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Customs intercept N788.18m smuggled rice, PMS from Seme border
The Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Command made 1,294 seizures with a duty paid value of N788.19m in the year 2020, the agency said on Monday.
According to a statement signed by the spokesman of the command, Hussaini Abdullahi,…
Pastor sentenced to 3 years in jail for stealing church funds
A pastor of the Living Faith Church, aka Winners’ Chapel, Afolabi Samuel, has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for stealing $90,000 and N4.5m belonging to the registered trustees of the church.
Samuel, an accountant and the…
Herdsmen crisis to take centre stage as Senate resumes Tuesday
The much talked about Fulani Fulani herdsmen crisis will form the major talking point when the Senate resumes on Tuesday.
The Leader of the Senate, Yahaya Abdullahi told newsmen in Abuja that his deputy who is representing Ondo…
Herdsmen killings: ECOWAS Court to deliver judgment in SERAP suit against FG April 22
The ECOWAS Court of Justice, Abuja has fixed April 22, 2021, to deliver judgment in a case on killings, raping, maiming of Nigerians and other residents, and destruction of property across Nigeria by suspected herdsmen.
The court…
Fraud: Maina’s son Faisal flees to US
Faisal Maina, son of Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team, has fled to the United States of America, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said.
The EFCC’s Counsel, Mohammed Abubakar,…
Herdsmen crisis: Act now as President of Nigeria, not Fulani, Ortom tells Buhari
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has berated President Muhammadu Buhari for his lethargy and failure to call Fulani herdsmen terrorising Nigerians to order.
He said Buhari is the President of Nigeria not the President of the…
Boko Haram: Residents of Borno now fleeing into Yobe – Police
Incessant terrorist attacks have forced residents of four local governments in Borno to flee into Yobe communities, the police authorities have revealed.
The local governments, according to Yobe State Police Command are Gubio,…
18 prison inmates graduate from NOUN
A total of 18 inmates of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) studying with the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) Corrections’ Special Study Centres have graduated.
They graduated on Saturday in various fields with…
Enugu Court remands remands two siblings for alleged murder
An Enugu North Magistrates Court presided by Mr J. I. Agu on Wednesday remanded two siblings, Chiamaka Ifezue, 26, and Chukwuemeka Ifezue, 21 for alleged murder.
The accused were arraigned on two count charges bordering on the…
Five killed in Somalia attack
At least five civilians were killed in a gun battle between militant Islamists and security forces at a hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, news agencies report quoting the police spokesperson.
Four attackers were also…