Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, yesterday, said the anti-open grazing bill will soon be signed into law to curb clashes between herdsmen and farmers. The governor stated this in Abuja after briefing Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, on the security situation in the state. According to him, the state looks forward to receiving the…
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The Police Command in Borno on Tuesday confirmed the killing of five persons in a suicide bomb attack in Konduga Local Government Area of the state. The Spokesman of the command, Mr Victor Isuku, made the confirmation in a statement in Maiduguri. “Information received from Konduga has it that on Monday at about 2130 hrs, three…
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A former Chief Accountant of Vanguard Newspaper, Bhadmus Abiodun, was on Tuesday sentenced to 14-years in prison by Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of an Ikeja High Court for forgery and stealing N3.1million. TodayNG reports that the money belongs to the media house. Abiodun was arraigned alongside Samuel Ogbole, the Vanguard Media Representative for Onitsha who were convicted of an eight-count charge of…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday arraigned former Niger State governor, Muazu Babangida Aliyu and his Commissioner of Environment, Parks, Gardens and Forest Resources, Umar Mohammed Nasko, before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Abuja on an eight-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of N1.46 billion. One of the counts reads: “That you Dr.…
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A total of 335 foreign nationals were on Tuesday in Abuja granted citizenship by the Federal Government after statutory clearance and due diligence by the relevant security agencies. The Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, who presented the certificates of citizenship to the foreigners, charged them to be good ambassadors of Nigeria. Lara Oshiomhole, wife…
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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday put the uncertainty concerning the absence of Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO) on Lagos roads to rest once and for all, stating categorically that he has asked them to stay off the roads permanently. Governor Ambode, who said this at the commissioning of Pedestrian Bridges, Laybys and Slip…
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Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State has refuted the allegations that he is building a $3m hotel in Lagos with monies stolen from the Paris-London Club refunds. Yari, in a statement signed by the Head, Public Affairs of Nigeria Governors’ Forum Secretariat, Abulrazak Barkindo, said he does not have even a plot of land, not…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the Benue state Governor, Samuel Ortom of corruption. The party also said that they will blow a trumpet to announce the high level fraud going on in Ortom’s administration. The Governor had earlier called on anybody who has an evidence of misappropriation against his government to blow…
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Legislators have delayed forwarding the 2017 budget to the presidency for assent after allegations of illegal alterations were raised by some members yesterday. The two chambers of National Assembly passed the budget Thursday after several months of delay. However, it was gathered that the allegations are already creating ripples among some senators. Many of them…
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The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has reinstated screening points and detecting machines at the airport to forestall the resurgence of Ebola outbreak in Nigeria. The measure was triggered by the outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo. FAAN’s acting General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, assured passengers and airport users…
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