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Emomotimi Agama, the Director General of the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has stated that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu endorsed the cryptocurrency industry long before Donald Trump did in the United States. He disclosed that by virtue of his appointment by President Tinubu to head the SEC, the...

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Atsi Kefas, the younger sister of the Taraba State governor, has passed away from gunsh%t wounds sustained during an att+ck in Kente village, Wukari Local Government Area. Reports indicate that the incident occurred last Thursday when g¥nmen ambushed the vehicle carrying Atsi, 44, and her mother, Jumai Kefas. DailyTrust...

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President Bola Tinubu has appointed Shamseldeen Babatunde Ogunjimi as the Acting Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), effective immediately, following the pre-retirement leave of Dr. (Mrs.) Oluwatoyin Sakirat Madein, the current AGF. Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga, in a statement on Tuesday evening, December 10, described the appointment as a...

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A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, has ordered the remand of the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, in Kuje prison. Justice Maryann Anenih issued the remand order on Tuesday, December 10, after adjourning Bello’s trial to February 25, 2025. The decision followed...

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in collaboration with Toronto Police Service, has successfully recovered and returned $225,000 to a victim defrauded in a cryptocurrency investment scheme. The victim lost over $355,000 in Canadian funds in 2021 after being targeted by a yahoo boy named Omonkhoa Precious Afure....

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A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting at Maitama, Abuja on Tuesday struck out the bail application filed by embattled former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello. Justice Maryann Anenih struck out the application on the grounds that it was filed when the former governor was yet to be taken...

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Chief Ezekiel Nwankpu, father of Ebonyi State Governor Francis Nwifuru, has been crowned the traditional ruler of Oferekpe Agbaja Autonomous Community in Izzi Local Government Area. Known for his prosperous farming career, Ezeogo Nwankpu married 19 wives, though 17 wives remain, with whom he has 108 children, including the...

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The United Kingdom’s Upper Tribunal has overturned a court ruling that had blocked the deportation of 43-year-old Nigerian Olutobi Ogunbawo. The decision to deport Ogunbawo followed a court’s rejection of claims by his wife, Maria Adesanya, that in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment was unavailable in Nigeria, DailyMail reports. Ogunbawo...

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American music mogul Shawn Carter, better known as Jay-Z, has been accused in a lawsuit of d+filing a 13-year-old girl in 2000 allegedly along with embattled Sean “Diddy” Combs. The anonymous accuser, identified only as “Jane Doe,” said the a§§ault happened after she was driven to an MTV Video...

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An asthmatic Nigerian lady has reportedly passes away in Canada due to cold. She went with her sister to study in Canada. While her elder sister returned back to Nigeria after her studies, the younger sister decided to stay behind. Few weeks after the elder sister returned to Nigerian...

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