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Cyber fraud: Forensic investigations indict Naira Marley
The Cybercrime Section of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Thursday, submitted reports of forensic investigations led by Whyte Dein to corroborate their case against singer Azeez Fashola a.k.a Naira Marley, charged with credit card fraud before the Ikoyi Federal High Court. Dein, the Chief Detective Officer of the Section told the court that…
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Customs impound 10,865 kegs of petrol at Seme
The Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Command, said it impounded 10,865 jerrycans of Premium Motor Spirit with a Duty Paid Value of N65.6 million from January 2022 to date. The Customs Area Controller, Seme Command, Comptroller Bello Jibo, gave the figures during a media briefing on the handing over of seized illicit drugs and suppression of…
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Months after PUNCH investigation, court slams Nigerian Army N200m damages for killing Imo businessman
PUNCH Investigations on July 29, 2021, published a three-part undercover story on the mindless killings by soldiers in Imo State. Succour has come the way of the family of a businessman, Noel Chigbu, who was killed by soldiers on July 30, 2021. The Federal High Court in Owerri on May 12, 2022, awarded a N200m…
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Shun religion, ethnicity in choosing Tinubu’s running mate, ex-deputy govs urge APC
The Forum of Former Deputy Governors of Nigeria under the All Progressives Congress, has advised stakeholders in the APC to downplay religious and ethnic factors in the consideration and selection of the running mate for presidential candidate of the ruling party, Bola Tinubu. The forum made the call at a press conference in Abuja on…
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Power plant explosion plunges Ogun communities into darkness
Many communities in Ogun State have been thrown into another round of blackout following a reported explosion of the Ota-industrial 33KV feeder. Our correspondent gathered that there was a snap on the feeder which was caused as a result of an explosion that affected several transformers including those at Ilaro and Papalanto. The Ogun region…
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Insecurity: Makinde to work with traditional rulers
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State said he would soon call an expanded Security Council Meeting in the state, which would include traditional rulers, to strategise on how to prevent attacks on communities in the state. He said this on Wednesday night at the inauguration of a Mini-Mapo Hall built by the Ibadan South-West Traditional…
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Why 1,000 teachers were sacked in Anambra – Soludo
Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo, said that no fewer than 1,000 teachers in the state were relieved of their appointments with the state government because they were employed in a hazy manner. The governor stated that the affected persons thereby remained unqualified for the job. Soludo, who made the clarification in a statement signed…
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Ex-commissioner emerges Ogun LP gov candidate
A former Commissioner for Finance in Ogun State, Kehinde Sogunle, has emerged as the governorship candidate of the Labour Party in the state. Sogunle, who served under the administration of former Governor Gbenga Daniel, pledged to embark on a rescue mission in the state. Sogunle, an Egba indigene, was declared winner of the party’s primary…
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Tinubu is a soldier of democracy – Ayade
Cross River State Governor, Prof Ben Ayade, has congratulated Bola Tinubu on his victory as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the 2023 presidential election. According to a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Christian Ita, Ayade was quoted in a congratulatory message to Tinubu as expressing an…
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NASS workers continue protest, plenary’ll hold, mgt says
National Assembly workers resumed protest at the complex gate in Abuja on Thursday. The demonstration by the workers continued with a fuller force following a two-day break. According to the executives of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, the protest, which started on Monday was put on hold on Tuesday and Wednesday due to the…
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