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FoI Institutes Legal Action Against Edo State Govt Over Restriction Of Mass Gatherings

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By Francis Onoiribholo BENIN – Freedom of Information (FoI) Counsel, President Aigbokhan, has announced his acceptance to a brief by over 300 stakeholders in Edo State to institute legal action against the state government for imposing restrictions on mass gatherings with effect […]

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Fake air force officer bags 6 months in prison for impersonation

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NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA Twenty-five year old Abdulmajid Mohammed has been sent to six months in prison by a Zuba Grade I Area Court in Abuja on Friday for impersonating an air force officer. Charged by the police with one […]

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Kano teenager convicted of killing husband gets pardon — seven years after sentencing

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by Wasilat Azeez Rahma Hussein, a 23-year-old woman, has been pardoned seven years after she was convicted for killing her husband. In 2014, Hussein, then a 16-year-old, was arrested and charged to a high court in Kano for stabbing her […]

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Council, LAWMA drag firm, residents to court over refuse bill

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By Yetunde Ayobami Ojo The Alimosho Local Council and Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) have dragged a firm and residents before the Alimosho Customary Court for non-payment for refuse package services rendered to the community. The Alimosho Council filed a suit […]

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EndSARS Judicial Panels: 28 states have completed assignment: Osinbajo

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By NAN Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says all 28 states that established Judicial Panels on EndSARS have completed their assignments, except Lagos State’s panel which will be ready by October. NEC had at the wake of EndSARs protests of 2020, directed […]

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China to partner with Nigeria to fight modern day slavery

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by Vincent Ikuomola AS Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark this year’s International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition, China has disclosed its readiness to work with the country to halt modern day […]

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Why we are not suspending strike, by doctors

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by Moses Emorinken Doctors, under the aegis of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), have unanimously decided to continue their strike which began on August 2. The association said Federal Government’s alleged insincerity in addressing the demands of its members, […]

A Classic Testament To Ability In Disability – Tribute To Mohammed Fawehinmi – By Adesina Adegbite

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At about 8.15pm on Wednesday, 11th August, 2021, I stumbled on the rudest and most shocking news of the death of a dear brother, friend and colleague, the scion of the Chief Gani Fawehinmi Family, Mohammed Fawehinmi (fondly called MO […]

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Chieftaincy tussle: Court orders release of Bayelsa monarch, others

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by Simon Utebor The Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa, the state capital, has ordered the release of the Paramount Ruler of Azuzuama Community in Southern Ijaw area, Chief Selky Torughedi, aka Young Shall Grow, five days after his detention. […]

NBA Past National Welfare Secretary, Adesina Adegbite (AA) Attends the NBA Abeokuta Branch Monthly Meeting, Congratulates the Branch On Her Successful Election.

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Adesina Adegbite (AA) on Wednesday 25th of August, joined members of NBA Abeokuta Branch at their Monthly meeting. AA congratulated the Kamil Abolade (Chairman) led executive and charged them to justify the confidence reposed in them by the members. Adegbite […]