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   In statement issued today in Abuja, the PDP Senator urged Gov. Fayose “to stop the needless mudslinging against Aisha Buhari.” He likened Fayose’s attempt to link Aisha with the Halliburton scandal as a “needless distraction and an amateurish shadow-boxing. His action could be taken for a drowning man...

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   Funmi Otitoloju was arrested for allegedly brutalising her 12-year-old niece, Adeola, at their home in Baiyeku, Ikorodu, Lagos. She allegedly used a razor blade to cut the girl in the neck and hand because she entered other people’s apartments without her permission. The incident occurred on Thursday, June...

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   Yesterday, the EFCC said it had recovered evidence of how money was siphoned from the account of the Office of the National Security Adviser. The alleged scam took place between April 4 and Dec. 15, 2014, when a total of N4.745bn was paid into the Diamond Bank account...

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   Ever since Stephen Keshi died, there have been allegations of infighting between his family and some of his in-laws (Aburime family) over his final resting place, with the Aburimes insisting on burying him beside his wife, in their Benin home. But Keshi’s family want him buried in his...

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   Yesterday, the Washington D.C fire brigade stormed the Smithsonian Museum of African Art, after they were called in following displays of fire and smoke, only to find out that it was the Ooni of Ife and his crew, performing some traditional rites. They later left after adequate explanation...

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   According to Arican88, “Abdulgafar Ajenifuja left the house yesterday after an interview with him in his parent house at Ikorodu, Ajenifuja Alejo street, Benson road, on Saturday. During the interview he said that his mother, Mojisola Jaqueen Ajenifuja, gave him a deep cut on his head Friday because...

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   Femi Fani-Kayode who is facing charges of fraud and money laundering at a federal high court in Ikoyi, Lagos, was to be arraigned last Friday, but the case was postponed till today owing to the judge’s absence. Precious Chikwendu was visibly angry as the judge handling the case failed to...

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   The Aisha Buhari named in the bribery scandal involving a U.S. Congressman, Williams Jefferson, is not the Aisha that is Pres. Buhari’s wife, a former chairman of EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde, has told PREMIUM TIMES. Lamorde was the EFCC chairman until he was removed in December 2015 by Pres....

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