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Corruption Politics, EFCC Politics, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2016
Embattled Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has denied ever receiving any funds in any form from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) under Col Sambo Dasuki (rtd) or the former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, for the purpose of his 2014 election campaign. In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, Mr. Fayose said his election was funded by Zenith Bank Plc, fundraising, donations from friends […]
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Headlines, House, Legislature, Niger Delta
Tuesday, June 21st, 2016
Ibim Semenitari John Ameh, Abuja Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission on Tuesday expressed disgust over the sitting of most of the agency’s projects in the constituency of the Chairman of the committee, Mr. Nicholas Mutu. The commmision’s Acting Managing Director, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, had presented a 2016 budget […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Tuesday, June 21st, 2016
Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde Samson Folarin The Lagos State Government has signed an investment deal with the City of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The deal is expected to bring multi-billion dollar investments to Lagos, create thousands of jobs and transform the state, a statement by the Commissioner for Information and […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Tuesday, June 21st, 2016
Olalekan Adetayo and Adelani Adepegba president Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday appointed an Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, as the acting Inspector-General of Police. The appointment was contained in a statement made available to journalists by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina. Idris succeeds Solomon Arase who proceeds on […]
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Headlines, Osun, State News
Monday, June 20th, 2016
CONTROVERSY trailing the recent Osun State High Court judgment, which permits female Muslim students to wear hijab in public schools, took a new dimension on Monday when some Muslim clerics in Osun state stormed St. Charles High School in Osogbo and Ife Oluwa Middle Schools to enforce the implementation of the ruling. Nigerian Tribune […]
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Headlines
Monday, June 20th, 2016
Former Supreme Court judge, Justice Niki Tobi, has died at the age of 76. Tobi, who was also a former deputy vice-chancellor of the University of Maiduguri, died at the National Hospital in Abuja, it was gathered. The late justice was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2002 and spent eight years at the apex […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Monday, June 20th, 2016
Afeez Hanafi The Lagos Airport Hotel in Ikeja was gutted by fire on Monday with valuables worth millions of naira destroyed. PUNCH Metro learnt that the inferno resulted from a surge in the electrical installations at a section of the Banquet Hall around 5am before it extended to the other parts. Combined efforts of the the […]
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Headlines
Monday, June 20th, 2016
A 44-year-old teacher has dragged her husband before a Lagos Island customary court over allegations of infidelity. The compainant, Tinuola Oyetunde, had accused her husband, Wale, of having extramarital affairs. She told the court that she had caught her husband several times with other women. “I normally see him at a popular bar on our […]
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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry)
Monday, June 20th, 2016
Nollywood actor, Alfa Lati, dies Written by: Tayo Gesinde Sunday, June 19, 2016 advertisement . TOP HEADLINES The Nigerian movie has again been thrown into mourning, following the death of actor, Lateef Titilayo, fondly called Alfa Lati, by his colleagues and fans. Alfa Lati The deceased was said to have died on […]
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Headlines, Women Politics
Sunday, June 19th, 2016
Judgement Scam: Why Okonjo-Iweala Should Not Be Blamed Recently, a coalition of anti-corruption civil society bodies petitioned the EFCC that the erstwhile Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr Muhaamed Bello Adoke to account for the sum of $3.2 billion allegedly belonging to the 774 local governments on whose behalf one Mr. Joe Agi SAN obtained the judgment. […]
