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Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, a Supreme Court judge, arraigned on Monday for alleged money laundering has pleaded not guilty.

Three unidentified gunmen have abducted former minister of foreign affairs, Ambassador Bagudu Hirse.

 A former Vice President and stalwart of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Atiku Abubakar, on Saturday disagreed with the position of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government that Boko Haram terrorists have been defeated.

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has condemned the N300 million mansion retirement benefits for immediate past governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, and his former deputy, Dr. Pius Odubu, and called on governor Godwin Obaseki to “immediately withdraw the bill, and use the funds to clear the backlog of pension arrears spanning between seven and 45 months.”

Three people have been burnt to death in the multiple accident involving six vehicles on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Wednesday.

The Nigerian Police Force said it has foiled an attempt to kidnap a Nigerian oil magnate, Femi Otedola and has arrested prime suspects.

A senior Nigerian soldier was on Tuesday killed by the Boko Haram, reports Premium Times. B.U. Umar, a lieutenant colonel and commanding officer of 114 TF battalion of the Nigerian Army was ambushed alongside his troops on Monday morning between Bita and Piridang.   “His vehicle stepped on an improvised explosive device, but he was not hurt,” a source disclosed. …

Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, said former National Security Adviser, retired Col. Sambo Dasuki, on Monday declined an offer to visit his late father, Ibrahim Dasuki, in an Abuja hospital.

A former Sultan of Sokoto, Ibrahim Dasuki, has died at the age of 93. The former Sultan died on Monday and would be buried on Tuesday Nov. 15 according to Muslim rites. The cause of his death is not yet known.

Cpl. Ibrahim Usman, one of wounded soldiers in the fight against the  Boko Haram terrorists in the North-East, has called on Nigerians to pay more attention to troops’ welfare.