Month: February 2022
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Former Kwara LG Boss Sentenced Over False Statement
A former Chairman of the Kaiama Local Government Council in Kwara, Alhassan Bagudu, has been sentenced to one-year imprisonment for making a false statement to an investigator. Bagudu was dragged to high court sitting in Ilorin by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission on two counts bordering on making a false statement…
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Two Lagos Church Staff In Court For Allegedly Stealing N13 Million
Two staffers of the Mountain of Liberation and Miracles Ministry (a.k.a. Grace Nation International or Liberation City) have been arraigned in court over N13 million fraud allegations. The Police Special Fraud Unit (SFU) dragged Success Udoka and Prosper Iheukwumere before an Ikeja High Court, charging them on a four-count charge of conspiracy, stealing of church money…
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FG Constitutes White Paper Drafting Panels For Tertiary Institutions
Federal Government has constituted White Paper Drafting Panels for tertiary institutions across the country. This development followed the receipt of reports of Visitation Panels to Tertiary Institutions submitted last year to the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu. Director of Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Goong, in a statement explained that…
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Oyo Govt Lauds 2021 Batch ‘A’ Corps Members, Honors Distinguished Member
The Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, FNSE, ably represented by the Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Engr. Seun Fakorede MNSE, commended the 2021 Batch A stream 1 corps members during their passing out parade which held at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba, Ibadan in the early hours of Thursday. The recognition of the outgoing…
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FG Sends Message To 300,000 N-Power Exited Beneficiaries
The Federal Government has stated about 300,000 N-Power exited beneficiaries will enjoy loan facilities from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, after vocational training. The Minister of Humanitarian Services, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouk, stated this on Thursday during the weekly ministerial briefing organised by the presidential media team. A report by…
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Updated: Expert Faults CCTV Recoding of Baba Ijesha
An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court has faulted the content of a Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) recording on popular actor James Olarewaju aka Baba Ijesha adding that, the content may have been tampered with. A defence witness and expert in CCTV installation and maintenance, Engr. Adeleke Lawrence made an allusion to this while…
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PSC Suspends Two ‘Abba Kyari’s Boys’ Over Illicit Drug Trafficking
The Police Service Commission (PSC) says it has suspended two police officers for illicit drug trafficking. The officers, Sunday Ubua, an assistant commissioner of police and James Bawa, an assistant superintendent of police, were handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for investigation. The spokesman for the PSC Ikechukwu Ani announced this…
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102-year-old ‘Great Grandma’ Declares Interest in 2023 Presidential Election
102-year-old year old ‘great grandma’ has declared her intentions to vie for the apex political seat in the country in the much awaited 2023 presidential election. The woman, Nonye Josephine Ezeanyaeche says she has good plans to be executed in Nigeria should she be voted in as President. Ezeanyaeche, who is also called ‘living legend’…
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Read How Pantami Reacts To ASUU’s Stance On His Professorship
Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Ali Pantami yesterday, Wednesday February 16 declined to comment on Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, refusing to acknowledge his promotion as a professor of Cybersecurity by the Federal University of Technology, Owerri. Recall that ASUU had described the professorship awarded to Pantami as illegal, adding that it will sanction those involved. Asked…
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Kaduna Imam Died at 130, Leaves 26 Children, 290 Grandchildren, Over 200 Great Grandchildren
The Chief Imam of Kafanchan Central Mosque, Sheikh Adam Tahir, has died at the age of 130 years. He left 26 children, 290 grandchildren, and more than 200 great-grandchildren behind, according to NAN. Deputy Chief Imam of Kafanchan, Alhaji Muhammad Kassim, said Sheikh Adam died on Wednesday evening after an illness. Kassim said the late…