
Breaking News in Nigeria Today Friday 6th December 2019
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Friday 6th December 2019 on some of the nation newspapers .
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FG prioritising development projects, says Agba
Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba has assured Nigerians that the Federal Government would prioritise development projects in the country. Agba disclosed this in a keynote address at a workshop on South Africa-Nigeria Road Transport Infrastructure and Public Private Partnership (PPP) collaboration initiative in Abuja. The minister, who was represented
Three killed, pastor hospitalised as explosion rocks Lagos communities
NNPC shuts system 2B pipeline, allays fuel scarcity fear Three people were killed and a badly burnt pastor of a white garment church hospitalised following a pipeline explosion which occurred at the Glory Land Estate, Isheri/LASU Igando Road, yesterday. It was a gory scene at the neighbourhood of Diamond Estate/Idowu Egba Estate, Isheri, Igando.
Lawyer accuses AIG of illegal detention of widow
Mr. Samuel Akpologun has accused an Assistant-Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Special Enquiry Bureau (SEB), Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID), Alagbon, Ikoyi, Lagos State, Mr. Murtala Mani, of infringing on the fundamental human rights of his client, Alhaja Alilat Safiriyu. Akpologun, who is the Principal Partner at Samuel Akpologun & Co, said that
Explosive chops off secondary school student’s hand
An object, suspected to be explosive device, yesterday, exploded at Glory Land High School, Azugwu, Ebonyi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, chopping off the left hand of a Senior Secondary Student (SS2) identified simply as Chibuike. The device, which exploded during lunch break hour, left many students of the school injured. The incident occurred
‘Cleric promises to activate Qur’anic verses in victim’s brain’
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Kaduna Zonal office, have arrested Mallam Abdulrashid Imam for pretending that he had spiritual powers to activate the Qur’anic verses into Mohammed Dewu’s brains. According to EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, the cleric was arrested for defrauding Dewu N3million and $24,000. Dewu had alleged in a petition
Air Peace honoured for foiling child trafficking attempt
One of the highlights of the 27th edition of the Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria (CRAN) Annual Lecture and Awards in Lagos State, was the honouring of Air Peace’s Crew for thwarting efforts by two women to traffic a three-month old boy from Lagos to Banjul. Mr. Sunday Odita, President, Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria
Scam: I paid N2.3m into Kwara TV GM’s account – Witness
The trial of embattled General Manager of the Kwara State Television Authority, Alhaji Abdulfatai Adewale Adebowale, for alleged N4milliom land fraud continued yesterday, with a prosecution witness, Sulyman Abdulkareem, narrating how he paid the sum of N2.3m into the account of the defendant. He said: “My Lord, after the allocation of 10 plots of land
ABD Energy Solutions’ CEO to be arraigned for N2.9bn fraud
The Federal Government will on January 8, 2020 arraign the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), ABD Energy Solutions Limited, Kenneth Amadi, over an alleged N2.9 billion fraud. Justice Liman Mahammad of the Federal High Court, Lagos, had fixed the date for the arraignment of Amadi over the alleged fraud. The Energy Solutions boss allegedly obtained N2.9
NDDC: Groups demand Nwaoboshi’s prosecution over corruption charges
Civil society groups in Delta State yesterday demanded for the prosecution of the Chairman of Senate Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Senator Peter Nwaoboshi by the anti-graft agency in order to allow for unfettered and thorough forensic audit by the Interim Management Committee (IMC). The civil society groups had in a press conference
How police murdered my son, Senator Okoro tells court
Senator Fidelis Okoro, has told a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja how Mohammed Yusuf, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), allegedly murdered his son, Chukwuemeka, 31, five years ago in Durumi area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Okoro, who had filed an enforcement of fundamental rights suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1165/2019, through his counsel, J.
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