A military impostor, Henry Mfon Asuquo was on Wednesday, March 24, sentenced by Justice Agatha Okeke of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, to eight years imprisonment on a two-count charge of impersonation and cybercrime brought against him by the Uyo Zonal Office of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. In […]
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Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has disclosed that the state-owned airport is ready for commercial flight operations. Mr Diri disclosed this on Wednesday when he made an unscheduled visit to the facility ahead of a final certification visitation by the country’s aviation regulatory authorities on March 30, 2021. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]
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Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has said that his government has forwarded a protest letter to President Muhammadu Buhari over the James Ibori loot recovered by Nigeria. This was stated on Wednesday by the state governor when he appeared on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme. Kokomansion recalls that the United Kingdom some weeks ago […]
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The University of Aberdeen is to return a Benin bronze – a sculpture looted by British soldiers in Nigeria in one of the most notorious examples of the pillaging of cultural treasures associated with 19th century European colonial expansion. Thousands of metal and ivory sculptures and carvings were looted by British forces in 1897 during […]
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Following the release of its remarkable audited financial results for 2020, foremost Pan-African financial services conglomerate, United Capital Plc, held its Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at Lagoon Restaurant, Victoria Island, Lagos. At the Annual General Meeting, which was held by proxy due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company presented its financial […]
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The Presidency on Wednesday denied media reports claiming that there is rift between President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Leader of All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement titled “Alleged rift between President Buhari and Tinubu; handiwork of cynics.” […]
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The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of Haliru Nababa as the Controller-General of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) formerly designated as the Nigerian Prisons Service. This, however followed the consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Interior that screened Nababa. The committee is chaired by Senator Kashim Shettima. President Muhammad Buhari […]
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A young Nigerian lady, Kaosarah Adeyi has been appointed as the senior special assistant (SSA) on youth engagement to Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, governor of Kwara state. In a statement issued by Rafiu Ajakaye, the governor’s chief press secretary, said Abdulrazaq announced the appointment on Tuesday. According to Ajakaye, the 24-year-old graduate of the University of Ilorin […]
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A report has said that a newly-wed woman identified as Fatima from Katsina State was reportedly burnt to death by her husband’s first wife in Minna, Niger State. The incident had occured on Tuesday, March 23rd, about seven weeks after the deceased got married to the Niger state indigene. Young woman reportedly burnt to death […]
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A former leader of of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, Buba Galadima has stated that some government officials don’t want an end to banditry. According to Buba, some of the government officials want banditry to continue because they are benefiting economically from it. Furthermore, he stated that the Federal Government is unwilling to […]
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