July 24, 2015 - Legal Nigeria

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Okada riders chase Ondo commissioner out of office

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A mild drama played out yesterday at the Ondo State secretariat in Akure, as protesting commercial motorcyclists, also known as Okada riders chased out the state Commissioner for Transport, Mr. Nicholas Tofowomon, from his office. The Okada riders, who stormed […]

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3,000 ghost police pensioners revealed

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The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) has discovered 3,000 ghost pensioners in the police pension scheme, the Director-General, Nellie Mayshak, has said. Mayshak made the disclosure at a two-day sensitisation workshop in Abuja on Thursday, saying, “when PTAD was first […]

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Boko Haram Plotting To Bomb VIPs’ Houses – Osinbajo

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday alleged that Boko Haram had hatched a plot to use refuse collectors to bomb houses of very important personalities (VIPs) in the North-East Osinbajo, who is chairman of the National Economic Council (NEC), raised the […]

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CJN bars politicians from his residence, office

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Apparently to stave off pressure over electoral disputes, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mahmood Mohammed, has banned politicians from his residence. His security detail from the Department of State Service (DSS) and police orderly will henceforth be part […]

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Gunmen Kidnap 92-Yr-Old Monarch In Bayelsa

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Residents rose in protest as 92-year-old paramount ruler of Tombia community the Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, HRH Christian Otobotekere, was on Thursday kidnapped by about five heavily armed men. The kidnap triggered protest on the rising incidence […]

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OKOGIE TO NIGERIANS: Be patient with Buhari

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CATHOLIC Archbishop Emeritus of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie has appealed to Nigerians to give President Muhammadu Buhari ample opportunity to study the situation of things before embarking on his avowed crusade against corruption and insecurity. He also argued that […]