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Another 29 Customs officer retired

After the resignation of five senior Customs officers on Thursday, the service has disclosed that another 29 senior personnel have been retired saying it is part of on-going re-organization in Nigeria Customs Service. The retirement of the 29 officers which brings the total number to 34 senior Officers retired from the service with immediate effect, […]

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Lagos traffic, robberies worrisome – Governor

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State says the high rate of robbery and the chaotic traffic across the state are worrisome. He, therefore, urged his commissioners and advisers to come up with ideas that would help alleviate the sufferings of Lagosians. The governor was quoted as saying this at the inaugural retreat organised by the […]

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Devaluation of Naira not an option! – Osinbajo

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has said devaluation of the naira will harm the local economy and insisted it is not an option in the current economic realities in the country. Osinbajo also said devaluation offers no solution as far as President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration was concerned. This is even as he has stated that the […]

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BVN Deadline: 26m bank accounts to be frozen

Barely 24 hours to the deadline for Bank Verification Number, BVN, less than half of the 52 million bank customers have been registered, a development that may have caused discomfort in the banking industry. Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, had said no extension would be made while non-registered bank customers would be barred from accessing their […]

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Never again ‘ll politicians seek office for personal gains — Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his main target for fighting corruption was to stop corrupt individuals from seeking public offices for selfish gains. This is even as he stated that his government would not relent in the current anti-corruption war, but will continue for many years. According to him, the prosecution of alleged criminals […]

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Ex-DIG Omeben opens up on Dele Giwa’s assassination

  Twenty-nine years after the murder of renowned journalist, Dele Giwa, a retired police chief, Chris Omeben, who conducted the investigation, has spoken out about the unresolved murder, calling it the most frustrating case of his career. Giwa, the founding Editor-in-Chief of Newswatch Magazine, was killed through a parcel bomb at his Ikeja, Lagos residence […]

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Must Read : How I hacked into bank customers’ accounts – Graduate

A graduate of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Oyo State, Babatunde Fatai (Pictured above), who is about to begin the mandatory national youth service programme, said he posed as a genuine lover to defraud foreign women and men whom he met on dating sites. Fatai, who has been arrested by the Oyo State Police […]

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Boko Haram Bombings: Buhari sends “powerful delegation” to Adamawa, Borno

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a powerful delegation to two states, Adamawa and Borno States to condole with their governments and people over the increased bombing activities by Boko Haram terrorists. The delegation made a strong appeal to local populations to share in the responsibility for security in their surroundings, the presidency said in a […]

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DSS arrests 45 Boko Haram suspects in Lagos…foils plot to bomb Ikoyi estate

The Department of State Services has arrested 45 suspected Boko Haram members in connection with a foiled attack on Dolphin Estate, Ikoyi in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos in September. The DSS also charged the suspects to a Lagos State Magistrate’s Court sitting in Isolo on Friday and the court ordered the remand of […]

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Ndigbo in Akure eats humble pie, begs Deji over misconduct of Eze

  The leadership of the Igbo community in Akure, Ondo State, on Friday swallowed its pride and begged for pardon from the Deji of Akure, Aladetoyinbo Adelusi, following two weeks of hostilities between the Igbo community and the palace. The Deji had vowed to obliterate the position of the Eze Ndigbo of Akure, after the […]

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Tribunal: Drama as lawyer begs Saraki to enter dock

  There was drama at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) yesterday when Senate President Bukola Saraki refused to move into the dock when his case was called. The dock is where those standing trial stay during proceedings. Saraki’s refusal to leave his seat for the dock led to an argument between his lead counsel, […]

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Director Mac Collins Chidebe Mother’s Burial Set For 19th November

Nollywood Director Mac Collins Chidebe’s Mother Mrs. Rebecca Oforha Chidebe who passed on last two weeks after a brief illness will be buried on the 19th of November, 2015 in Isunjaba isu local goverment real Orlu, Imo state, Mac Collins said. Mr China as he is popularly known is inviting his colleague and friends to please […]

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My Father In-law Sent Me Packing Out Of My Matrimonial Home, Man Tells Court

A 40-year-old Information Technologist, Mr Samuel Bankole on Tuesday told an Igando Customary court in Lagos that his father-in-law was responsible for his leaving his matrimonial home. Bankole, who was responding to a divorce suit filed by his wife, Iyabo, said his father in-law forced him out because he was unable to pay the house […]

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At last! EFCC quizzes ex-Minister, Abba Moro, over immigration employment scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is currently interrogating the immediate past minister of Interior, Abba Moro, over the March 2014 employment scam in the Nigerian Immigration Service. The scam, which led to the death of about 20 applicants in various recruitment centres across the country, involved fleecing over 520,000 Nigerian graduate applicants to […]

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Oscar Pistorius released from prison to house arrest at uncle’s mansion

  Oscar Pistorius was released from prison Monday having served just 12 months of a five-year sentence for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The Paralympian, 28, is now at his uncle’s mansion where he will see out the rest of the term under house arrest. He will be required to meet Steenkamp’s parents Barry and […]

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Nigerian group petitions GAVI, seeks suspension of Okonjo-Iweala’s appointment

A Nigerian civic group has petitioned the Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunization, GAVI, requesting that the organization suspend the recent appointment of Nigeria’s immediate past Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as chairperson of its Board of Directors. In the petition signed by its chairman, Olanrewaju Suraju, the Civil Society Network Against Corruption, CSNAC, said […]

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Political appointments: Commit suicide, if you like, El-Rufai tells aggrieved persons

Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai yesterday told ag­grieved persons over political and ministerial appointments made so far by his administra­tion to go and commit suicide if they are not happy about the appointments. El-Rufai, who visibly lost his temper while answering ques­tions from stakeholders at the 4th town hall meeting with Ka­duna Central, otherwise […]

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Alleged N10b Fraud : EFCC confronts Akpabio with evidence of transactions

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, yesterday, grilled former Governor Godswill Akpabio for over seven hours, and confronted him with evidence of alleged financial impropriety while he held sway in Akwa Ibom State. The interrogation of Akpabio by the agency, it was learnt, made it possible for him to come face-to- face with […]

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