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Nigerian Journalist, Soyombo in hiding as Security Agents hunt him
Nigerian Investigative Journalist has confirmed that he is in hiding as he knows he is being hunted by security agents. According to reports he is wanted for exposing the corrupt practices in the Nigerian Police Force and Nigerian correctional service. If arrested, Soyombo might be charged with and prosecuted under Section 29 of the Nigeria Correctional Service Act. Fisayo, in his investigative report, spent two weeks in detention — five days in a police cell and eight days as an inmate in Ikoyi Prison to track corruption in Nigeria’s criminal justice system, beginning from the moment of arrest by the…
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EFCC confirms arrest of Mompha.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has confirmed the arrest of renowned Social media celebrity for alleged internet Fraud and money laundering. According to the anti-graft agency, Mompha was arrested with wristwatches worth over N20 million.
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Seun Kuti reacts to news of Abacha’s loot disbursement.
Son of Femi kuti, Seun kuti has reacted to the said disbursement of recovered Abacha’s loot to poor Nigerians. He shared his thoughts on his twitter handle saying they are liars and the said money is been shared and spent amongst the APC and PDP. His tweet: FG disburses $103.64m Abacha loot to the poor – ABEG MKE UNA SHUT UP AND STOP LYING, WHICH POOR? WER R DER NAMES, WHICH LOCAL GOVT UNA DON GO, WER DEM DEY COLLECT D MONEY? APC AND PDP B CHOP CHOP GOVT, ALL DEY DO IS LIE AND CHOP ALL OUR MONEY. B…
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Abacha’s recovered loots are being disbursed to the poor – FG
The Special Adviser to the President on Social Investments, Mrs Maryam Uwais, has said that the Federal Government has been channeling the recovered funds from Abacha’s loot to the poor and vulnerable Nigerians. Delivering an address on Monday at the training on illicit funds, the Presidential aide said from August 2018 to the October payment cycle, the total amount disbursed from the Abacha loot was $76,538,530 and $27,099,028 from the IDA credit. She said the decision to distribute the Abacha loot and the IDA funds to poor and vulnerable Nigerians, who were mined from a National Social Register, collated by…
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Ronaldo’s DNA matches evidence in rape case.
Repots from English tabloid The sun has it that the Juventus star, Cristiano Ronaldo’s DNA matches the evidence collected in the rape case against him in America. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner was accused by American citizen Kathryn Mayorga of rape last year, which she claims took place in a hotel room in Las Vegas in 2009. The case which was widely publicised has since been dropped, with the Portuguese star protesting his innocence. Among the 100 emails sent between police and criminal prosecutors in America, Las Vegas detective Jeffrey Guyer said that “DNA is back and is a match”,…
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Permanent secretary says vehicles purchased since 1999 still in use in presidential villa
The Permanent Secretary State House, Mr Jalal Arabi, has disclosed that some of the vehicles used for daily operations in the State House were purchased as far back as 1999. Speaking on Monday when he led his management team to the National Assembly for the defence of the 2020 budget proposals of the State House before the House Committee on Special Duties, Mr Arabi said there was an urgent need to replace those vehicles as they have become very difficult to maintain. “With the release of funds in 2018, some of the vehicles, especially security vehicles were replaced, spares purchased…
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Vice President Osibanjo gives cap to little boy
Earlier today photographs were taken of the vice president holding a little boy who he gave his cap for a little while. The photographs were taken and tweeted by the VP’s official photographer, Tolani Alli, via his Twitter handle @tolanialli. Alli did not state the venue of the event or the occasion, but the VP is seen playing along with the boy, who fiddles with his cap. To satisfy his young ‘friend’s’ curiosity, the VP takes off the cap and wears it for the child. Even after the VP collects the cap and wears it again, the baby boy seems…
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“Dear Olufemi we can’t have you viewing the world through a cracked screen” Oprah Winfrey says as she gets Nigerian student a new phone.
Media Mogul, Oprah Winfrey has sent a new phone to a Nigerian student with name Olufemi Yessoufou after she teased him about his cracked screen. Olufemi who had shared a video on twitter which he did with TV host along side his friend. In the video, Yessoufou had said, “Hey Oprah!” She responded, “Hey! That’s me. That’s me in your cracked phone.” Her comment had elicited laughter from the trio in the video. On Friday, Yessoufou tweeted an update, as he revealed that the Talk show queen had sent him a brand new phone. Oprah sent a note alongside the…
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Saraki to forfeit houses in Ikoyi according to court order.
The Federal high court in Lagos has ordered ex-senate president, Bukola Saraki to forfeit two of his properties in Ikoyi. Justice Mohammed Liman made the temporary forfeiture order following an ex parte application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The EFCC said the landed property known as No. 17A McDonald Road, Ikoyi, was reasonably suspected to have been acquired with proceeds of unlawful activity.
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Tinubu bags honorary doctorate degree from Afe Babalola University.
Speaker of house of representative, Femi Gbajabiamila has announced that the APC’s National Leader, Tinubu Asiwaju has bagged an honorary doctorate degree from Afe Babalola University. He congratulated him on his official twitter handle saying it is a testament to his commitment to nation building and human upliftment.
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Governor of Ekiti state to set up rice mills in the state.
Governor of Ekiti state, Kayode Fayemi has announced that he is currently in talks with Dangote, Coscharis and Stallion group industries limited to set up rice mills in the state. He also stated that two cassava processing companies are setting up shop in Ekiti State to absorb cassava produce in the State. The statement was shared on the official twitter handle of the Ekiti State Government. The post read in part; “BREAKING: The Government of Ekiti State is currently in talks with Dangote, Coscharis and Stallion Group Industries Limited to set up rice mills in the State. This development is…
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Nnamdi Kanu’s mother is dead.
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has announced the death of his mother, Ugoeze Sally Kanu. Kanu made the announcement on Sunday in a video he posted on his Facebook page, which revealed that Ugoeze Kanu passed on in Germany on August 30, 2019 as he described his mother as loving, caring and a compassionate woman. He attributed the death of his mother to the operation python dance exercise/ attack that was carried out in his home in Umuahia on September 14, 2017. He said that trauma of watching people been slaughtered by soldiers made her…
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