A cancer nurse, Michael Ohaegbu, attempted to kidnap a 16-year-old girl with intent to commit a sexual offence, a prosecutor told the Hull Crown Court, according to reports by the British Press. He is also facing three counts of voyeurism after another lady complained that he filmed her naked twice …
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A lawyer, Mr. Abubakar Sani, has filed a suit before the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking an order nullifying Section 2(3) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission which subjects the nomination of the President for the Chairman of the EFCC to the confirmation of the Senate. The plaintiff, …
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The Nigerian Army has established a university in Biu, Borno State, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Burutai, disclosed on Monday. According to the COAS, the Nigerian Army Institute of Technology and Environmental Studies has been upgraded to Nigerian Army University of Technology and Environmental Studies, Biu, in …
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Justice I. E. Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross Rivers State has remanded the Chief Medical Director of University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Professor Thomas. U. Agan, two other staff of the University and promoters of two companies in prison custody. This is following their arraignment on …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today, April 4, 2017, arraigned one Sa’ad Ahmed Madaki before Justice Jude Daggard of the Federal High Court, Kano on one count charge of obtaining money by false pretense. The charge reads, “That you, Sa’ad Ahmed Madaki, sometime in 2011 at Kano within the …
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The Zamfara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, on Tuesday attributed the renewed outbreak of meningitis which has claimed hundreds of lives in parts of the country to flagrant disobedience to God Specifically, he said fornication was the main reason God was punishing Nigeria with meningitis. He added that God decided to send …
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In a development that points to the ways in which high-level personal relationships are undermining Nigeria’s anti-corruption agenda, the Department of State Services (DSS) has again rushed to the media, using unnamed officers, to deny that Senate President Bukola Saraki was the owner of N310 million stolen by the senator’s …
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US President Donald Trump spoke Monday with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and pledged Washington’s “full support” for Moscow’s response to the deadly attack on the Saint Petersburg metro, the White House said. Trump expressed his condolences and condemned the attack, which killed 11 people and left dozens wounded. Russian authorities …
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The Italian government is set to deport at least 40 Nigerians back into the country over immigration offenses. The deportees will arrive at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Tuesday night. Our correspondent gathered that many of the deportees entered Italy illegally while others entered the country with visiting …
Read More »The German government plans to repatriate 12,000 Nigerians who are seeking asylum in the country. The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Diaspora Affairs, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, disclosed this on Tuesday at the public presentation of two books “From Libya with Tears’’ and “Practical News and Feature Writing’’ …
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