Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja, has discharged and acquitted a former head of service of the federation (HoSF) Stephen Oronsaye of N2 billion fraud charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).The court, while delivering judgement on the matter yesterday held
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Suspected thugs have besieged the governorship tribunal sitting at the Magistrate Court in Abeokuta on Monday June 5, 2023,Politics Nigeria reports.Eyewitness account revealed that the thugs, numbering over 100 were seen with sticks, and other harmful objects to allegedly scare opposition party members from accessing the court premises.It was observed
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Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal Dare has issued a five-day ultimatum to immediate past Governor Bello Matawalle, to return bullet proof vehicles allegedly taken away by officials of his administration during his last days in office.In a statement issued on Sunday in Gusau by his Chief Press Secretary, Sulaiman Bala
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to investigate allegations that $2.1 billion and N3.1 trillion public funds budgeted as fuel subsidy payments are missing.SERAP claimed that the funds were unaccounted for between 2016 and 2019 and that they are documented in an audit report prepared
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Kogi State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has picked Comrade Salifu Joel as the deputy governorship candidate of the party for the November 11, 2023 election in the state.Salifu, the Kogi State chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), will run on a joint governorship ticket with Alhaji
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The Police Service Commission (PSC) has said junior police lawyers would be placed in appropriate positions in the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).The chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Dr Solomon Arase, a former inspector-general of police, stated this in Abuja over the weekend, when he received in audience the
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National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted not less than 76.9 kilograms of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis from four used vehicles in a container marked MSDU6686346 from Canada at the Port Harcourt Ports Complex, Onne, Rivers State between Thursday, 1st June and Friday, 2nd June, 2023
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The number of Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia for the 2023 Hajj rituals rose to 24, 324 following the safe arrival of 752 pilgrims from Sokoto and Zamfara states in Medinah, yesterday.The latest arrivals, comprising 491 male and 261 female, came on Saudi Arabian airlines, Flynas FlightXY5624 and Flynas FlightXY5712
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No fewer than 82 Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists and their families have drowned in a river in the axis of Damasak in Borno State.It was gathered that the terrorists and their families from the Lake Chad axis drowned in a desperate attempt to escape massive troop
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has debunked reports that it is recruiting personnel.In a statement, yesterday, JAMB spokesman, Fabian Benjamin advised the general public to disregard such information as it is currently not recruiting in any of its offices nor has it contracted anyone or organisation to do
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