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Appeal Court Dismisses Certificate Forgery Suit Against Obaseki
An Appeal Court, Thursday, dismissed the certificate forgery case the All Progressives Congress, APC, and one its members, Mr Williams Edobor, brought against Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State. In a unanimous decision, a three-man penal of justices of the court led by Justice Stephen Adah, held that the appeal the APC and Edobor filed…
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Nigerian Navy Releases List of Successful Candidates
The Nigerian Navy, NN, has released the list of successful candidates for the Direct Short Service Commission, DSSC, Course 28. The Director of Information, Naval Headquarters, Commodore Suleman Dahun, announced this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. It said candidates who attended the Selection Board interview in Lagos from Dec. 16, 2020 to Jan.…
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Wakili: 3 OPC Members Remanded In Oyo Prison
Three members of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) have been remanded in a correctional centre for alleged arson and murder while effecting the arrest of alleged Ibarapa kidnap kingpin, Iskilu Wakili. The OPC members identified as Awodele Adedigba, 45; Dauda Kazeem , 38, and Hassan Ramon, 33. were arraigned on three counts of conspiracy, murder…
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Former JAMB Registrar, Dibu Ojerinde in ICPC Net Over Alleged N900 million Fraud
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested a former Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Dibu Ojerinde, for allegedly misappropriating N900 million. Ojerinde, who was arrested on 15th March, 2021 in Abuja by operatives of ICPC, is alleged to have committed multiple…
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Leading Opposition Party Berates Cape Verdean government for mishandling Alex Saab’s case
The leading opposition party in Cape Verde, Independence Party of Cape Verde(PAICV) has berated the Jorge Carlos Fonseca led government for mishandling a case involving Venezuelan Diplomat, Alex Saab who has been arrested since June, 2020. PAICV in a statement issued by its Secretary General, Julião Varela, on Wednesday said, the approach of the…
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ASUU-AAUA To Embark On Strike Over Four Months Salary Arrears
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ambrose Alli University, AAUA Ekpoma chapter, yesterday, said it would embark on strike on Thursday over four months salary arrears being owed them by the state government. Rising from a meeting on Monday March, 15, the lecturers however said that they will not disrupt the ongoing examination by…
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US Mission Contacts Nigerians, Other Applicants Affected by Trump’s Travel Restrictions
The United States mission has begun contacting all immigrant visa applicants whose applications were affected by the travel restrictions under Presidential Proclamations 9645 and 9983 signed by former President Donald Trump in 2020. It is also prioritising the processing of such pending cases in Nigeria. Trump had suspended entry into the United States for certain…
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UI Matriculates 4,174 Students, Honors Matriculation Speaker
The University’s Librarian, Dr. Helen Komolafe Opadeji later presented a plague of honour to the Matriculation Speaker
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Kidnapped OOU Female Students Released
Ogun State Police Command has confirmed that two female students of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye kidnapped by gunmen have been released. The release of the abducted students was authenticated to Channels Television on Tuesday night. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, noted that the students, identified as Adeyemo Precious…
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Suspected Kidnappers’ Kingpin in Oyo, Iskilu Wakili, 2 Sons Remanded in Prison
Suspected Kidnappers’ Kingpin in Oyo, Iskilu Abdullahi Wakili and his two sons have been remanded in a correctional facility in after an Iyaganku Chief Magistrate Court Sitting in Ibadan dismissed their pleas. Wakili was dragged to Court by the Oyo State Police Command alongside histwo sons, Abu who is 45 years old and 27-year-old Samaila…