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Benin Republic Ready To Be Nigeria’s ’37th State’ – Minister

Richard S.B.I.A01 mins

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, said the President of Benin Republic, Patrice Talon, had expressed readiness for his country to be part of Nigeria. Onyeama, who stated this shortly after a close door meeting with Beninoise Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Aurélien Agbenonci, said the Beninoise president gave the offer when he visited President Muhammadu Buhari, a few weeks back. “The President of Benin…

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The ecosystem will be affected if govt destroys bandits hideouts in the forest, FG says

Richard S.B.I.A02 mins

The Federal Government has stated that it will not destroy forests where bandits use as hideouts to carry out kidnappings in the country because the ecosystem will be affected. The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, said this while speaking on a television programme on how to eliminate bandits. He said the best solution to eliminating…

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EFCC: Lagos Scholarship Board boss diverted N127 million to personal use

Richard S.B.I.A02 mins

A former executive secretary of the Lagos State Scholarship Board, Stephen Oshinowo, diverted the board’s N127 million to his personal use, an EFCC investigator has said. Moday Moley, testifying before an Ikeja Special Offences Court Monday, said the defendant used his account domiciled in the United Bank of Africa (UBA) to perpetrate each of the…

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2 caught by Police for ‘theft’ of telecom inverter batteries

Richard S.B.I.A01 mins

The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested two suspects for allegedly vandalising and stealing mast inverter batteries belonging to a telecommunications company. A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Asinim Butswat, gave the identities of the suspects as Preye Perekeme and England Ito. He said that they were incepted on Saturday by men…

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A Nigerian Court jails two Internet fraudsters

Richard S.B.I.A01 mins

Two Internet fraudsters, Ridwan Garuba and Adebayo Agbabiaka, have been sentenced by the Federal High Court in Abeokuta for their involvement in fraud. The convicts were arraigned on separate charges of fraud and impersonation. They pleaded guilty to the charges. Following their pleas, the counsel for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Shamsuddeen Bashir, urged…

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EFCC: Stella Oduah, CCECC, others laundered N5 billion

Richard S.B.I.A010 mins

Charges filed by EFCC shows the alleged fraudulent transactions started about a week before Ms Oduah was removed as aviation minister in 2014. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has indicted a senator, Stella Oduah, and the Nigerian subsidiary of Chinese construction giant, CCECC, in alleged fraudulent cash transactions of about N5billion over five months in 2014….

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Winners Church’s pastor jailed for stealing church’s N4.5m, $90,000

Richard S.B.I.A01 mins

A Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja has sentenced Afolabi Samuel, a pastor of the Living Faith Church, aka Winners’ Chapel, to three years in prison, for stealing $90,000 and N4.5m which belongs to the registered trustees of the church. Samuel who is the church treasurer was arraigned on two counts of conspiracy and…

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