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End SARS: Police pierced my leg with bullet, lured me with N250,000 bribe – Victim tells Ogun panel
One Mr. Kamol Ganiu, who was a victim of police brutality, has narrated his ordeals before the judicial panel set up by Governor Dapo Abiodun to investigate such complaints in Ogun State. DAILY POST reports the judicial panel, set up as part of the requests of the End SARS protesters, began its sittings on Thursday …
End SARS: Police pierced my leg with bullet, lured me with N250,000 bribe – Victim tells Ogun panel
Group decries rising cases of abandoned children in Osun
A Peacemakers centre in Osun State has decried the rising cases of abandoned children in the state. The centre attributed not domesticating the Violence Against Person (Prohibition) Act in the state as the main cause of the proliferation of street children. The General Coordinator of Justice, Development & Peace Makers Centre (JDPMC), Rev. Peter Akinkunmi …
Group decries rising cases of abandoned children in Osun
US election 2020: Georgia judge rules in Trump’s lawsuit on absentee ballots
A court in Georgia has thrown out a lawsuit by US President Donald Trump’s campaign team, asking that the county followed state laws on processing absentee ballots, according to Associated Press. Chatham County Superior Court Judge, James Bass, did not however give an explanation for his decision on Thursday, following a one-hour hearing. The county …
US election 2020: Georgia judge rules in Trump’s lawsuit on absentee ballots
Buhari reacts to death of Ungogo, ex-envoy to Jordan
President Muhammadu Buhari says he is pained by the death of Haruna Ungogo. The diplomat passed away on November 1. He was Nigeria’s former ambassador to the Kingdom of Jordan and the Republic of Iraq. Buhari’s message on Thursday was contained in a statement by his spokesman, Garba Shehu. The President commiserated with family of …
Buhari reacts to death of Ungogo, ex-envoy to Jordan
Ex-Senator Jang set for medicals in UAE amid Senate warning to Buhari
Former Plateau State Governor, Jonah David Jang, will soon leave the country for medical reasons. His lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN) made the disclosure on Thursday. Ozekhome prayed Justice C. L. Dabup of Plateau State High Court, Jos, to allow Jang travel to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for treatment. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission …
Ex-Senator Jang set for medicals in UAE amid Senate warning to Buhari
How ex-Plateau Gov Jang allegedly diverted N2bn to 19 accounts in 5 days – Witness
The trial of ex-Plateau State Governor, Jonah Jang and a former cashier in the Secretary to the State Government’s office, Yusuf Pam, before Justice C. L. Dabup of Plateau State High Court, Jos, continued on Thursday. The prosecuting witness two (PW2), Uchenna Innocent Igwe, testified. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC is prosecuting Jang …
How ex-Plateau Gov Jang allegedly diverted N2bn to 19 accounts in 5 days – Witness
US election 2020: What Biden needs to defeat Trump, be declared 46th president
The Democratic Party candidate, Joe Biden, needs six more electoral votes to win the 2020 US presidential election, even as incumbent Donald Trump had demanded a stop to vote counting, the Daily Mail reports. Trump has launched a lawsuit in Nevada, a city which could hand Biden the victory. The Nevada lawsuit is similar to …
US election 2020: What Biden needs to defeat Trump, be declared 46th president
Gbajabiamila reshuffles aides, appoints new Deputy Chief of Staff, others
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has appointed his former Special Adviser on Political Matters, Mr. Olanrewaju Smart as his Deputy Chief of Staff. This comes as the Speaker carried out a minor reshufflement of his team and made a few new appointments for effective delivery of his Legislative Agenda for the …
Gbajabiamila reshuffles aides, appoints new Deputy Chief of Staff, others
Alleged N1.12bn fraud: EFCC arraigns Disabled Workers Cooperative chairman, Abdulrauf
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the chairman, Federal Civil Service Staff with Disabilities’ Cooperative Society, Iliasu Abdulrauf, for alleged N1,126,156,000 fraud. Abdulrauf was docked on Thursday before Justice S.C Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Apo, on a six-count charge of breach of trust. He committed the alleged fraud …
Alleged N1.12bn fraud: EFCC arraigns Disabled Workers Cooperative chairman, Abdulrauf
Osun: Court remands men for breaking in local government secretariat
Three men have been remanded by an Osogbo Magistrates’ Court on Thursday for unlawfully breaking into Egbedore Local Government Secretariat in Osun State. The accused persons are Idowu Wasiu 24, Adekunle Adewale 25, Adewunmi Damilalola 30 and others now at large. Police prosecutor, Fatoba Temitope, told the court that the accused persons committed the offence …
Osun: Court remands men for breaking in local government secretariat
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