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Police parade ex-DSS officer over bullion van robbery
The Abia State Police Command, on Monday, paraded a dismissed officer of the Department of State Services, Prosper Israel, along with his younger brother and eight others for robbing a billion van.
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2023: Court sacks Taraba APC governorship candidate
A Federal High Court in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, has sacked the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in the state, Emmanuel Bwacha.
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U.S. court orders Governor Abiodun’s moneybag Bidemi Rufai to pay $604,260, forfeit assets
The Ogun governor’s aide was apprehended in May 2021 by U.S. security officials at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport in an attempt to flee. The U.S. district court for the western district of Washington has ordered the forfeiture of $604,260, proceeds of wire fraud by Bidemi Rufai, suspended…
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Seven prominent Nigerian politicians who returned to their vomit
All over the world, politics is seen as a game of interest where most players go in for what they believe in and the ideals they hold dear and seek to impact such ideals upon their society and humanity at large. For most politicians, the end game or big picture…
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Queen Elizabeth: People in UK race to exchange paper banknotes before deadline
Consumers are racing to exchange their old paper banknotes for new plastic versions, just over a fortnight before they cease to be legal tender at the end of September.
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Flights rescheduled as students barricade Lagos airport road over ASUU strike
Several flights have been rescheduled following the ongoing protest by students at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.
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5 arrested as NDLEA seizes N194bn cocaine in Ikorodu, Lagos
The warehouse was raided, Sunday, September 18, 2022, while the barons were picked from hotels and their hideouts in different parts of Lagos between Sunday night and Monday, September 19.
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Court dismisses case filed to disqualify Peter Obi, Bola Tinubu from 2023 election
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking to disqualify the presidential candidates of the Labour Party (LP) and All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Peter Obi and Senator Bola Tinubu respectively, from participating in the 2023 presidential election.
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Imo Assembly speaker, Kennedy Ibe, resigns
Mr Ibe resigned on Monday during an emergency plenary session of the lawmakers at the state house of the assembly complex.
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Bishop Kukah laments, says nephew, driver languishing in kidnapper’s den
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah has cried out that his nephew and driver are still in the den of their abductors three months after they were kidnapped.