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EFCC arraign Benue Assembly Clerk over alleged N220m fraud

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday said it arrested the Clerk of the Benue State House of Assembly, Torese Agena, over alleged  N220 million fraud. The Publicity Head of the anti-graft agency in Benue State, Nwanyinma Okeanu, who disclosed this in a press statement made available to our correspondent in Makurdi, said the commission also handed the suspect’s...

Fr. Mbaka performs spiritual ‘cleansing’ at Imo gov office

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Catholic church priest, Revd. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, performed spiritual cleansing of the Imo State governor’s office, as Senator Hope Uzodinma assumed office on Wednesday. Security men and civil servants at the State Government House in Owerri, the state capital, told our correspondent on Friday that the priest, who had predicted the victory of the new governor in his prophecies on...

We have no regrets fighting civil war – Gowon

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Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, has said his administration had no regret going into the Biafra war because it was necessary to keep Nigeria one. The ex-military dictator said this in a special interview he granted the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation, as part of activities marking the 50th anniversary of the end of the Nigerian...

EFCC arraign Benue Assembly Clerk over alleged N220m fraud

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday said it arrested the Clerk of the Benue State House of Assembly, Torese Agena, over alleged  N220 million fraud. The Publicity Head of the anti-graft agency in Benue State, Nwanyinma Okeanu, who disclosed this in a press statement made available to our correspondent in Makurdi, said the commission also handed the suspect’s...

Nigeria’s public debt rises to N26.2 trillion

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The Debt Management Office says Nigeria’s total public debt as of September 2019 stood at N26.215 trillion. The Director-General of DMO, Ms Patience Oniha, made this known during a presentation of Public Debt Data as of September 30, 2019, in Abuja on Friday. Oniha explained that the debt comprised those of the Federal Government, 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory’s...

Fr. Mbaka performs spiritual ‘cleansing’ at Imo gov office

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Catholic church priest, Revd. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, performed spiritual cleansing of the Imo State governor’s office, as Senator Hope Uzodinma assumed office on Wednesday. Security men and civil servants at the State Government House in Owerri, the state capital, told our correspondent on Friday that the priest, who had predicted the victory of the new governor in his prophecies on...

Police arrest kidnapper of missing boy in Sotitobire church, Ondo

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The Ondo State Police Command, on Friday, confirmed the arrest of a man identified as Elike Chubuzor, suspected to be the abductor of a one-year-old boy, Gold Kolawole. Little Kolawole went missing on the premises of a popular church, Sotitobire Praising Chapel, at Oshinle area of Akure, the Ondo state capital. The boy was abducted during the church service by unknown...

NYSC: We want skirts included in NYSC uniform – Serve with skirts movement protests

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Serve With Skirts Movement, an advocacy group was on Wednesday, stage a peaceful protest at the Unity Fountain in Abuja to demand inclusion of skirts as part of the uniform for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Members of the group, comprising of young boys and girls, held banners with inscriptions like “there is a difference between the world and...

EFCC to strengthen collaboration with NYSC

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In a bid to seek more means of engagement with youths in the country, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has strengthened its existing synergy with the National Youth Service Corps in combating crimes in the country. The Acting Chairman of the Commission, Mr Ibrahim Magu, made this known when he visited the Director-General of NYSC, Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim. This was...

We’re ready for probe, Ihedioha, Okorocha reply Uzodinma

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Former governors of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha and Rochas Okorocha said on Thursday that they were not bothered by Governor Hope Uzodinma’s resolve to probe the financial activities of the state from 2010 till date. Former Governors Ikedi Ohakim, Okorocha and Ihedioha were in charge of the state during the period. Uzodinma had, in his inaugural speech said, “I hereby direct...

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