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INSECURITY: Lawmaker Canvasses For President Buhari Resignation
Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe on Wednesday ,called on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign over what he describeds as the inability of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government to address the security challenges…
Court Remands Fidelity Bank Manager In Prison For Stealing N42m From Customer
A Lagos Magistrate court has remanded a senior female manager with Fidelity Bank Plc, Lagos, Agatha Dunu Igwe for allegedly obtaining the sum of N42 million from the Managing Director of Maydom Pharmaceutical Limited under false pretence.…
Be Willing To Pay Compensations, Fashola Tells State Govts Desiring Roads
Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Works and Housing, has said that state governments that desire roads must be prepared to pay compensations to citizens whose lands enter road construction plans.
The minister said this on Monday when he…
Our Security System Has Failed — Senate President
Senate President Ahmad Lawan says the present security system is not yielding the desired outcome and should be restructured.
Addressing journalists in Abuja yesterday, Lawan said the escalation of killings and abductions had made it…
Married Woman Stabs Husband To Death In Malumfash, Katsina
A 19 year old married woman, Rabi Shamsuddeen has been arrested by the Katsina State Police Command in Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina State for allegedly stabbing her husband, Shamsuddeen Sani to death.
The incident was…
Lagos State Government To Enforce Okada, Keke Ban On February 1
The Lagos State government on Monday said it will enforce the ban on motorcycles and tricycles in six local government areas, as well as major highways and bridges from February 1.
According to a press statement released by the…
NDLEA Arraigns Businessman For allegedly Trafficking Cocaine To China
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday dragged a 38- years-old businessman, John Ezeobi, before a Federal High Court in Lagos, for exporting 540g of cocaine to China.
He, however, pleaded not guilty.
The…
UPDATED: Maryam Sanda Sentenced To Death By Hanging
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has sentenced Maryam Sanda to death by hanging for killing her husband, Bilyaminu Bello.
Justice Yusuf Halilu gave the sentence on Monday in Abuja while delivering judgment on the protracted…
Crime Thrives In Warri/ Effurun Due To Poor Infrastructures — NDDA
Niger Delta Demands Accountability (NDDA), a civil society group, says the poor condition of roads and epileptic power supply in Warri and Effurun areas of Delta state, have resulted in a high rate of crime.
In a statement on Tuesday,…
Nigeria Mobile Payments Firm Paga Acquires NY’s Apposit
Nigerian mobile payments company Paga is set to expand into East Africa and Latin America after founder and CEO Tayo Oviosu revealed plans to launch its payment products in Ethiopia and Mexico this year.
Paga has acquired Apposit, a…