A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered an interim forfeiture of the sums of N500m and $500,000 said to have been looted from the Paris Club refunds made by the Federal Government in favour of the 36 states of the federation. The sums of money, said to have been …
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The police said that eight people, including four children, were killed and over 12 others injured when a factory wall collapsed in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday. The police said the incident took place early in the morning at Saraj Majra village, 120 km from the …
Read More »The quake, which struck at 6:30 pm (2130 GMT), was centered about 38 kilometers (60 miles) off the coast of the resort city of Valparaiso. It had a depth of 9.8 kilometers (six miles), according to the US Geological Survey. The USGS originally said the quake measured 7.1, but later …
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A United States Federal court has convicted a Nigerian, Wiseman Oputa, who set up a number of bank accounts with bogus passports over a year, in which he managed to steal at least $500,000 through wire fraud and Internet scams. The court convicted Oputa of one count of wire fraud, …
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Gunmen on Thursday night abducted the two wives of Nasarawa State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Aliyu Tijani, from his residence in Nasarawa town. Nasarawa State Commissioner of Police, Abubakar Sadiq-Bello confirmed the incident on Friday in Lafia in an interview. Sadiq-Bello said the police was on the …
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Former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, has written a letter the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) explicating that the $31.4 million connected to the financial fraud levelled against Mr. Waripamo Dudafa by EFCC was for the payment of the medical bills she incurred in London in 2013. …
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IT is disheartening, indeed most painful, when the person you trust so much ends up betraying you, even causing you life-threatening bodily harm. This was the sad experience of 18-year-old Hussein Emmanuel, an indigene of Sara Village in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State. His best friend conspired …
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Police in Houston, Tex., say they killed Christy Sheats after she shot and fatally wounded her two daughters in the street outside their home June 24. When police pulled up to the manicured Houston subdivision Friday evening, after a flood of 911 calls directing them there, they …
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The Manchester City and Ivory Coast midfielder lost out to Borussia Dortmund’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the voting, a decision he says “brings shame to Africa” Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has reacted angrily to losing out on the CAF African Footballer of the Year award, saying the decision is “pathetic”, “indecent” and “brings …
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In September 2015, I got a call from Dr Adedeji Adeleke, a long time family friend, telling me his son had fathered a baby girl with my cousin, Sophia Momodu. I rejoiced with him as any reasonable soul would do. He apologised that he had not called all along because …
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