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Nigerians “flood SSS with petitions” against judges, demand wider probe
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Nigerians who in the past questioned the conduct of many judges, but had no way of prompting investigations despite having evidence of wrongdoing, are inundating the State Security Service with petitions after last weekend’s arrest of seven judges, security sources said Wednesday. Read More…
Pressure Mounts On BBC Not To Air Aisha Buhari’s Explosive Interview Scheduled For Saturday
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The BBC Hausa Service is under intense pressure from President Muhammadu Buhari and members of his kitchen cabinet to pre-empt broadcast of the interview granted by his wife, Aisha Buhari. Read More…
Why AGF shuns EFCC, sends judges’ cases to DSS
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The Federal Ministry of Justice decided to forward petitions against judges bordering on alleged corrupt acts to the Department of State Services when the ministry discovered that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission failed to act on previous petitions as expected, The PUNCH learnt on Wednesday. Read More…
Dead whale found on Nigerian beach
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The carcass of a whale has been found on a beach in Akwa Ibom State, south south of Nigeria, off the Atlantic Ocean. Read More…
PICTURES: Protest Against Patience Jonathan, APC In Lagos At EFCC Office In Ikoyi
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Hundreds of members of the Human Rights Defenders and Advocacy Centre (Concerned Nigerians) staged a protest in front of the office of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) in Ikoyi, Lagos on Wednesday. Read More…
Breaking: Borno car bomb death toll rises to 18
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About 18 people were killed and 15 wounded when a car bomb, believed to be the handiwork of Boko Haram, hit a convoy in the outskirt of the northeastern Borno state’s capital of Maiduguri. Read More…
APC Crisis: Aisha Buhari speaks, says most appointees not known to president
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President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha, has weighed in on the ongoing crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, saying the row was a serious worry for the administration. Read More…
Arms scam: FG converts Badeh’s N1.1bn mansion to office
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AN1.1bn mansion seized from the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh (retd.), has been converted to an office to be used by the Federal Government, The PUNCH has learnt. Read More…
AGF sends names of six judges to DSS for probe
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The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, has forwarded the names of more judges to the Department of State Services for investigation. Read More…
Justice Mary Odili Wept and Begged Supreme Court Judges To Accept N5Billion Bribe On Behalf Of Gov. Wike, Report Says
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SaharaReporters has obtained a full list of all the Nigerian judges facing a nationwide clampdown by the Department of State Security (DSS). Read More…
House of Reps probes SSS raid on judges’ homes
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The House of Representatives on Tuesday named a committee to investigate weekend’s raid by the State Security Service, SSS, on some judges’ homes across the country. Read More…
NAPIMS, NNPC Forcing Addax Petroleum To Overpay For Building Owned By Omokore
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The duo of Dr. Ibe Kachiukwu, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, and Mr. Dafe Sejebor, Group General Manager, National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS) and Read More…
BREAKING: Senate blocks move to summon SSS boss over raids on judges
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The Senate has stood down a proposal to invite the Director General of the State Security Service, Lawan Daura, over the ongoing clampdown on suspected corrupt judges. Read More…
BREAKING: Amid raid on judges, Buhari appoints new Supreme Court Justices
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President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the Senate to consider and confirm the nominations of two judges as Justices of the Supreme Court. Read More…
Gunmen kill police inspector in Imo
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A Police Inspector attached to a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Imo State, Chief Marcellinus Nlemigbo, was shot dead on Sunday by gunmen. Read More…
Photo: Police officer reportedly kills okada rider over N50 in Benue
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A police officer on duty along Aliade-Awajir road has shot and killed a motorcyclist, otherwise known as Okada rider. Read More…
Man records himself raping teenager in Lagos
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A 31-year-old man, who allegedly has unlawful sexual intercourse with a 19-year-old girl and video recorded it, was on Monday brought before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court. Read More…
‘I’ll no longer defend Trump’
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Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Paul Ryan (Republican) On Monday said that he would no longer defend presidential candidate Donald Trump, U.S. media reported. Read More…
Police role in aborted arrest of judge in Rivers exposed
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Vivid details of the role played by the police in Rivers State during the aborted arrest of a judge of the Federal High court in Port Harcourt, Read More…
Delta Governor Okowa Slumps Over From Alleged Illness
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Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, reportedly slumped over last Wednesday at the government house in Asaba. Read More…
BREAKING: Nigeria’s secret police, SSS, releases detained judges
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The State Security Service has released all the judges arrested during a nationwide sweep between Friday and Saturday, PREMIUM TIMES can report. Read More…
Video/Photos: 38 prostitutes undergo water baptism in Port Harcourt- Breaking
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Some prostitutes in Port Harcourt, Rivers state on Saturday October 8, gave their lives to Jesus and had their water baptism. Read More…
Crackdown on corrupt judges: How BVN gave out suspects’ hidden cash
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Barely 48 hours after the Department of State Services, DSS, had taken seven suspected corrupt judges into its custody, details of what led to their arrests and how they were picked up from their homes by operatives of the agency began to emerge last night. Read More…
Photo: Buhari donates two presidential aircraft to war against Boko Haram
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Two aircraft from the presidential fleet have been handed over to the Nigerian air force, six days after two jets from the same fleet were put up for sale. Read More…