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NSA, Service Chiefs shun Senate invitation on Chibok girls

The National Security Adviser and the Service Chiefs, on Wednesday, failed to appear before the Nigerian Senate to explain the efforts of the security agencies towards rescuing the kidnapped Chibok girls and the anti-terrorism fight. Of those invited by the Senate, only the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase, and the Director-General of the Department... Read More

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‘Don’t distract us with celebrations of our victories’ – Nigerian Army

The Nigerian Army has dissociated itself from ‘a number of groups and individuals’ celebrating its recent victories against insurgents of Islamic terrorist sect, Boko Haram. The Army also advised such persons that such celebrations and solidarity rallies could distract the troops prosecuting the war efforts against Boko Haram. A statement released by Army spokesperson, Colonel... Read More

‘Remove Emefiele’ | 10 individuals sue CBN governor for fraud, money laundering…

Ten individuals have filed a suit before an Abuja Federal High Court asking for the criminal prosecution of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, for money laundering and fraud. The suit was filed by Ezenwa Ibegbunam on behalf of Achilike Anderson and nine others. Hearing on the suit has been slated... Read More

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US to ‘provide’ $40m humanitarian aid for Boko Haram victims

The Nigerian government is expected to receive a $40 million humanitarian aid from the United States for the victims of Boko Haram in the Lake Chad region. According to the United Nations, there are 9.2 million people across the Lake Chad Basin region in need of immediate assistance. US ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha... Read More

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Railway contracts: 6 companies to refund N2.5bn ‘excess payments’

Six contractors involved in the N1 trillion railway construction and rehabilitation contracts, are expected to refund over N2.5 billion to the federal government. The refunds are termed ‘excess payments’ which were made to the contractors by Nigeria Railway Corporation. This was made known on Wednesday during the resumed hearing of the House of Representatives ad... Read More

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Fulani herdsmen attack 5 farming communities in Ibadan for over ‘7 hours’

A group of suspected Fulani herdsmen on Tuesday, attacked farms in Lagun, Iyana Offa, Offa, Atagba, Lapata and their surrounding communities in Lagelu Local Council Area of Ibadan, Oyo State. According to the farmers, the armed herdsmen carried out the attack at night and in the process, a guard was injured while they made away... Read More

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Perverted father rapes three of his children; ages 5, 7 and 9

The Enugu state police has arrested a man, who reportedly raped three of his children. The pervert father was on Wednesday, accused of defiling the children aged five, seven and nine. This was disclosed at a press briefing held by Women’s Aid Collective, WACOL, and Tammer SARC in Enugu. The groups also revealed that seven... Read More

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Senate lied! National grazing, cattle ranching bills before National Assembly

In spite of the denial of the Nigerian Senate, the National Grazing Bill is reported to be before the National Assembly for consideration. The Senate, had on Tuesday, said the bill that was sponsored by Senator Zainab Kure, and presented for consideration in the seventh Senate but was ultimately rejected. However, Vanguard reports that the... Read More

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‘Worried’ lawmakers to investigate N10bn allocated to Police

The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, ordered an immediate investigation into the N10 billion allocated to the Nigeria Police force by the federal government. The money was recently allocated to the police for combating crimes around the country. According to a resolution by the lawmakers, the money, which was given to the Inspector-General of Police,... Read More

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BREAKING: EFCC ‘exonerates’ Justice Danladi Umar of bribery allegation

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has exonerated Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Justice Danladi Umar, in the bribery allegations levelled against him. The CCT Chairman was alleged to have bribed by one AbdulRashid Owolabi of N10 million. According to Ibraheem Al-hassan, Head, Press & Public Relations of the CCT, the anti-graft agency... Read More

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Yet again, Minister of Petroleum says fuel scarcity will end ‘next week’

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, said on Wednesday that the lingering fuel scarcity bedeviling Nigeria will end next week. According to Kachikwu, every part of the country will be supplied with fuel in seven days time. While briefing State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on... Read More

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Boko Haram recruiting young entrepreneurs, artisans by ‘providing loans’

The Defence Headquarters has revealed that Boko Haram insurgents now recruit new members by ‘providing loans to young entrepreneurs and artisans’. Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar, Acting Director Defence Information, released a statement on Wednesday, stating that: “In this clandestine dispensation, Boko Haram terrorists have resorted to providing loans to young entrepreneurs and artisans in the... Read More

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Comic relief at CCT trial of Bukola Saraki… Justice Danladi Umar is the lead actor

The Code of Conduct trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday, turned into a comic show as series of events unfolded while the presiding judge, Danladi Umar, behaved erratically. First was the mix-up of the false asset declaration trials of Saraki and that of former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe, which came... Read More

#SaveIniaBaba: 32-year-old woman suffers double kidney failure, needs $55k for transplant

“Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can.” — John Wesley, Letters of John Wesley Inia Baba is a vibrant 34... Read More

Key evidence in Saraki’s CCT trial burnt

As the false asset declaration trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, began at the Code of Conduct Tribunal on Wednesday, April 20, the witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Micheal Wetkas revealed that documents relating to the alleged transfer of $73, 233 by Saraki to a foreign account were burnt before the commencement... Read More

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Fulani herdsmen attack Agatu again… engage military, police in gun duel

Fulani herdsmen have reportedly attacked Agatu community in Benue state, for the second time in the past two months. The attack, which degenerated into a gun battle between a joint team of the Nigerian Army and Mobile Police Force officers against the deadly herdsmen, left a police officer, Corporal Ebiakpo Akparakazi missing and another reportedly... Read More

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DSS compelled to dole out N5m to Ekiti lawmaker over ‘illegal arrest’

The Federal High Court, Ado Ekiti has ruled that the Department of State Services illegally arrested a member of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Afolabi Akanni and has consequently ordered the security agency to pay him N5 million as damages. Justice Taiwo Taiwo, who presided over the trial gave his judgement on Wednesday, April... Read More

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How Saraki transferred N20m into account with ‘American Express Bank’

As the trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki commenced on Wednesday, April 20, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission revealed to the court how the defendant allegedly transferred N20 million ($73,000) to a foreign account while serving as governor of Kwara state. The first prosecution witness, Micheal Wetkas revealed this while reading count 11 of... Read More

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‘Desperate politicians have hijacked the Code of Conduct Tribunal’ – Kwara APC

The Kwara state chapter of the All Progressives Congress has blasted the National Chairman of the party, John Odigie-Oyegun for being complicit in an alleged plot by a cabal within the party and the ‘controversial Code of Conduct Tribunal chairman’, Danladi Umar to destroy the embattled senate president, Bukola Saraki. Oyegun had, during an interview... Read More

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Senate suspends amendment of CCT/CCB Act

The Nigerian Senate, during the close door session of Wednesday, April 20, suspended the plan to amend Section 3 of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act. On April 14, the Senate had initiated a bill to amend a section of the Code of Conduct Tribunal and Bureau Act in a move alleged to... Read More

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Saraki begs court to disqualify CCT Chairman as trial judge

In a bid to stall the continuation of his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Senate President Bukola Saraki has reportedly filed another application at the tribunal seeking to disqualify the Chairman, Danladi Umar. Saraki is on trial for 13 counts of false declaration of assets at the CCT. Saraki has had his many... Read More

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‘Ekweremadu not our anti-corruption ambassador… we don’t give out such titles’ – EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, announced that Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu is not the anti-corruption ambassador of the agency. The EFCC said it doesn’t give out such titles. In a statement issued by Wilson Uwujaren, Head, Media & Publicity, the anti-graft agency said the EFCC National Assembly Liaison Officer, Suleiman... Read More

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Nigeria will soon start exporting to China – CBN governor

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele has revealed that the agreement signed between Nigeria and China will be beneficial to both countries. During a press conference at the World Bank headquarters in Washington, TheCable reports that Emefiele said the government of Nigeria is ‘talking with China’ to have the Asian country importing... Read More

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VP Osinbajo addresses rumours of resignation as a ‘Redeemed Church pastor’

Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has described as ‘baseless and misleading’ – a news report insinuating that he had stepped down from his position as a shepherd of the flock in the Redeemed Christian Church of God. A statement was released to this effect, on Wednesday, by Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant-Media & Publicity to... Read More

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‘Justice Danladi will ignore your invitation’ | In 6 quotes, SERAP schools Nigerian Senate

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has demanded the immediate withdrawal of the unconstitutional summon for Chairman Code of Conduct Tribunal, Justice Danladi Umar, to appear before the Ethics Committee of the Nigerian Senate. From a statement released by SERAP executive director Adetokunbo Mumuni, we’ve culled 6 succinct quotes. 1. “There is clearly no suggestion... Read More

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‘There can’t be zero violence in the North East’ – Chief of Air Staff

Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar, said on Tuesday, that violence cannot be completely eradicated in the North East region of the country. During his visit to the Logistics Command of the Nigerian Air Force, Sam Ethnan Base, Ikeja, Lagos, Abubakar said: “In the North Eastern part of Nigeria, we are making progress.... Read More

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House of Representatives to spend ‘N3.6bn on 360 exotic cars’

Reports have it that the Peugeot Automobile Nigeria Limited will as from June 2016, begin the delivery of 360 exotic cars to members of the Federal House of Representatives. Punch Newspapers reports that each of the 360 lawmakers would be issued with a Peugeot 508 Salon car. The report further states that the cars are... Read More

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3 judges in trouble… over false age declaration and delayed judgement

The National Judicial Council, on Tuesday, announced that it has sanctioned two Niger state High Court judges for falsifying their dates of birth and a Lagos State High Court judge for delaying judgment in a lawsuit for 22 months. According to a statement released by the NJC’s Acting Director of Information, Soji Oye, the judicial... Read More

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PFN to El-Rufai: ‘Prepare to jail 5,000 pastors in Kaduna’

The Kaduna State Chapter of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, has informed Governor Nasir El-Rufai to prepare to imprison 5,000 pastors if the Religious Bill currently before the state House of Assembly is passed into law. The PFN said on Tuesday, that the pastors in its fold would rather obey God than obey the proposed... Read More

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