A man who beat his girlfriend’s five-year-old son to death in a British park because the child lost a shoe was sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday. Marvyn Iheanacho, 39, from London, was found guilty at Woolwich Crown Court of the murder of Alex Malcolm. Witnesses heard a male voice …
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Hundreds of young Nigerians marched on the country’s parliament on Tuesday, calling for lawmakers to remove age barriers on political posts, including the presidency. Nigeria’s 1999 constitution stipulates that the president has to be at least 40, while senators and state governors have to be aged 35 or above. But …
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The bill to establish the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Agency has scaled second reading in the Senate. The bill seeks to strip the Economic Financial Crimes Commission of control over the existing Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU. The NFIU is currently under the anti-graft agency. The bill to remove that …
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The Lagos State Government on Tuesday served a 48-hour “Abatement Notice from July 25 to July 27 to all owners of illegal structures and shanties, including containerised shops around Obalende. The Head, Public Affairs Unit, Lagos State Task Force, Mr Adebayo Taofiq, said in a statement that the illegal structures …
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Medical doctors in the employment of the Ogun Government on Tuesday vowed to embark on an indefinite industrial action by August if the state government continues to ignore their demands. The doctors, under the aegis of the National Association of Government General Medical Practitioners, made the threat during a news …
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Mike Okeme, the Special Adviser to Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa on Labour Relations and SERVICOM, last Friday escaped being lynched during an election of the state chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) held at the La-Diva Hotel in Asaba. Okeme, a former state chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress …
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The Army has arrested four fleeing Boko Haram terrorists, including a father and son at Kurnari village and Nayinawa in Yobe. According to a statement issued by Army Spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, on Tuesday, the arrested terrorists are: Bukar Waziri, 25, Mammade Lawan, 20, and father and son, Muhammadu Damina, …
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The Senate on Tuesday finally passed a bill to make the Nigerian Peace Corps a para-military agency. The Senate adopted the conference report on the bill to establish the Nigerian Peace Corps, after it was so advised by its committee on judiciary, human rights and legal matters. Both the Senate …
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The President, the Nigeria Union of Tailors, Mr Wasiu Taiwo, on Tuesday said that the union had concluded an arrangement to set up a hub for mass production of clothes. Taiwo told journalists in Lagos that the production hub would be a sewing centre with modern equipment. According to him, …
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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo is currently meeting with service chiefs at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja. The closed-door meeting is taking place at the Vice President’s wing of the Presidential Villa. Daily Trust reports that the attendees include the Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Abayomi Olonishakin, the …
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