Wednesday, 21 December 2016

Cleric impregnates 16-yr-old daughter in Ondo (Photo)


A 16-year-old girl (names withheld) is allegedly carrying a seven-month-old pregnancy for her 56 years old father, Prophet Taiwo Oluboyode, in Odode, Idanre area of Ondo State.
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Thursday, 15 December 2016

Police Detain Troubled Man Who Stabbed Father To Death In Lagos




In the early hours of Sunday, December 4, Rotimi Jnr, who was passing the night at his parents’ place in Magodo area of Lagos, reportedly stabbed both parents with a knife.
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Nnamdi Kanu In Court, Says ‘Buhari Is A Liar'



A Federal High Court in Abuja ruled on Tuesday on an application seeking the protection of witnesses in the ongoing trial of Mr. Kanu and three others, David Nwawuisi, Benjamin Madubugwu and Chidiebere Onwudiwe, who are facing trial for alleged treasonable felony.
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Nigerians Panic Over MMM Accounts Freeze




In the early hours of Tuesday, participants woke up to the shock of a one month “freezing" on all accounts to avoid an eventual collapse.
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Friday, 9 December 2016

South African Airways Manager Lambasts Nigerian Airports, Says Facilities Have Collapsed





Mr. Ohis Ehimiaghe, SAA regional manager for North, West and Central Africa, described the nation’s airports, especially the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), as the worst in the three regions he manages.
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Is President Buhari Out Of Sync With Nigerians? By Adewale Giwa





Someone needs to tell Buhari to stop the blame game and swing into action.
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Two Bombs Explode In Adamawa Town Bombed; Scores Feared Dead





Twin explosions have hit Madagali in Adamawa State, with scores feared dead, witnesses said Friday. The attack occurred at a busy market early Friday. Details of casualties are still expected. Madagali lies some 276km from the Adamawa State capital, Yola. The town, which is close to neighbouring Borno State, was one of several others held by Boko Haram at the height of the group’s brutal insurgency. The latest blast is the third in Madagali, following attacks by two female suicide bombers on December 28, 2015, at a busy motor park.
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Court Okays Suit Seeking Amaechi, Onu’s Arrest, Sacking

The plaintiff is requesting that the court grant an order of mandamus compelling the Department of State Service (DSS) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arrest and prosecute the two ministers.
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Wednesday, 7 December 2016

Wole Soyinka Berates Nigerian Critics, Threatens To Exit Nigeria



Speaking to reporters today at a media event held at Freedom Park on Lagos Island, Mr. Soyinka, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize for literature, said he was embarrassed to share a country with some "imbeciles and morons."
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Patience Jonathan's $15.5m Is 'A Proceed Of Crime,' EFCC Says



Mrs. Jonathan, in the suit before Justice Idris, is seeking an order to de-freeze the accounts and release her money.
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Nigerian Polytechnic Sacks 13 Lecturers, Demotes 16 Others For Sexual Harassment, Extortion



"A total of 41 persons were involved in sexual harassment and extortion of money."
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Former Minister Obanikoro Accused Of Receiving Billions From Dasuki For His Failed Governorship Bid In Lagos



SaharaReporters has learnt that former Minister of State for Defense, Musiliu Obanikoro, is entangled in a fresh corruption saga after Nigeria’s anti-corruption investigators said they found out that the ex-minister had received previously undisclosed billions of naira he illicitly received for an election.  
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EFCC Storms Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia’s House



The operatives arrived at Ms. Ofili-Ajumogobia’s Ikoyi, Lagos home at 7 a.m. and attempted to search her property, but were denied access.
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Friday, 2 December 2016

Police Kill Three, Foil Attack On Plane




One of the hoodlums, who escaped being killed by a special intelligence team from the Inspector General of Police, said they had planned to attack a plane belonging to a popular airline in the country.
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To Catch The Grandfather By Azu Ishiekwene




We’re really not interested in the debate about which member of the family is more corrupt – Obasanjo or his grandchildren in the National Assembly. We’re fed up with that rotten past and demand answers and accountability, not name-calling and blame shifting.
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N23b Diezani Bribe: EFCC To Charge 100 Electoral Officials




While some of the officials would only face dismissal for breach of INEC rules, a majority of them would be arraigned by the EFCC.
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Federal Government Arranging Foreigners To Testify Against Me, Kanu Says

Kanu, who was hitherto the Director of Radio Biafra and Television, ‎has been in detention since October 14, 2015, when he was arrested by security operatives upon his arrival to Nigeria from his base in the United Kingdom.
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Buhari And Nigerien Crude For Kaduna Refinery: Another Conflict Of Interests By Ifeanyi Izeze



What is unfolding may be part of the initial plan by those that built the Kaduna refinery to run on imported crude oil grades for its processes.
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Nigeria Audits 33 Companies, Uncovers N450b Unremitted Revenue
















The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeousun, made the announcement on Thursday in Abuja at a news conference.
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