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DSS fined N100,000 by Abuja federal high court and given 24 hours to release Sowore

NIGERIA'S Department of State Services (DSS) has been fined N100,000 ($275) by the federal high court in Abuja and given 24 hours to release former presidential aspirant and Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore.

 

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Orji Uzor Kalu sentenced to 12 years in jail after being found guilty of embezzling $21m

SENATE chief whip and former Abia State governor Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has been sentenced to 12 years in jail after being found guilty of fraud to the tune of N7.65bn ($21m) by a Lagos federal high court today.

 

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When we are ready to fight for a better future like Rosa Parks did we will get the change we desire in Nigeria

By Ayo Akinfe

[1] Today is December 5. It was on this day that the Alabama Bus Boycott began in 1955, the Monday after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to surrender her seat to a white person. I love this lady from the very bottom of my heart as she is a symbol of that desire to want a better society

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Sanwoolu renames Onikan stadium after first ever Lagos State governor Mobolaji Johnson

GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwoolu has renamed the Onikan Stadium after the first ever administrator of Lagos State Brigadier Mobolaji Johnson as a post-humous honour to general who passed away on October 31.

 

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Governor Yahaya Bello asks all his appointees to submit details of voting in their wards

GOVERNOR Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has asked all his political appointees to submit details of the voting at their local wards during the last gubernatorial elections to ascertain if they managed to deliver their polling booths for him.

 

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Lagos high court tells government to recover illegal pension payments from former governors

FORMER governors are to have the handsome pension packages they allocated forfeited to the federal government after a Lagos high court authorised the attorney general of the federation to collect all past payments and review the laws allowing it.

 

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Ebere Eze moves closer to switching allegiance after saying he will consider Pinnick's offer

QUEENS Park Rangers (QPR) midfielder Ebere Eze has moved a step closer to playing for the Super Eagles after he revealed that he will give thought to switching his allegiance from England following his recent meeting with the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) president.

 

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Buhari's daughter graduates from UK's £13,500-a-year Ravensbourne University with first class

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's daughter Hanan has graduated from the £13,500-a-year Ravensbourne University in the UK with a first class degree in photography and celebrated the event with her mother Aisha who flew in to congratulate her.

 

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Buhari should be using his closeness to Niger Republic’s President Mahamadou Issoufou to carve out a niche in the global uranium market

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) It is no secret that President Buhari is very close with President Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger Republic. The Niger President is from Tahoua province right on the border with Nigeria, which is just about two hours drive from Daura if one goes through Maradi

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Lagos doctors reject new minimum wage saying it is wholly inadequate to meet living demands

MEDICAL doctors operating in Lagos State have rejected the new minimum wage regime introduced by the state government describing it as wholly inadequate and incapable of meeting the demands of workers.

 

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