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Zamfara State governor signs new bill punishing banditry with death penalty into law
GOVERNOR Bello Mohammed Matawalle of Zamfara State has signed a new bill into law punishing armed banditry and kidnapping with the death penalty as part of an attempt to combat the growing insecurity across the state. Over recent years,...
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Ekweremadu's case brought forward to today as Nigerian senate hires lawyers to defend him
NIGERIA'S former senate president Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice appeared before Uxbridge Magistrate Court this morning after their ongoing trial for organ harvesting was surprisingly brought forward from July 7. Last...
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Which of Nigeria's presidential candidates will have the audacity to come up with a foreign policy centred around drastically reducing the number of African nation states
Ayo Akinfe On May 14 1897, Great Britain signed a treaty with Emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia, creating bilateral relationships between Ethiopia and British Somaliland. It guaranteed the rights of the citizens of both territories and opened the...
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Justice Tanko to receive at least $6m as severance pay as well as a mansion in any city of his choice
FORMER chief judge of Nigeria Justice Mohammed Tanko will receive about N2.5bn ($6.01m) as a severance package from the federal government following his recent resignation despite there being corruption question marks surrounding his...
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Nigeria's House of Reps plans to pressurise British House of Commons to get Ekweremadu released
NIGERIA'S House of Representatives has intervened in the organ harvesting saga involving former deputy senate president Senator Ike Ekweremadu by urging the British authorities to handle the case fairly. Last week, Senator Ekweremadu...
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Nigerians should only vote for a presidential candidate who will bribe them with this kind of comprehensive railway plan
Ayo Akinfe A rail network will be constructed across the country over the next 20 years linking all 36 states, employing no less than 10m people. This will also involve the manufacturing of carriages, tracks, signal boxes, equipment, etc ...
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Ekweremadu sues NIMC and NIS asking them to produce details of young man at the centre of organ harvesting saga
FORMER deputy senate president Senator Ike Ekweremadu has filed a lawsuit against the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and several other agencies asking that they furnish him with details of the young man at the centre of the organ...
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NBA wants former chief justice Mohammed Tanko investigated and prosecuted for corruption
NIGERIAN Bar Association (NBA) officials have called for the immediate prosecution of the former chief judge of Nigeria Justice Mohammed Tanko after it emerged that he resigned yesterday in response to petitions against him by Supreme Court...
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