Embattled Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe is set to meet army chiefs on Sunday. This will be the second of such meeting in the space of one week. Also, the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF) party will meet to dismiss Mugabe as its leader. The party is also expected to […]
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Counting of votes have started in some polling units where elections commenced on schedule in the Anambra governorship poll. It was reported that voting ended at exactly 2 p.m, and counting of votes immediately commenced in the polling units where accreditation and voting commenced between 8 a.m and 9 a.m on Saturday. INEC has 4,608 […]
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A Federal High Court in Lagos presided over by Justice Hadiza Rabiu-Shagari, on Thursday looked into a case of 10.3 kg of Cannabis Sativa and convicted an 87-year-old woman, Maria Seriki, of drug trafficking. The judge, however, ordered that the convict be remanded at the Lagos State Old People’s Home, pending the time a member […]
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Embattled Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reform Team, has written to appear before a House of Representatives investigative panel next week. The House is probing the circumstances of his controversial promotion and reinstatement into the federal civil service. Daily Trust reports that sources within and outside the panel yesterday said Maina, […]
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Paul Okoye of the defunct group, Psquare has dropped his first solo singles since the group disbanded. The two singles titled ‘Fire Fire’ and ‘Nkenji Keke’ was released today Thursday, November 16, 2017. OUT NOW!!! New songs alert!!!! #firefire🔥🔥 #nkenjikeke 😎🎼 enjoy and share to all your love ones ❤️❤️❤️ link on my bio 🙏 pls […]
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Five persons have died and some 19 others injured in multiple accidents that occurred in the wee hours of Thursday, at Kara Bridge on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. It was reportedly caused by a tanker loaded with 33,000 litres of diesel which rammed into a stationary truck carrying brewery products. Fifteen people sustained injuries in the accident […]
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Tunisia and Morocco on Saturday joined Nigeria, Egypt and Senegal on the FIFA World Cup train to Russia next June. Tunisia last featured in the World Cup in 2006 and Morocco in 1998. Morocco qualified at the expense of Ivory Coast, beating the former African Champions 2-0 in Abidjan, to clinch a clear four point lead […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday held a meeting with the leaders of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) at the presidential villa, Abuja. The meeting was attended by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; Babagana Monguno, national security adviser; and Winifred Oyo-Ita, head of service of the federation. Some ministers also attended the meeting while Boss Mustapha, secretary […]
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The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, says apart from the fear of God, the commission has no other fear. Magu said this in an interview published in EFCC Alert, the monthly publication of the anti-graft agency. He restated the commission’s resolve to fight corruption in the country, adding: […]
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The Lagos State High Court in Igbosere has dismissed two applications seeking to quash charges of murder and illegal sales of firearms preferred against alleged kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo, in a ruling on Friday, described the applications as misconceived and lacking in merit. The judge held that the proof of evidence […]
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