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AKPOTI –UDUAGHAN TO KOGI JUDGE: WELLDONE
HEADS TO APPEAL COURT Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan on Friday instructed her legal team to file an appeal to overturn the High Court decision awarding N1billion to former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello. ‘’We are appealing the judgement. I don’t have N1billion. We will drag this matter to Supreme Court’’ The Kogi Central Representative accused the…
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ABUMET DELIVERS JOY TO FCT SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND THROUGH CSR OUTREACH
As part of its ongoing commitment to community development and social welfare, leading glass and aluminium solutions provider ABUMET, has carried out a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) outreach to the FCT School for the Blind in Abuja. ABUMET has consistently distinguished itself as a company driven by people-focused impact, particularly within the education sector, where…
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Elsie Ajayi Ikoli dies at 93
The Ernest Sissei Ikoli Foundation on Sunday announced the passing of Elsie Ajayi Ikoli. Elsie Ajayi Ikoli departed this earth on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, in the quiet of her Lagos home — not with fanfare, but with fulfillment. She was 93. A statement issued in Lagos by the Ernest Sissei Ikoli…
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POLITICIANS BLACKMAILING ORODJE – OKPE UNION
POLITICIANS BLACKMAILING ORODJE – OKPE UNION URGES OBOREVWORI TO CORRECT ERROR GROUPING OKPE NATION UNDER ANOTHER ETHNIC NATIONALITY ACCUSES ITEBU, ONOME, OTHERS OF SCUTTLING TEACHING OF OKPE LANGUAGE LAMENTS DEPRIVATION OF OKPE AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN DESOPADEC, UNFAIR ACCESS TO BURSARIES AND SCHOLARSHIPS The Okpe Union has accused the former secretary of the…
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It is a criminal offence to obstruct officers of EFCC from carrying out their lawful duties.
It is a criminal offence to obstruct officers of EFCC from carrying out their lawful duties. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission wishes to warn members of the public that it is a criminal offence to obstruct officers of the Commission from carrying out their lawful duties. Section 38(2)(a(b) of the EFCC Establishment Act makes…
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Atiku Abubakar, Panama Papers and Lagos-Calabar superhighway
Atiku Abubakar, Panama Papers and Lagos-Calabar superhighway A Policy Paper by Independent Media and Policy Initiative In a criminal court in Panama, the trial of the first batch of 27 individuals accused of money laundering related to the global “Panama Papers” revelations began on Monday, the 8th of April, 2024. The owners of the Mossack-Fonseca…
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LAGOS-CALABAR HIGHWAY PROJECT IS A HIGHWAY TO FRAUD, WASTE – ATIKU, INSISTS PROJECT AWARD DID NOT MEET MINIMUM THRESHOLD OF DUE PROCESS
PRESS RELEASE The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has described as wasteful and a highway to fraud the claim by Works Minister, Dave Umahi, that the 700km Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway will tentatively cost N15.6 trillion. Atiku also knocked Umahi for altering the initial…
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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…