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EFCC ARRAIGNS LAND AGENT, GODFREY OSCAR OPARA, FOR N25.4M LAND FRAUD
The Port Harcourt’s Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, January 24, 2024, arraigned a land agent, Godfrey Oscar Opara before Justice P .I. Ajoku of the Federal High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The defendant was arraigned on four- count charges bordering on obtaining money…
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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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JULIUS BERGER NIGERIA PLC PARTNERS FRSC FOR SAFETY IN YULETIDE HOLIDAY SEASON
JULIUS BERGER NIGERIA PLC PARTNERS FRSC FOR SAFETY IN YULETIDE HOLIDAY SEASON Leading engineering construction company, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc stepped up its Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives Wednesday when the company donated no fewer than 100 reflective jackets to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to boost the Corps’ safety drive on Nigerian roads…
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Okere-Urhobo royal families rebuke Louis Okumagba, seek IGP’s Intervention
Move to prevent monumental communal war between Itsekiri and Urhobo Royal families in Okere-Urhobo have condemned the role of Chief Louis Okumagba in the 30 plots released by the Delta State government to the Olodi, Oki and Ighogbadu families of Warri in the Okere – Urhobo kingdom of Delta State. They described it as…
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Alhaji Nureni Oluwatoyin Animashaun is dead
Alhaji Nureni Oluwatoyin Animashaun is dead. The top Lagos leader died on Tuesday, July 19, 2022 in Surulere. He was 76. A totally detribalized Nigerian, Animashaun was known for being outspoken and for not shying away from the truth. Tributes from relatives, friends and neighbours have described him as a straightforward and a deeply committed…
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2023 Presidency: South-West opts for Godswill Akpabio
A Yoruba body, South-West Renewal Movement (SWRM), on Sunday threw a surprise by endorsing All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential hopeful, Senator Godswill Akpabio for the 2023 presidency. ‘’Senator Godswill Akpabio has remained the darling of the South-West people. He is a purposeful leader in Nigeria, a veritable model and always thirsty for legacies’’. .The…
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Northern leaders caution Soyinka on Omisore, APC
omisore 1 Stakeholders in the politics of the North-East geo-political zone on Thursday reacted to the spate of criticisms and outright falsehood against the National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Iyiola Omisore, saying it was in bad faith. The leaders described Omisore as a man of profound moral rectitude. …