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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested Abayomi Kamaldeen Alaka (a.k.a Awise), leader of a deadly syndicate of juju scammers that operates from a shrine at Ashipa Town, near Abeokuta Ogun State. Awise’s arrest followed a petition by a victim, Bright Juliet who lost N250m to the syndicate after she was tricked to provide money for sacrifices and ...
June, 2021
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14 June
Kemi Adeosun opens ‘Dash Me Store’ in Lagos
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) was in Lagos on Sunday at the inauguration of Dash Me Store, an outfit of the Dash Me Foundation founded by the immediate past Finance Minister, Mrs Kemi Adeosun. The store is established to mobilise resources for onward distribution to vulnerable people in the society via grassroots charities. According to the Vice President, “I am ...
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14 June
Aisha Buhari charges Wives of Service Chiefs
First Lady of Nigeria, Dr. Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari has called on the wives of service chiefs to support their husbands in achieving the mandate given to them by the President and the nation to secure Nigeria and its citizens. She made the call while receiving wives of service chiefs during a courtesy visit at the State House on Monday ...
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13 June
Opinion: THE WORLD PRAYS TO SAVE ERIKSEN
Football is indeed very powerful. It is truly a unifying force and factor binding the world. Nothing unites the globe like football. Nothing brings the world total joy than football. Suddenly, the world stopped everything it was engaged in…as over a billion people watching the Euro 2020 game between Denmark and Finland commenced immediate and spontaneous prayers to save the ...
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13 June
“THE MKO ABIOLA I KNEW” —FEMI OTEDOLA
My first memory of Chief Abiola was around 1971, about 47 years ago, as a pupil of the Staff School at the University of Lagos where Kola, his first son, was my classmate. A dutiful father, he used to pick up his children from school regularly. His first wife, the late Alhaja Simbiat Abiola was also my mother’s close friend. ...
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13 June
June 12: Protest suffers low turn out across Nigeria
The protests held across the country on Saturday to mark Democracy Day did not live to loud noise, high expectations and uncertainty that heralded it. Though there were pockets of protests in some states, it was generally a low turnout events. police resistance and arrests, especially in Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory made it happen. The Lekki area of ...
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13 June
Nigeria spends N993.5bn on debt servicing in 3 mths
Nigeria spent almost N1tn on debt servicing payments in the first quarter of this year, the latest data obtained from the Debt Management Office have shown. The DMO had on Wednesday disclosed that the country’s total public debt increased to N33.11tn at the end of Q1 2021 from N32.92tn in December. It said the domestic debt rose to N20.64tn as ...
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13 June
Army, ESN clash in Abia, soldier shot
A soldier attached to the 14 Brigade of the Nigerian Army in Ohafia was on Saturday reportedly shot during a clash between the military and unknown gunmen, suspected to be members of the Eastern Security Network. It was learnt that trouble started when the gunmen stormed the popular Ebem motor park in the Ohafia Local Government Area of the state ...
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13 June
We Have Lifted 10.5m Nigerians Out Of Poverty In Two Years – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday said his administration has lifted 10.5 million people out of poverty in the past two years. He made the comment while addressing Nigerians on the occasion of Democracy Day. Nigeria has one of the highest number of extremely poor people, according to the World Bank. In 2019, the President had promised to work towards lifting ...
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12 June
President Buhari denies throwing jabs at Tinubu & 2023 ambition
President Muhammadu Buhari’s reference to Lagos while speaking on the future of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has nothing to do with party stalwart Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the Presidency said . During his interview with Arise TV, when the President was asked on his desire for the APC after his tenure, he said: “The hope of this administration is to ...
