World heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua has said he was disappointed to hear that Wladimir Klitschko was retiring from boxing. Joshua had hoped to fight Klitschko again on November 11, after defeating him in April this year. According to BBC, Joshua however said he knew Klitschko wouldn’t fight again. “He was saying how obsessed he was... Read More

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January 31, 2017

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How Atiku, Daura advised Obasanjo to retire me from police force – Oba of Lagos

The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu has said former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and director-general of Department of State Services (DSS) convinced ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo to forcefully retire him from the Nigerian Police Force. Akiolu said this on Monday at a stakeholders’ meeting held in Victoria Island, Lagos. He said the PDP perceived him as... Read More

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June 13, 2016

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‘Disregard inaccurate lists’ | Nigerian Army says this is the real number of retired officers

The Nigerian Army has said that only 38 senior officers were retired from the military. Colonel Sani Usman, Acting Director Army Public Relations, in a statement released on Sunday, urged Nigerians to disregard all published names and figures of purportedly retired senior officers. The Army spokesperson said only 9 Major Generals, 10 Brigadier Generals, 7... Read More

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March 1, 2016

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Former CBN Director kidnapped

A former Director of Foreign Operations at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Joseph Ogedegbe is reported to has been abducted by unidentified gunmen at St. Michael’s Anglican Church in Emevor, Isoko North Local Government Area (LGA), Delta State. According to Sahara Reporters, the 91-year-old Ogedegbe, who retired from the CBN in 1978, was ambushed... Read More

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November 19, 2015

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Why Buhari ordered sack of Justice Akanbi

Justice Lambo Akanbi of the Port Harcourt Division of the Federal High Court, has been compulsorily retired by President Muhammadu Buhari. Akanbi’s compulsory retirement, over cases of misconduct, was approved by Buhari, says the Acting Director of Information, National Judicial Council, Soji Oye. Oye said in a statement on Wednesday, that the compulsory retirement came to be,... Read More

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September 4, 2015

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Could this be why DSS sacked Marilyn Ogar?

After Lawal Daura took over from Ekpeyong Ita as Director-General of the Department of State Services, one of his first tasks was the demotion of the former DSS spokesperson, Marilyn Ogar and many other senior officers. Ogar was removed as the deputy director of the agency in charge of public relations and also lost the... Read More

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October 28, 2014

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How prostitutes duped pensioner of N2.3million

by Iyobosa Omoregie A 68-year-old retired civil servant has lost N2.3 million, which he just withdrew from a bank, to prostitutes at Interbua roundabout, in Asaba, Delta. The incident occurred last weekend when the commercial sex workers hanging around the area got to know about the withdrawal he made earlier in the day and seduced him to patronise... Read More

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January 27, 2014

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Opinion: Attahiru Bafarawa – The story of an expired political general

by Maxwell Adeyemi Adeleye It is worth echoing that In 2011, Bafarawa did not win any Senatorial or Rep or State Assembly seat for the defunct ACN in Sokoto despite his claim of being the generalissimo of Sokoto Politics. Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, a former Governor of Sokoto State is a Politician of high-level mental... Read More

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October 24, 2013

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SCAM: EFCC arrests ex-naval officer, lawyer over N540 million bank fraud (PICTURED)

A retired naval captain and his lawyer are in the net of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) after it was alleged that they connived to perpetrate fraud of over N540m. Okorie Ogbonnaya and his legal counsel, Emmanuel Mbajuwon, were arrested for allegedly conspiring to defraud Oceanic Bank Plc (now Ecobank Plc) of... Read More

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August 19, 2013

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Back to the basics: Retired high court judge returns to teaching in Kebbi primary schools

by Oge Okonkwo As a post retirement hobby, 62-year-old retired high court judge in Kebbi state, Zakari Gulma, has taken to teaching in primary schools in the state. According to Hon.Justice Gulma, in Argungu on Sunday, his love for teaching in a village school was to give his own quota in raising the standard education, considering the lack... Read More

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April 1, 2013

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Fromer pupil blackmailed 83-year-old retired teacher for 10 years, took £75,000 to feed heroin habit (PICTURED)

A retired teacher was tormented for a decade by a former pupil who fleeced him out of £75,000 over ten years in a blackmail plot. Graeme Robertshaw befriended the victim, a generous 83-year-old, who was then stripped of every penny he had and made to take out high interest payday loans by his tormentor. Newcastle... Read More

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Why I am disappointed that Klitschko retired – Anthony Joshua

How Atiku, Daura advised Obasanjo to retire me from police force – Oba of Lagos

‘Disregard inaccurate lists’ | Nigerian Army says this is the real number of retired officers

Former CBN Director kidnapped

Why Buhari ordered sack of Justice Akanbi

Could this be why DSS sacked Marilyn Ogar?

How prostitutes duped pensioner of N2.3million

Opinion: Attahiru Bafarawa – The story of an expired political general

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SCAM: EFCC arrests ex-naval officer, lawyer over N540 million bank fraud (PICTURED)

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Fromer pupil blackmailed 83-year-old retired teacher for 10 years, took £75,000 to feed heroin habit (PICTURED)

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