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At least 10 Kenyan soldiers were killed, while 13 others sustained injuries after a military aircraft crashed while landing in Kajiado County near the capital Nairobi on Thursday, an official said. In a statement, Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) spokesperson Zipporah Kioko said all passengers aboard the Mi-171E helicopter are accounted for and that the injured have been airlifted to the ...
June, 2021
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25 June
EFCC Nabs Three Over N3.5bn Ponzi Scheme in Sokoto
Operatives of the Sokoto Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested the trio of Benson Kufre John, Joseph Iraboh Eseosa and Sunday Marcus, who were earlier declared wanted by the Commission for allegedly defrauding unsuspecting people in a N3.5billion Ponzi scheme.
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25 June
New Law School campus in port Harcourt approved !..ready in 6 mths
Approval had been granted for the establishment of a new Nigeria Law School Campus in Rivers State by the Director-General, Nigerian Law School, Prof. Isa Huyatu Chiroma Governor Nyesom Wike is so excited about the development. An elated Gov. Wike said it was gratifying that the Council of Legal Education and the Attorney General of the Federation have graciously given ...
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25 June
Revealed : Why Buhari won’t stay more than 21 days on medical trip
There was no indication on Thursday that the President would be handing over power to Osinbajo, even as he travels for medical reasons. When the President travelled for several months between 2016 and 2018, he transmitted power to his deputy. However, in the last two years, Buhari has not done so for unexplained reasons. In 2019, Activist, Inibehe Effiong, sued ...
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25 June
Super TV CEO: Confessed killer’s father arrested !
Men of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested the father Chidinma Ojukwu, who allegedly stabbed the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, to death. The suspect and her father were arrested at their residence, No. 57 Akinwunmi Street, Alagomeji, Yaba, on Wednesday. The father was arrested for resisting Chidinma’s arrest and for becoming violent with policemen, who ...
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25 June
Police narrate how Chidinma was tracked, traced and arrested
During her parade, Chidinma confessed to withdrawing N380,000 from the deceased’s account to pay her school fees. The state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, had earlier said the 21-year-old undergraduate was tracked for 48 hours and was arrested at her parents’ residence in the Yaba area of the state on Wednesday. Casual workers cleaning the building, where the incident took ...
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25 June
One Dies as Robbers Fleeing With Snatched Car Ram Into Road Median
By Felix Mordi Three members of an armed robbery gang on Sunday, June 19, 2021, got more than they actually bargained for as, after committing the criminal act of dispossessing a man of his Toyota Camry car, at gun point, while escaping, they got involved in a fatal accident that claimed the life of one of them. The hoodlums, Crime ...
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25 June
Polaris Bank MD grilled over $224m hidden TSA, NNPC account
House of Representatives’ Ad Hoc Committee on Assessment and Status of All Recovered Loots Movable and Immovable Assets from 2002 to 2020 by Agencies of the Federal Government of Nigeria for Effective Efficient Management and Utilisation, on Thursday, grilled the Acting Managing Director, Polaris Bank Limited, Innocent Ike, over an account belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. Over $200m ...
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25 June
UEFA to scrap ‘away goals rule’..with reasons
UEFA said on Thursday it will scrap the away goals rule for all of its club competitions from next season in favour of extra time and a penalty shootout. Introduced in 1965, the rule was used to determine the winner of a two-legged knockout tie in cases where the two teams had scored the same number of goals on aggregate ...
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25 June
Lawmakers query Amaechi over NPA’s unaccounted N166.9bn
The House of Representatives’ Committee on Public Accounts has invited the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and the management of the Nigerian Ports Authority to explain the revenues accrued to the agency totalling N166.69bn as of December 31, 2016, which were not properly captured in its statement of account. The committee is asking the minister and the NPA to explain ...
