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EFCC obtains 14-day detention order for Shehu Sani
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has reportedly obtained a court order to detain ex-lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, for 14 days to ensure a thorough investigation into his alleged involvement in name-dropping and extortion. The development followed new allegations levelled against the ex-lawmaker by the complainant, Alhaji Sani Dauda. The former lawmaker
Reactions trail US killing of top Iran general
The world reacted with alarm on Friday after top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani was killed in a US strike in Iraq, with leaders appealing for restraint. The assassination was praised by US President Donald Trump’s Republicans but elsewhere there were warnings of the danger it could inflame regional tensions. Following are some of the reactions
I started planning Abuja bank robbery in October – Banker
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja A customer care officer of a first generation bank, which was attacked by armed robbers last Saturday, Larry Ehizo, has stated that he began planning how to carry out the operation in October 2019. Ehizo, who recanted his earlier claim that a barman, Ernest Ewim, blackmailed him into carrying out the attempted heist,
US claims responsibility for killing of Iranian general, Soleimani
The U.S killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in a “defensive action,” the Pentagon says. “At the direction of the President, the US military has taken decisive defensive action to protect U.S. personnel abroad by killing Qassem Soleimani,” the Pentagon statement says. The Pentagon says Soleimani was “actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service
Buhari, Nigeria’s problems and mathematics solution
Oludayo Tade Like before, uncertainties and tensions continue to envelope Nigerians as they throng churches and mosques to thank ‘God’ for making them “crossover” into 2020. Being thankful to the Supreme Being is anchored on the fact that only the living can hope to enjoy the basic goodness of life even when such goodness is
Lagos to pay three months minimum wage arrears
Samson Folarin The Lagos State Government has promised to pay public servants three months’ arrears of the new minimum wage, the implementation of which took off in November 2019. The Deputy Governor, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, stated this on Thursday at the 2020 Annual First Working Day Thanksgiving Service for public servants in the state. Hamzat said
Kwara demolishes Saraki’s houses on revoked land, group kicks
Tunde Oyekola, Ilorin The Kwara State Government in the early hours of Thursday demolished houses on the land it claimed was wrongly appropriated by the late Dr Olusola Saraki. The property was called Ile Arugbo at Ilofa Road, GRA, Ilorin. Residents of the area said the demolition was carried out at 3.50am by a bulldozer
Medical checkups for the New Year
Rotimi Adesanya Child and Public Health Physician roayad@yahoo.com 08037202050 The incidence of non-communicable diseases has been on the rise and Africa bears a disproportionate burden of this increase. Cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus accounts for 48 per cent and 3.5 per cent respectively, of the 38 million deaths due to NCDs. In Nigeria, one in
Subscribers leaving mobile service providers rise by 216%
Ife Ogunfuwa The number of subscribers leaving their mobile telecommunications service providers for other mobile networks increased by 216.09 per cent within a year period, investigation has shown. The industry recorded a total of 20, 476 incoming porting activities in October 2019, compared to 6,478 in October 2018, data obtained from the Nigerian Communications Commission
Friend stabs 33-year-old Rivers man to death
Sampson Itode, Port Harcourt A 33-year-old man, identified as Igboghami Walter, has been stabbed to death over the sharing of some unnamed items. Walter was said to have been involved in an altercation with his friend in the Omelema community in the Abua/Odual Local Government Area of Rivers State before he was stabbed to death
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