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Buhari Mourns Tanzanian President, John Magufuli

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By Deji Elumoye President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the government and people of Tanzania over the demise of President John Pombe Magufuli. According to him, the late Tanzanian president’s legacy of patriotism and dedication to the African course will […]

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UK, Nigerian Groups Condemn Italy Court For Acquitting Shell, Eni In $1billion Malabu Fraud

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Environmental and social justice groups both in the United Kingdom and Nigeria have condemned Italy’s anti-corruption laws as unfit for purpose, following the acquittal of oil multinationals Shell and Eni on international corruption charges in Milan. Thirteen other defendants were […]

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Judge questions EFCC’s diligence in ex-Punch Director’s trial

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By Adebisi Onanuga Justice Mojisola Dada of an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday expressed concern over the manner officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) were handling the trial of former Executive Director of Punch Newspaper Azubuike […]

Mass redeployment of judges at Federal High Court

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By Eric Ikhilae, Abuja Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, has deployed 53 out of the 77 judges of the court. The affected judges are to resume at their new stations on April 12 when the […]

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Okonjo-Iweala Seeks Safe Schools Initiative’s Restart to Curb Abductions

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•Calls for empowerment of MSMEs, women in exportation By Ejiofor Alike in Lagos and James Emejo The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has urged the federal government to restart the Safe Schools Initiative launched at […]

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EFCC Nabs Company Worker over Diversion of N20m

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By Kingsley Nwezeh The operatives of the Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday arrested the Head of Sales for Procter and Gamble Company, Mr. Emmanuel Chigozie Eze, 35, for allegedly embezzling over N20 million […]

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Tanzanian President John Magufuli is dead

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Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has died, Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan said on Wednesday. Magufuli was 61. He was Tanzania’s first president to die while in office. His death was announced after more than two-week absence from public life, that […]

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50-year-old engineer bags five-year jail for serial rape of sister-in-law

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https://dai.ly/x7zzdel A Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa, on Wednesday, sentenced a 50-year-old electrical engineer, Preye Ojoko, to five years in jail for the serial rape of his 17-year-old sister-in-law. Ojoko, who is a father of five, was accused […]

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Yoruba Youths Hoist Oduduwa Republic Flags In Lagos

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Some Yoruba youths on Monday removed Nigerian flags and replaced them with Oduduwa Republic flags around Teslim Balogun Stadium, in Surulere, Lagos State. This was seen in a viral video shared on Instagram. Nigeria is facing many challenges, some bordering […]

Shoot-on-Sight Order: Extrajudicial Killing by Another Name?

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No one can safely say when Nigeria’s battle against insurgency, banditry and kidnapping will end. So far, every measure that this administration has applied to curb the menace of arm bearing murdering criminals (which hitherto, many adjudged to be half-hearted), […]