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UNDERSTANDING THE SCHISM BETWEEN THE ORODJE OF OKPE KINGDOM AND THE OKPE UNION BY PROF. O. IGHO NATUFE, PRESIDENT GENERAL, OKPE UNION WORLD WIDE
January 25, 2024 Introduction On January 10, 2024, the College of Physical Education Mosogar chapter of the National Association of Okpe Students (NAOS) organized an Okpe Cultural Day to promote Okpe Culture and Okpe Identity. They invited the National Leadership of the legitimate Okpe Union as well as the illegal Okpe Union imposed by…
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$500,000 BRIBE FROM FEMI OTEDOLA: SUPREME COURT DISMISSES FAROUK LAWAN’S APPEAL
The Supreme Court has upheld the five years sentence of former House of Representatives member, Farouk Lawan, for receiving a bribe of $500,000 from businessman Femi Otedola. His appeal sought to set aside the February 24, 2022 judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which sentenced him to a five-year jail term and…
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EFCC ARRAIGNS HARUNA GORA PAMA AND KADIRI JAMES ON TWO-COUNT CHARGES OF MONEY LAUNDERING AND OBTAINING BY FALSE PRETENCE TO THE TUNE OF N36, 247, 937.72
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Maiduguri Zonal Command, on Wednesday, January 24, 2024, arraigned the duo of Haruna Gora Pama and Kadiri James, before Justice Tijjani G. Ringim of the Federal High Court, Maiduguri. They were arraigned on two-count charges of money laundering and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of…
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NDLEA INTERCEPTS 1,274 PARCELS OF COCAINE, COLORADO IN LAGOS, 5.6M OPIOID PILLS IN KANO
Operatives of different special units of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted large consignments of Cocaine and Colorado, a strong strain of cannabis, concealed in containerized household items and vehicles imported from Durban, South Africa and Canada at the Tincan Seaport in Lagos. Following coordinated intelligence and months of tracking of the…
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TRUMP WINS NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY AS REMATCH WITH BIDEN APPEARS INCREASINGLY LIKELY
Former President Donald Trump easily won New Hampshire’s primary on Tuesday, seizing command of the race for the Republican nomination and making a November rematch against President Joe Biden feel all the more inevitable. The result was a setback for former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, who finished second despite investing significant time and financial…
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A PEOPLE’S ORODJE; BEING A TRIBUTE BY THE OKPE UNION TO ORHORO I, THE LATE ORODJE OF OKPE, ON THE 20TH YEAR MEMORIAL OF HIS PASSING.
Tomorrow 20th January, 2024, marks the 20th Anniversary of the transition unto glory of His Royal Majesty, Orhoro I, J.P; OON, the Orodje of Okpe in Delta State of Nigeria. He was the second Orodje of Okpe Kingdom of the modern era. The first Orodje of Okpe of the modern era, Esezi II had…
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AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE, ATM FRAUD: KADUNA COURT JAILS IDRIS MUSA
Justice A.A Bello of the Kaduna State High court sitting in Kaduna has convicted and sentenced one Idris Musa to ten years imprisonment for Automated Teller Machine, ATM fraud. He was jailed on Tuesday, January 9, 2024 after pleading guilty to one- count charge bordering on cheating, upon his arraignment by the Kaduna Zonal…
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SANWO-OLU CELEBRATES AKANDE AT 85, SAYS HE IS COURAGEOUS, HONEST
PRESS RELEASE The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated the first interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and ex-Governor of Osun State, Chief Bisi Akande, on his 85th birthday. The Governor described the elder statesman, popularly known as ‘Baba Omo kekeke’, as an…
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Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano road reconstruction: “With Assured Financing from the Federal Government, Julius Berger will accomplish the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Road” – Works Minister, Engr. David Umahi
… As Julius Berger MD, Engr. Dr. Lars Richter assures stakeholders of sustained quality and delivery Minister of Works, David Umahi weekend declared the federal government’s determination to complete the busy Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano road saying that the contractor, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc is the most competent to do the job in…
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PDP Constitutes Katsina State Chapter Caretaker Committee
January 12, 2024 Press Statement The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has, on behalf of the National Executive Committee (NEC), pursuant to Sections 29(2)(b) and 31(2)(e) of the Constitution of the PDP (as amended, 2017), approved the composition of Katsina State Caretaker Committee to run the affairs of the Katsina…