EFCC Re-arraigns Businessmen For N22.4m Rice Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Kaduna Zonal Office has re-arraigned three businessmen, Baba Alhaji Aliyu, Musa Shuaibu and Abubakar Ismaila on a seven-count amended charge bordering on conspiracy, forgery and criminal breach of trust before Justice A.B. Aliyu of the Federal High Court Minna, Niger State. Aliyu and …

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Sanusi deposed, banished as Bayero becomes emir

From Kolade Adeyemi, Kano ‘He’s guilty of disobedience, insubordination’ Govt, ACF call for calm The curtain fell Monday on the reign of Muhammed Sanusi II as the 14th Emir of Kano. After five years and nine months on the throne, Sanusi was deposed by the Kano State government. He was …

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Lagos Assembly replaces sacked principal officers

•Suspended lawmakers blocked from entering complex Lagos State House of Assembly has suspended two of its principal officers, the Chief Whip, Rotimi Abiru and Deputy Majority Leader Olumuyiwa Jimoh. Two members, Moshood Oshun (Lagos Mainland Constituency 2) and Kazeem Raheem Adewale (Ibeji Lekki Constituency 2) were suspended indefinitely during plenary …

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BREAKING: NIMASA Executive Directors sacked as Jamoh takes over

President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked two Executive Directors of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and appointed three new ones. The sack of Rotimi Fasakin (Executive Director Operations) and Gambo Ahmed (Executive Director, Maritime Labour and Cabotage Services) is coming on the heels of the appointment of Dr. …

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Amotekun is a child of necessity, says Yoruba Unity Forum

The Yoruba Unity Forum on Wednesday described the Southwest Joint Security Network known as ‘Amotekun’ as a child of necessity to reposition the region. Speaking during a courtesy visit to the Governor’s Office in Osogbo, the state capital the Chairman of the Forum, Arch Bishop Ayo Ladigbolu, commended the Osun …

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Reps pass N346.388 NDDC Budget for 2019

The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the N346.388 billion Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) budget for the year 2019. The budget is for development projects for the service of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for the Financial year ending on 31 May, 2020. In the budget N1. 29 …

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JUST IN: Police take over APC Secretariat

A detachment of armed Policemen has taken over the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress(APC) following the restraining of its national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole by an FCT Court. The Police detachment, which came in two batches from the FCT Command and Wuse Divisional Police Station in 9 Hilux …

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