Month: June 2022
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Alleged Organ Harvest: FG Hires Lawyers To Defend Former DSP, Ekweremadu, Wife
The Nation Newspaper The Federal Government through the Nigerian High Commission to the United Kingdom has hired lawyers to defend a former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, over allegations of organ harvesting, the Nation has learnt. The Senate President Ahmad Lawan who disclosed this after a closed-door session of the…
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Yoruba Actors Under Fire For Throwing Weight Behind Tinubu
Some angry Nigerians on micro-blogging platform, Twitter have knocked Yoruba actors who endorsed the national leader and presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, for president in 2023. The likes of Jide Kosoko, Adebayo Salami popularly known as Oga Bello, Taiwo Hassan popularly known as Ogogo, Yinka Quadri, Toyin Adegbola, among other notable…
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Impeachment Proceedings: Deputy Governor Floors Oyo Lawmakers in Court
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, has barred members of the State House of Assembly from continuing with further impeachment proceedings against the State’s deputy governor, Rauf Olaniyan. The court presideded over by Justice Oladiran Akintola, on Wednesday, ordered the lawmakers to stop further process against the deputy goverror. It was learnt that…
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Supreme Court Clears Air On Age of Acting CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola
Vanguard The Supreme Court has cleared the air on the purported inconsistency in the age record of the newly sworn in Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola. On the official website of the Supreme Court, Justice Ariwoola was born in Iseyin, Oyo state, on August 22, 1958 and began his primary education in…
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Drama as Sanwo-olu Orders Arrest of Alleged Military Officer For Riding Okada Against Traffic in VI (Video)
A video which has now gone viral on social media shows when Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, ordered the arrest of an alleged military officer riding a motorcycle popularly referred to as ‘Okada’ against traffic along Ozumba Mbadiwe road, Victoria Island. It was gathered that the incident happened while the Governor was on his…
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Drama in Court, as Colleagues Battle Lawyer, Omirhobo Who Appears in Court Like ‘Native Doctor’ (Video)
There was a mild drama in a yet-to-be-identified Court when learned colleagues battled lawyer, Malcom Omirhobo, for appearing in the in court in attire similar to that of native doctors. Omirhobo has been appearing in court in a native regalia following a Supreme Court judgment which gives nod to Muslim students in Lagos State to…
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“I Want Biafra Land To Be Peaceful”, Nnamdi Kanu Speaks (Video)
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has urged members of the proscribed group not to take law into their hands, adding that, he wants Biafra land to be calm and peaceful. Kanu stated this at the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Tuesday before his appeal for…
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Yahoo-yahoo: EFCC Issues Stern Warning To Landlords
The Economic Financial Commission Commission (EFCC) has issued a stern warning that landlords may risk 15 years in jail for renting houses out to “Yahoo boys.” The Commission made this known ahead of its next edition of its public conversation series tagged, “ #EFCCConnect,” which has been slated to be held by 6pm on Twitter…
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Hajj 2022: Nigerian Pilgrims Risk Being Stranded Over Delay In Remittance To Saudi Agents
Daily Trust As the 2022 pilgrimage exercise draws nearer, there is tension among Hajj tour operators in the country over the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria’s (NAHCON) delay in remitting deposits to agents in Saudi Arabia. The development may also make about 3000 intending pilgrims belonging to about 60 tour operators to miss the Hajj.…
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ASUU Strike: NGO Vows To Lead National Mass Protest
The Save Public Education Campaign, a non-government organization (NGO), has vowed to lead a national mass protest to bring an end to the incessant strikes by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The Convener of the group, Ms Vivian Bello, made this known at a news conference in Abuja yesterday. Bello said that the…