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By Nwafor Sunday Police officers have received backlash from eminent Nigerians, following the nationwide protests that rocked the nation yesterday. Some officers have been accused of brutish assault and manhandling of protesters who stormed the streets seeking for the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, in the country. First, the presidential candidate of the
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I congratulate my friend and brother, Governor Godwin Obaseki on his re-election as the Governor of Edo State. The result of the Edo gubernatorial election represents the true wish of the people who stood firmly behind their Governor against power mongers who were determined to foist their choice on the people. It represents the will
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By Dirisu Yakubu The Honourable Minister of State for Transportation, Sen. Gbemisola Saraki, has been chosen to champion the “Workstream on Road Transport Infrastructure and Services in readiness for African Continental Free Trade Area, AfCTA,” single continental market for goods and services in the African continent. This was made known Wednesday when Senator Saraki hosted
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By Demola Akinyemi Kwara State High Court in Ilorin on Thursday penalized the Sarakis for their persistent absence to prosecute the case over ownership of the controversial “ile-Arugbo” between the family and Kwara state government. Following repeated failures of counsel to the claimant, Asa Investment Limited Akin Onigbinde, SAN to appear before the court to
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By Demola Akinyemi Kwara State High Court in Ilorin on Thursday penalised the Saraki family for their persistent absence to prosecute the case over ownership of the controversial “Ile-Arugbo” between the family and Kwara state government Following repeated failures of counsel to the claimant Asa Investment Limited, Akin Onigbinde, to appear before the court to
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Ripples over the arraignment of social media celebrity, Raymond Abass, aka Hushpuppi, in the United States, took a different turn, yesterday, as All Progressives Congress, APC, and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, tackled each other over alleged close relationship with the suspected internet fraudster.
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By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja Immediate-past National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole at a news conference Saturday in Abuja said he has no regret over the various decisions he took while at the helm of affairs, stating that his greatest moment of happiness in office was when the party
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A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Monday, declined to make permanent, the interim order it made forfeiting former Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki’s properties in Lagos to the Federal Government.
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By Tordue Salem – Abuja The Public Accounts Committee of the House of Representatives has commenced an investigation of the Auditor General’s office, over the absence of audit reports on over 400 federal agencies, since 2018. The Chairman of the Committee, Rep Wole Oke, in an exclusive interview with Vanguard last week, said the House,
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The EFCC on Thursday arraigned one Ope Saraki, cousin to the former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki before a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, for alleged contract scam. The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), arraigned Ope on a two-count charge bordering on employment scam, put at over
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