Salvador Alvarenga, who survived for 438 days adrift at sea, is now being sued by his fellow fisherman’s family amid accusations that he ate Ezequiel Cordoba’s corpse, The Telegraph report A fisherman who stunned the world by surviving 15 months lost at sea is being sued for $1 million (£650,000) by the family of his […]
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The immediate past National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), was on Tuesday accused by the EFCC (Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) of compromising the security of the nation and committing economic sabotage through his alleged diversion of over N32bn meant for the purchase of arms to fight terrorists in the North -East. The commission, […]
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30 killed and 20 injured as three villages in Borno state of Nigeria was attacked by the Boko Haram insurgent a vigilante told AFP. “Most of the victims were slaughtered and most of the wounded (had suffered) machete cuts,” Mustapha Karimbe, a civilian helping the Nigerian military fight Boko Haram, said of Saturday’s attacks in […]
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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has urged women in the state to remember him in their prayers as he remains focus in the delivery of development programmes in the interest of the state, Leadership reports. The governor in represented by his wife, Hon. Justice Suzzette Eberechi Nyesom Wike, made the call yesterday, December 14, […]
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The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has said members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra and the Indigenous People of Biafra are planning to stage a violent protest in Lagos. According to ThePunchNg, The APC said this in a statement by its Publicity Secretary in Lagos, […]
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The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Rural Development, Honourable Oladipupo Kessington-Adebutu has thrown his weight behind the planned fuel subsidy removal by President Muhammadu Buhari, VanguardNgr report. The Lawmaker representing Remo Federal Constituency made this known in Sagamu, Ogun State on Sunday at a Luncheon ceremony organised by members of the Master Club of […]
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The embattled founder of DAAR Communication PLC, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi may have to spend a night more at the Kuje prison where he is remanded pending when he will perfect his bail condition. The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja had on Monday remanded Dokpesi in Kuje Prison pending when he will perfect his […]
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Nine Asian seamen were jailed yesterday by a Nigerian High Court over oil smuggling. Five sailors from the Philippines and four from Bangladesh were sentenced to five years imprisonment each. They were, however, given an option of fine to either go to jail or pay $100,000 for the theft. Each year, the country loses billions […]
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Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, on Tuesday, said he had yet to be briefed about the multi-billion naira pipeline protection and waterways security contract awarded to company linked to ex-Niger Delta warlord, Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo. Amaechi stated this when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Marine Transport led by Senator […]
Read More President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said there was no truth in some reports making the rounds that he collected $300,000 and five armoured Sports Utility Vehicles from the Office of the National Security Adviser during former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration in the aftermath of an attack on his convoy in Kaduna. While confirming that he […]
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A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday granted bail to a businessman and founder of Daar Communications Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, in the sum of N200m with two sureties in like sum. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on December 11 arraigned Dokpesi along with his firm, Daar Investment and Holdings Ltd., on six […]
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No fewer than 14 people were killed by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen in Hwak community of Kwata ward in Zawan district of Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau. There has been a relative calm in the violent-prone state for nearly two years. The incident, which was said to have occurred at about […]
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