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Falana to Buhari: Sack those responsible for Dapchi girls’ abduction Lagos lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), on Tuesday asked President Muhammadu Buhari sack all those responsible for the abduction of students of Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State. The rights activist said people responsible for the withdrawal of troops on ground should be sanctioned. Falana stated these during ... Read More »

N62.3b fraud: EFCC freezes 30 accounts of ex-NSITF boss, seizes 37 assets The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has frozen 30 accounts and seized 37 assets  allegedly belonging to the former Chairman of the Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund, Dr. Ngozi Olojeme. The agency had earlier linked 38 houses to Olojeme but it has obtained a court order to ... Read More »

How Okowa spend N250m On Reception For Ex-Convict Former Governor James Ibori Saturday’s Thanksgiving and grand reception for Mr. James Ibori, the former Delta State governor convicted for money laundering, ,  government of Delta State spend N250 million the event, which held at the Unity Square, Ovwor, Olomu in Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state, was fully supported by ... Read More »

  President Muhammad Buhari on Monday told stakeholders in Makurdi that he did not know that the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, flouted his express directive to relocate to Benue State during the crisis in which scores of people were killed. In the wake of the killings in January, president Buhari had ordered  Idris to relocate to the state ... Read More »

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday told the United States Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, why Nigeria opted for negotiation with the Boko Haram militants who abducted the Chibok girls and students of the Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State.The President said Nigeria prefers to have the abducted girls back alive. He made the remark while receiving the ... Read More »

A business woman in Sokoto,  Rabiat Mustapha, 30, has been remanded in prison custody over alleged murder of her baby born out of wedlock. Mustapha, who resides at Asada area of Sokoto, is facing a two-count charge of criminal conspiracy and preventing a child from being borne or causing it die after birth. The accused pleaded guilty to the charge. ... Read More »

  As a way of integrating secondary school students as an important socio-economic group towards attaining the vision for Greater Lagos, the Lagos State Government, in partnership with Entertainment Media Limited, Publishers of E24-7 Magazine and FlipTV, are organising an annual Lagos High School Band Challenge (LHSBC). The challenge, according to the conveners, is designed to be a live music ... Read More »

A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced Charles Okah and Obi Nwabueze to life imprisonment for the 2010 explosions in Abuja and Warri. Justice Gabriel Kolawole, in a judgment that lasted about six hours, held that the prosecution proved its case against the two defendants in the five counts. Okah and Nwabueze were charged with financing and actual participation ... Read More »

The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, on Thursday reserved judgment in the Federal Government’s suit seeking to extradite Senator Buruji Kashamu to the United States. A three-man panel led by Justice Joseph Ikhegh reserved judgment after parties adopted their written addressees. Buruji, who since represents Ogun East in the Senate, is wanted by the U.S Government to stand trial for ... Read More »

INUNDATED with complaints from property owners over the revised Lagos State Land Use Charge (LUC) Act, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday explained what informed    the review. He said his doors were opened for dialogue. According to him, the government is not oblivious of the outcry against the law. His administration, he said, was not out to overburden property owners. Ambode was ... Read More »