Court orders arrest of former NASS Clerk, Sani Omolori

A federal high court in Abuja has issued a warrant for the arrest of the immediate past Clerk of the National Assembly, Mohammed Omolori. This is coming after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) filed an application before the court, alleging that the respondent had ignored its invitation for him to report to its office following…

Ex-pension boss, Abdulrasheed Maina released from Kuje Prison

Former chairman of the Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, has been released from Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja. The EFCC had on October 25, 2019, arraigned Maina, his son, Faisal, and firm, Common Input Property and Investment Ltd, before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court Abuja, on a 12-count charge of money laundering. Maina…

624 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Nigeria

624 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Nigeria on Tuesday, July 28. According to statistics released by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, Lagos which is the nation’s COVID-19 epicenter, recorded 212 new cases while Oyo reported 69. Other states with new cases include Niger-49, Kano-37, Osun-37, FCT-35, Plateau-34, Gombe-33, Edo-28, Enugu-28, Ebonyi-17, Delta-10, Katsina-9, Ogun-8, Rivers-7, Ondo-5,…

Nigerian students are now beggars in the UK- Abike Dabiri-Erewa asks NDDC to pay Nigerian students their scholarship allowances and fees

Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission NIDCOM, has appealed to the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC to pay the allowances, tuition, and other incentives of students on its scholarship scheme in the United Kingdom as most of them have turned to beggars on the streets of the UK. During the recent…

Police arrest three men for allegedly gang-raping lady in Ogun

The police in Ogun State have arrested three suspected members of a notorious criminal gang, One million Boys, for allegedly gang-raping a lady. A statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspects identified as Sola Olaoluwa, Ibrahim Kehinde, and Lukman Banjoko, were reported to have committed the act with two others…

Bandits kill Kaduna-based lawyer, abduct his wife and son

A lawyer with the Kaduna state ministry of justice, Haro Gandu has reportedly been shot dead by bandits who also abducted his wife and son. Timothy Gandu, a former commissioner of economic planning and the deceased’s brother who confirmed the incident told TheCable that the incident occurred at Haro’s residence at Tollgate area along Abuja Road, Kaduna…

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