Nigeria news today headlines update Thursday 7th November 2019
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Court Jails Two Brothers Five Years For $788 Scam
Justice J. K. Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced two brothers, Otojareri Governor Lucky (a.k.a Sam Lewis) and Otojareri President Mayor (a.k.a John Jacob Carison) to five years imprisonment for obtaining money under false pretences contrary to Section 1(1)(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and
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Cultism: Nollywood Actors Pledge Support For One-Million-Man March
Nollywood actors on Wednesday pledged support for the one-million-man march against cultism being organised by the Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV). It would be recalled that POCACOV had slated December 7 for the one-million-man march against cultism to be held within Enugu metropolis. The theme of the march is, “Be a Champion;
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Five Students Died In Kogi Varsity Killings, Not 13 –Police
Police in Lokoja on Wednesday said five students were killed at the Kogi State University, Ayangba, and not 13 as earlier reported. William Aya, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) and the Command’s Public Relations Officer, made the clarification in Lokoja on Wednesday. Aya, in a statement, said a 300-level student of Physics Department of the
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Man Remanded In Prison For Fondling Teenager’s Breast
Lagos – A 23-year-old man identified as Blessing Okon, was on Wednesday, remanded in prison custody by a Lagos Magistrate Court sitting in Igbosere for allegedly raping and fondling the breast of a 14-year-old teenager. The presiding Magistrate, Mrs. K.O. Doja-Ojo, ordered the remand of the defendant and directed that the case file should be
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Two Arraigned Over Alleged N15m Maritime Academy Contract Scam
The Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday arraigned the duo of Charles Emmanuel Afaha, a staff of the National Maritime Academy, Oron, and one Engineer Stephen Imo before Justice A. A. Okeke of the Federal High Court, Uyo, for allegedly obtaining the sum of N15,135,750.00 from the coffers
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Court Remands Pastor For Allegedly Defiling Neighbour’s Two Daughters
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that a 54-year-old pastor, Abayomi Oladele, who allegedly defiled his neighbour’s two daughters, to be remanded in a correctional centre, pending legal advice. Chief Magistrate B.O. Osunsemi, who did not take the plea of the defendant, ordered that he be remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Facility, Apapa,
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No Life Lost In Akobo Robbery Attack – Police
Ibadan – The Oyo State Commissioner of Police (CP) Shina Olukolu has called on the people of the state to shun a false report concerning the Akobo armed robbery attack, saying such malicious report was capable of causing panic to the entire public. Olukolu in a statement that was signed by the state’s Police Public
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Bizman Arraigned Over Alleged N15.5m Fraud
The Kaduna Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arraigned Muhammed Abdullahi Rangai on a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy, criminal breach of trust and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N9, 800,0000 before Justice Mohammed Tukur of the State High Court, Kaduna. Rangai’s trouble began when the
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Gatekeeper, Housemaid Docked Over Alleged Theft Of Employer’s N13m Jewelry, Valuables
Two domestic staff, a gatekeeper and housekeeper, were on Wednesday brought before a Kubwa Magistrates ‘ Court in Abuja charged with stealing valuables worth N13 million belonging to their employer. The defendants, Thomas Loson, who resides at Tungan Wakili dei-dei, Abuja, and Amina Augustine of Third Ave. Gwarimpa Estate also in Abuja, are facing two-count
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Uganda Energy Minister Invites Bidding On Five Oil Blocks
Uganda’s Energy minister Irene Muloni on Wednesday invited bidding on five blocks, speaking at an African oil conference in Cape Town, Reuters reports. Muloni added that she was keenly awaiting companies to take a final investment decision regarding the construction of an oil export pipeline through neighbouring Tanzania.
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