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Notorious kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala aka Wadume has been sentenced by a Federal High Court in Abuja to seven years imprisonment alongside two others. Justice Binta Nyako convicted Wadume of two of the 13-count charges against him and two others. The court also convicted Aliyu Dadje, a police inspector, who was the station […]
The Federal Government of Nigeria has been urged to encourage more privatization of refineries and to resuscitate the four refineries in the country to boost the nation’s oil economy, DailyTrust Reports. Delivering the second inaugural lecture of Fountain University, Osogbo, entitled, “Rethinking North-South Relations: The Resource Perspective,” a Professor of Political Science, Oyegoke […]
A 19-year-old Lagos-based comedian, Eyinatayo Iluyomade, has landed in prison for playing pranks by dropping a threat note of robbery at the counter of FirstBank, in Ondo town, Ondo State. Iluyomade was charged to court by the police on three count-charge bordering on conspiracy, threat, and manner likely to pose a security threat. […]
The mass exodus sparked by the Taliban takeover compelled Afghanistan’s new rulers to issue a call for Afghans to stay and help rebuild the country. But after a year of Taliban rule, the economy is in tatters, confidence has been shattered, and Afghanistan’s best and brightest are not returning – they’re fleeing in […]
The Senate Public Accounts Committee (SPAC) has put the current and past management of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) under scrutiny. The committee said it discovered that the fund’s management failed to produce relevant documents to justify alleged spending of N17.158 billion in 2013. Some of the documents to back the […]
Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, has mocked a plan by supporters of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), to hold a “two-million-man march” for him in the state. Supporters of Obi across the country have been holding these marches to show their solidarity with him. There was a march for the LP […]
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, has taken former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Aminu Tambuwal, Sokoto governor, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to court over the conduct of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary election. According to The Punch, Wike and Newgent Ekamon, a PDP chieftain, asked the court to order INEC […]
The heir and de facto leader of the Samsung group received a presidential pardon Friday, continuing South Korea’s long tradition of freeing business leaders convicted of corruption on economic grounds. Billionaire Lee Jae-yong, convicted of bribery and embezzlement in January last year, will be “reinstated” to give him a chance to “contribute to […]
There was a fire incident at a storeroom in the House of Representatives section of the National Assembly Complex in Abuja on Thursday. It was gathered that the fire was eventually extinguished but the damage had already been done. Viral pictures from the scene showed burnt documents, furniture, and other items. Confirming the […]
On Thursday the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), an Islamic human rights advocacy group, called for compensation for the Fulani victims of reprisals following the attack on worshippers at the St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State. Daily Trust reports that following the attack, there were reports of reprisal attacks on some Fulani people […]
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