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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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El-Rufai Wins Human Rights Suit Against Government, Wins N1m Compensation

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Nigerian government to pay its former Federal Capital Territory Minister, Mr. Nasir el-Rufai, the sum of one million naira in damages for refusing to renew his (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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NAPTIP Smashes Nigerian Trafficking Ring in Mali, Brings Sex Slaves Back Home

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons claims it has succeeded at going after a prostitution ring that takes Nigerian women to Mali for sex slavery. The agency said it successfully got about 400 (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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AFRIBANK Fraud: Adigwe says EFCC has no Authority to Prosecute Him

Sebastine Adigwe, Afribank's former managing director, on Wednesday challenged EFCC’s competence to prosecute him for allegedly stealing N87.5 billion from the bank. Adigwe and five former (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Workers Protest Military Presence at PHCN

Nigeria Electricity Workers Union this Wednesday threatened to envelop the country with a massive black-out should armed soldiers continue to occupy the premises of Power Holding Corporation of Nigeria (PHCN). (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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CJN Says Plea Bargain Unconstitutional

Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mr. Dalhatu Musdapher, has publicly condemned the plea bargain arrangement for high profile corrupt officials as dubious and capable of encouraging more brazen looting of public funds. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Suspect Sought as Bullet Hits White House Window

The Secret Service says a bullet hit an exterior window of the White House and was stopped by ballistic glass. An additional round of ammunition was also found on the exterior of the White House. The bullets were found Tuesday. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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PDP May Ignore Restraining Order over Bayelsa Guber Primaries

- Accepts Discredited Ward Congress Results The political face-offs between Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State and Nigerians ruling party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, intensified on Wednesday as indications emerged that an ex-parte ruling to stop the (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Former Lawmaker, Sale Fawa, 27 Others Paraded for Corrupt Enrichment in Jigawa

Jigawa State Commissioner of Police, Hashimu Arugungu on Wednesday paraded a former legislator, Sale Fawa and 27 others for defrauding the state of N5.3 million. Parading the suspects before (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Woman, 6 Daughters Perish in Katsina Inferno

A mother and her six daughters were on Tuesday night burnt to death in a fire outbreak, which engulfed their home at Rafukka quarters in Katsina. The Malam Bashir Rafukka, the husband of the (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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300 Backlog of Cases in Lagos to be Cleared During Settlement Week

Over 300 backlog of cases are expected to be cleared by specific courts during this year’s Lagos State Settlement Week. The figure was contained in a statement signed by the Chief Registrar of the state, Mr Ganiyu Safari, and (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Johnson-Sirleaf Wins Again in Liberia

The Liberian Electoral Commission (NEC)  has declared President Johnson-Sirleaf the winner of the presidential run-off elections. In a statement in Monrovia,  the Chairman of the commission, (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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NAFDAC Receives N6m Banned Drugs from Customs in Kaduna

The National Agency for Food and Drugs' Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has received banned Nimesulide tablets worth N6 million from the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Kaduna for destruction. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Appeal court orders retrial of Akunyili, Ngige’s Petition

The Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu has ordered the retrial of the Anambra Central senatorial election between Prof. Dora Akunyili of APGA and Dr Chris Ngige of ACN. Mr Justice Sam Osagi, ordered the retrial in (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Occupy Wall Street Becomes Occupy Bridges in Several US Cities

The defining moment has come for America on how much of internal dissent it tolerates from its citizens even as the country spends millions of dollars to encourage civil disobedience, a necessary component for the spreading of its (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Odimegwu Gets Senate’s Nod to Head NPC

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed 23 nominees with Chief Festus Odimegwu, a former Managing Director of the Nigerian Breweries Plc becoming the Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC). (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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RSHA invites Shell over oil spill in Oyigbo, Ogoniland

The Rivers State House of Assembly has invited Shell Petroleum Development Company ( SPDC) over oil spills recorded  in Oyigbo and Ogoni land. The invitation followed perceived delay by the oil company (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Appeal Court upholds election of Rep. Nkoyo Toyo

The Federal Court of Appeal, Calabar, on Wednesday upheld the election of Rep. Nkoyo Toyo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Toyo contested the election on the PDP platform for Calabar (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Visa Racketeer Sued for N.2m Scam

A 46-year-old businessman, Afeez Adeosun, was on Wednesday docked before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court for fraudulently obtaining N200,000 from a man under the pretext of assisting him to procure German visa. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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UPDATE: White House Shooting Suspect Arrested, Due in Court Thursday

A 21-year-old Idaho man suspected of firing a semi-automatic rifle at the White House was arrested Wednesday, authorities said. The angry youth, who fired shots at the ballistic glass of the (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Zik Memorial Lecture: Nigeria Must Return to Embrace the Vision of its Founding Fathers

Prof. Pat Utomi, presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Mega Party in the April 2011 election, on Wednesday called for a return to the path of the nation’s founding fathers. Speaking at the 15th (more…)

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