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FG behind abduction of Dapchi schoolgirls-Ohanaeze

President Muhammadu Buhari The apex Igbo social organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Thursday described the alleged staging of the abduction and release of the over 100 Dapchi girls by agents of the federal government as ‘the height of serial, inglorious pathological deceit and hoax’ the country has ever witnessed in a short period of time. In a statement issued in Abakaliki, the National Publicity Secretary of the organization, Prince Uche Achi-Okpaga, noted that the incident was a “good plan” marred…

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Consumption of exposed cut onion leads to food poisoning – Expert

  Dr Bartholomew Brai, a nutritionist at the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, has advised against the consumption of exposed onion cut the previous day, to avoid food poisoning. Brai told NAN in Lagos on Wednesday that such sliced onion if not properly stored when exposed could be highly poisonous as they could create toxic bacteria. According to him, the vegetable contains sugar which promote bacteria growth. “There are no perceived dangers if the sliced onion is stored properly; a cut…

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Ex-CBN dep gov asks FG to scrap NNPC

  Prof. Moghalu, ex-CBN dep. gov., presidential hopeful. Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, a former Deputy Governor of the CBN, has called for the scrapping of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Moghalu stated this while delivering a lecture titled “Overcoming Poverty: The Secret of the Wealth of Nations” on Wednesday in Lagos at the 3rd Annual Lecture of the Centre for Financial Journalism (CFJ). According to him, the scrapping of the NNPC will bring sanity to the petroleum sector. The…

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Court discharges Justice Ademola, wife

Justice Ademola and wife, Adebowale in court. Justice Jude Okeke of the FCT High Court, Maitama, on Tuesday dismissed the 18-count corruption charges preferred against Justice Adeniyi Ademola, his wife, Olabowale and Mr Joe Agi (SAN). They were arraigned by the Federal Government on charges bordering on criminal conspiracy to receive gratification in various ways, contrary to Section 8(1)(a) of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Act 2000. Okeke in his ruling on the no-case submission of…

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A’Court jails pension thief, Yusuf for six years, to refund N22.9b

  Yakubu Yusuf, the convict. John Yakubu Yusuf, the pension thief who five years ago, was given a slap on the wrist by Justice Abubakar Talba of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, for stealing N32.8billion police pension fund, has finally got his deserved sanctions. The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division on Wednesday jailed him six years and also asked him to refund N22.9billion. Justice Talba had sentenced him to two years in jail, with the option of…

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Tribunal orders four stock firms to pay N5m penalty for illegal transactions

Four stockbroking firms namely – Union Registrars Limited, UIDC Securities Limited, Gosord Securities Limited and Kapital Care Trust Securities Limited have been sanctioned for irregular transactions and unlawful sale of multi-million naira worth of an investor’s shares. Delivering judgment in a case instituted by Dr. Okam Kalu Ugwu, a medical doctor, against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the four firms, the Investments and Securities Tribunal sitting in Enugu ordered that all irregular transactions in the Union Bank…

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Emir Lamido Sanusi enjoins NYSC on national unity

      NYSC members. The Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammad Sanusi II, has emphasised the need for corps members to use their one year compulsory national service to strengthen existing peace and unity in the country. The Emir made the call on Wednesday in Kano when he received the Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, at his palace. According to the Emir, ensuring the unity of the nation is one of the major purposes…

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Soyinka and Nigeria’s dinner with the devil

      Professor Wole Soyinka Reuben Abati   Professor Wole Soyinka was keynote speaker at the maiden annual lecture of the Ripples Centre for Data and Investigative Journalism held in Lagos on March 15. Topic: “Rebuilding Trust in a Divided Nigeria: Can Nigeria be fixed?” The Nobel Laureate did not disappoint. His presentation titled “From Miyetti to Haiti: Notes from a Solidarity Visit” took us on a journey to Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, the United States, Nigeria also, and other…

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FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE OF NIGERIA’S HOME TRUTH

     Ex-Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mariam Alooma Muktar By Abdulrasheed Ibrahim In one of my articles titled “The Making of the first female Chief Justice” I wrote thus: “Hon. Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar stepped into history on the 16th July 2012 when she was sworn-in as the first female Chief Justice of Nigeria. Since 1958 when Sir Adetokunbo Ademola became the first indigenous Chief Justice of Nigeria, all those that came in succession to the office have been male…

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Freed Dapchi schoolgirls return home amidst confusion, jubilation

  Some released Dapchi schoolgirls undergoing debriefing. A sizeable number of Dapchi schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram from Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State on 19 February, were on Wednesday morning returned to the community. While the parents and relations of the freed girls were happy and jubilant, the parents of some of the girls who were not among the returned ones were confused, sad and asking curious questions as to why their children were not…

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