Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a teenager, Abosede Idowu, for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend, Aliyu Ibrahim, to death over N3,000. The suspect was reported to have stabbed Ibrahim in the chest after spending the night with him and allegedly taking N3,000 from his pocket the following morning. The Police Public Relations […]
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An aggrieved Corporal in the Nigerian Army serving at the Theatre Command Operation LAFIYA DOLE, Army Super Camp 15, located at Malam Fatori went berserk in early hours of 26 February 2020 and opened fire killing 4 of his colleagues before shooting himself. According to a statement by Sagir Musa, Colonel Acting Director of Army […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Babatunde Keshinro, a staff of Polaris Bank Limited (former Skye Bank Plc.) before an Ikeja Special Offences Court for allegedly stealing N12.6 million belonging to a customer. The EFCC charged Keshinro with nine counts bordering on theft, forgery and fraudulent use of the account. The EFCC’s Counsel, Mrs. Bilikisu […]
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Iran’s deputy health minister, Iraj Harirchi, has placed himself in isolation after testing positive to coronavirus. The country’s ministry of health announced that Harirchi had contracted the disease on Tuesday. Harirchi, who has spearheaded Iran’s efforts to contain the virus, also confirmed that he had the disease. In a video he aired from his house, […]
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The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has disbanded the Zonal Intervention Squad (ZIS) unit in Ogun State. The move followed the extra-judicial killing of Kazeem Tiamiyu, a Remo Stars FC footballer over the weekend. Peter Ogunyonwo, a deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), who represented the IGP, disclosed this on Tuesday, when he accompanied governor […]
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A former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh has been sentenced to 39 years in prison for money laundering. Okon Abang, judge of a federal high court Abuja, handed down the sentence on Tuesday. The judge had earlier found him guilty of the seven-count charge filed against him by the Economic and […]
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Italy on Monday reported its fourth death from coronavirus. The fourth casualty is an 84-year old man in the northern Lombardy region. It was the third death in Lombardy, where villages have been put under lockdown and security measures enforced in a bid to stem the spread of the disease, the region’s health department said. […]
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A former minister of aviation and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Femi Fani-Kayode, has alleged that someone is making money from the continued captivity of Leah Sharibu by Boko Haram. He stated that the person is collecting money in the abducted schoolgirl’s name. Writing on Twitter, the former minister said he got […]
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According to data released by National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria’s gross domestic product grew by 2.27% in 2019. Recall that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had projected that the nation’s economy would grow by 2.1% in 2019. Nigerian Gross Domestic Product report released by the bureau on Monday, indicated that the economy grew by 2.55% […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has released N386 million to two agencies to strengthen Nigeria’s preparedness to combat Coronavirus (COVID19). Abdulaziz Mashi Abdulaziz, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), told reporters in Abuja that the amount was released by the government in two batches. He said: “While the first batch of N71 million […]
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