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- June 13, 2024
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Two suspected streetlight cable vandals arrested in Kano
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Kano State Command, has arrested two persons suspected to be streetlight cable vandals. In a statement on Wednesday in Kano, the Command’s spokesman, Ibrahim Idris-Abdullahi, said the suspects were arrested by operatives on a surveillance of critical infrastructure and assets. “Operatives of the Fagge Divisional Office, while on a night patrol in Fagge-Layin-Kampala on Tuesday night at about 2:00 a.m., apprehended the two suspects, Mansur Haruna, 29, and…
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- June 13, 2024
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EFCC bungles arraignment of Yahaya Bello, court picks June 27 as new date
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday abandoned its earlier request for a change in the date for arraignment of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, from June 13 to June 27, without informing the defendant’s lawyers. A new date, June 27, had been reportedly fixed for hearing in the alleged money laundering case instituted by EFCC against Bello, at the instance of the anti-graft agency’s lawyers. At the resumed hearing on Thursday, counsel…
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- June 13, 2024
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Man jailed 3 years for receiving stolen train batteries
A Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, on Thursday sentenced a 40-year-old unemployed man, Chibuzo Emmanuel, to three years imprisonment for receiving stolen train batteries and cylinders. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, charged Emmanuel alongside Adamu Danbaba, 52, with theft and receiving stolen property. The NSCDC prosecutor, Mr Marcus Audu, told the court that a complaint was made at the Corp’s office by the Nigeria Railway Corporation, North Central District, Kafanchan, on May…
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- June 13, 2024
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Banditry: I don’t have control of security in Zamfara – Gov Lawal
Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has lamented over his inability to control the security architecture in the state. Lawal said he has no control over heads of security agencies in the state, stressing that they take directives from their superiors. Speaking during a town hall meeting to mark Nigeria’s 25th Democracy Day in Abuja on Wednesday, the governor decried the activities of bandits in the state. According to Lawal: “By name, I am the chief…
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- June 13, 2024
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Nigeria’s democracy mainly favours politicians – Bishop Isong
The Publicity Secretary, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, Bishop Emmah Isong, has said that Nigeria’s democracy has mainly favoured politicians. Isong made the statement in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar on Thursday. He said that the 25 years of uninterrupted democratic rule in the country had no remarkable positive impacts on the citizenry. “Only a few Nigerians, mainly politicians, have enjoyed the dividends of the 25 years of uninterrupted democracy…
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- June 13, 2024
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Elected officials should earn minimum wage – Soludo
Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, has urged elected officials to start earning minimum wage, highlighting the urgent financial crisis facing Nigeria. Soludo made this call on Wednesday at a special edition of The Platform, an event organized by The Covenant Nation to promote national development, stressing that Nigeria is financially strained. He explained that Nigeria’s economic woes are exacerbated by the extravagant lifestyles of government officials, which are sustained at the expense of the nation’s wealth.…
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- June 13, 2024
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EFCC should focus on budget padding, undisclosed subsidy payment not Bobrisky – Obi
The presidential candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, should focus on investigating more important issues like the allegations of budget padding and return of fuel subsidy. Obi, who spoke on Wednesday when he featured on an Arise TV programme, said arresting Nigerians over abuse of the local currency, Naira should not be the focus of the anti-graft agency. According to him, the arrest of…
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- June 13, 2024
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Corporal who promoted self to superintendent arrested in Calabar
A police corporal, Buba Adamu, who was transferred from Cross River State Command to Kaduna State Police Command in 2015, refused to report but promoted himself to the rank of superintendent. He was alleged to be using the uniform and rank of SP to carry out illegal activities in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The suspect has been operating as a “Mobile Police Officer” without reporting to a specific police command since 2015. The state…
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- June 13, 2024
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Foreign Affairs Perm Sec reacts to sexual harassment allegations
Following the allegations of sexual harassment leveled against him by one Mrs Simisola O. Fajemirokun-Ajayi, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Adamu Ibrahim Lamuwa, has filed his response. Recall that Lamawa was accused of sexual harassment by a married employee of the ministry, Mrs Simisola Fajemirokun Ajayi, who disclosed the alleged excesses of the permanent secretary to Ambassador Tuggar, through her lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), where the minister was asked to…
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- June 13, 2024
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Elder Statesman, Akparawa Ezekiel Paul Kidnapped By Gunmen
An elder statesman and former head of a school, Akparawa Ezekiel Paul, has been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen in Ikot Abasi Akpan, located in the Mkpat Enin Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. Naija News learnt that Paul was whisked away by the assailants who stormed his residence close to the Community Civic Centre on Sunday at 7:00 AM. He was reportedly on his way to attend morning Mass at St. Pius X Parish when…
