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The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of three persons charged before Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of a Kwara State High Court for offences bordering on internet fraud.   A statement from the agency says the convicts, Apata Oluwakayode, Yusuf Rasheed and Muhammed Ademola pleaded “guilty” to the one-count charge preferred against …

A 25-year-old Zimbabwean man Lonias Jojo has allegedly axed his 72-year-old father and dumped the body in a disused mine shaft to save his marriage which his dead father was against. Jojo allegedly hatched a plan to kill his father, Luke Robert Jojo with his 18-year-old wife, Brenda Dube of Village 4 Greenspan, Chief Bvute in Mberengwa last week Thursday. …

Pandemonium broke out on Tuesday in the lobby of the National Assembly after Shi’ite protesters shot at least four policemen attached to the complex.

Senior Magistrate Abdullahi Ilellah has granted bail to Senator Elisha Abbo in the sum of N5million and two sureties in like sum who must have verifiable addresses within the Federal Capital Territory.   The case has since been adjourned to July 22nd for hearing.   Senator Abbo was arraigned today on a one-count of assault which he pleaded not guilty. He …

      Senator representing Adamawa North, Elisha Abbo has pleaded not guilty to one count charge of assault levelled against him by the FCT Police at Zuba Magistrate Court, Abuja, Channels is reporting. Abbo was caught on video physically assaulting a woman at an adult toy shop after she told him to “take it easy” when he raised his voice on the attendant. Abbo subsequently apologised …

The Ooni of Ife Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II this weekend paid a visit to Nobel laureate Professor Wole Soyinka, Akogun of Isara, Akinlatun of Egba and they both issued a joint communique saying, ‘Nigeria can’t survive another civil war’.   After the meeting during which numerous challenges to the Nigerian quest for national cohesion and survival were examined …

Frank Mba, the spokesperson of the Nigeria Police has given an explanation as to why Senator Elisha Abbo, the 41-year-old lawmaker caught on camera assaulting a nursing mother inside a sex toy shop in Abuja on May 11th, has not been arraigned before a court of competent jusrisdiction.   Speaking in an interview with The Nation, Mba said Abbo is yet to …

Business activities at Sangotedo Market, Eti Osa, Lagos State have been put on hold by the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), due to indiscriminate dumping of refuse and poor hygiene practices by traders, resulting in a serious environmental problem in the area.   A statement issued by LAWMA’s Director of Public Affairs, Mrs. Folashade Kadiri, cited the Governor’s Executive Order …

The Senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District, Senator Elisha Abbo on Wednesday apologised for assaulting a nursing mother.

The Federal Government has suspended the planned Ruga Programme.