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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has re-arraigned two ex-directors and top officials of the Federal Inland Revenue Service on allegations of fraud. They were said to have pocketed huge sum meant for a tour that never happened. The EFCC re-arraigned the officials on Wednesday at the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. Justice Bolaji Olajuwon, who presided over the ...
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June, 2021
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24 June
10 persons in a family die after drinking local herbal mixture
Tragedy struck in Biogberu village via Gwanara in the Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State, where 10 members of a family died after consuming a local herbal mixture. Two persons have been arrested by the police in connection with the tragedy The incident occurred in the rural community last Friday, but was reported on Tuesday. The victims were a ...
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24 June
Man cuts aunt’s head, buries it in shallow grave
A 24-year-old man, Christian Edem Eyo, has been arrested for allegedly killing his aunt in Calabar, Cross River State. It was gathered that the incident happened on Wednesday where they live in the same compound along Inyang Street in the Calabar South Local Government Area. It was gathered that after killing the woman, Uduak Effiong, Eyo buried her body in ...
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23 June
Village head, wife abducted in Ibadan
Baale of Araromi Village in Ibadan, Chief Tafa Apanpa, and his wife have been abducted by some kidnappers. The incident happened very late on Tuesday 22nd of June, at Araromi Village The duo was reported to have been kidnapped by gunmen, who stormed the village located in Bakatari area of Ibadan, on Tuesday night. Bakatari in Ido Local Government Area ...
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23 June
Truck crushes 3 on Okada to agonising death !
Truck crushed three to death at the Total Garden area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. It happened on Wednesday morning. The dead victims were on the same motorcycle and that the Okada rider was trying to overtake the truck when the accident happened. An eyevwitnes claimed the accident was not the fault of the motorcyclist. The accident YOU NEWS ...
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23 June
Polaris Bank Ex- Staff, Hannatu Jailed For N.5 Fraud
The Maiduguri Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentence to one year imprisonment of one Hannatu Nuhu before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on a one count amended charge which bordered on criminal misappropriation to the tune of N500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Naira). She was arraigned ...
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22 June
BREAKING: Buhari Asks Fashola, Malami, Others To Dialogue With Twitter
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the composition of the Federal Government’s Team to engage with Twitter over the recent suspension of the operations of the microblogging and social networking service inNigeria. The approval was announced in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who will chair the team. The Federal Government’s ...
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22 June
Prices of Prepaid meters increased !..see why?
Hope of closing the metering gap in Nigeria and bring an end to estimated billing may have suffered a setback ! The price of prepaid metre has soared. The new price may be beyondthe reach of many. 17 manufacturers of electricity meters rose from a meeting, demanding an increase in the cost of the commodity. They are pointing to rise ...
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22 June
Ecobank promotes over 600, recruits newly
Ecobank Nigeria has announced the promotion of 682 staff effective May 1st, 2021 representing 26% of its core staff despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and all the attendant impact on business performance globally. This, according to a statement signed by the Managing Director, Patrick Akinwuntan, is targeted at recognizing and rewarding employees for their efforts and commitment, stressing ...
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18 June
Bandits overpower policeman, abduct scores in Kebbi federal school
Kidnappers in their large numbers, armed with sophisticated weapons stormed Federal Government College Birnin Yauri in their large numbers, armed with sophisticated weapons stormed the school on Thursday. A teacher, a vice-principal, the school security officer and a wife of a teacher were together with the students taken to an unknown destination in two Hilux Pick-Up vehicles by bandits who ...
