Omolola, founder of a secret Facebook group called Female in Nigeria. FIN was founded in 2015 by Omolola, a movement of women focused on building compassion and providing support for one another, with the goal of having up to 1000 members …
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Passengers on a London bus watched in horror as armed police detained a man who was filmed with three giant knives stashed in his bags. Footage taken by a witness on the top deck shows how the scene unfolded in front of shocked commuters at a bus stop on Monday afternoon. According to …
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These are live photos from the ongoing service of songs being held for late Nollywood actress, Mojisola Olaiya at LTV Blue roof in Ikeja with her daughter and family members seen present… Some Nollywood celebrities like; Toyin Aimakhu, Fathia Balogun, Iyabo Ojo and Yomi Fabiyi were also present. See more …
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Justice Muslim Hassan of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on Tuesday ordered the permanent forfeiture to the Federal Government the sums of $43,449,947, £27,800 and N23,218,000 recovered from No. 16, Osborne Road, Flat 7B Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos. The funds had been stashed in iron cabinets and “Ghana-must-go” bags in …
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Prominent Northern youth organisations, on Tuesday, rose from a joint meeting called ‘Kaduna Declaration’ to issue a serious threat to the Igbos residing in the region urging them to begin making arrangements to relocate out of the North. The groups gave the Igbo up till October 1, this year to …
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According to an online report by Ogechi Henry, a young man who hails from Awo-omanma in Oru East LGA in Imo state was thoroughly beaten by the angry youths of Umuaku village in Ogbaku, Mbaitoli Local Government Area after he was caught stealing electric cables. The community youths led by …
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Three former top officials of the Nigerian Ports Authority and a former special adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, named in a corruption scandal in Switzerland, are now to face fresh probe in Nigeria following the conviction of the foreign firm that allegedly gave them more than $2.7 million. Dredging …
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*By Martins Oloja* We can’t deny that we always doze off at the point of our need for purposeful leadership. We have never been vigilant about quality political recruitment in our journey through democratisation. One of our icons, Professor Chinua Achebe, saw this long ago and in 1983, he wrote …
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A Kano Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered the remand in prison custody of a 25-year-old student, Mohammed Abdulaziz, facing trial for allegedly having unlawful carnal knowledge of a 31-year-old woman. Abdulaziz of Unguwar Geza Quarters, Kano, is facing a one-count charge of unnatural offence. The Chief Magistrate, Muhammad Jibril, ordered …
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