The Federal Government has made clarification on the whereabouts of recovered looted funds, insisting that they were being paid into dedicated accounts with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). There had been reports of discrepancies in the figures released to the media by Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, and the…
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The Supreme Court has set July 6 to deliver judgment in the appeal filed by the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, challenging the ruling of the Court of Appeal which asked the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) to try him on three of the 18 counts brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes…
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The police in Kaduna have identified a serving Nigerian senator as a person of interest in an ongoing homicide investigation. Consequently, Austin Iwar, the police commissioner in the state has written to the senator asking him to appear on April 30 at the Command Headquarters in Kaduna for questioning. “This is in connection with a…
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Aminu Atiku, son of former Vice President Abubakar Atiku, on Thursday, asked a Lagos High Court in Igbosere to upturn a magistrates’ court decision awarding custody of his two children to his ex-wife, Unmi Fatima Bolori. Aminu told Justice Kazeem Alogba that the lower court disregarded his constitutional right of fair hearing before granting judgment…
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday publicly blamed former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi who was killed seven years ago for the ongoing killings across central Nigeria. The killings have long been linked to herdsmen, and some herders of the Fulani ethnic stock have claimed responsibility for some attacks. But the president said Mr. Gaddafi, a dictator…
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Police officers in Argentina have claimed mice ate 540kg of marijuana which disappeared from a police warehouse, Guardian reports, adding that eight officers have been dismissed following the discovery. 6,000kg of marijuana has been in storage for 2 years, but when officers returned for inspection, only 5,460kg was found. Police officers who were questioned by Judge Adrián González…
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Popular Ghanaian socialite, Moesha Bodoung has opened old wounds again by revealing her true source of income in an interview with International Correspondent for CNN, Christiane Amanpour. The interview ran in a salon where Moesha was undergoing manicure, she told Christiane she makes a lot of money from dating a married man who does everything for…
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The Ekiti chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Jide Awe, one Mr. Sola Adenijo and Sefiu Owonikoko, who died about three weeks ago, were discharged and acquitted of murder charge filed against them by the state government on Wednesday. The three men have been standing trial at the Ekiti State High Court on charges…
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No fewer than 100 people were killed in a military plane crash in Algeria on Wednesday. Local news website TSA said 105 people had died, quoting what it called provisional figures from the civil service. However, Reuters reports that a statement from the defense ministry confirming the crash gave no casualty toll. …
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President Muhammadu Buhari has explained why he declared his intention to seek reelection on Monday during the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC). “I declared before leaving home because Nigerians were talking too much about whether I would run or not. So, I felt I should break the ice. We…
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