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92 year-old man commits suicide over land dispute 92-year-old man, Horri Oko Eluu, has taken his life, throwing the people of Amangballa village in Afikpo North local government area of Ebonyi State into mourning. Residents woke up to discover Mr. Eluu’s body dangling from a rope at the Ogo square. PREMIUM TIMES reported that the man’s sons who were shocked …

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NSCDC, nabs fake Nigerian Army General in Niger Olabode Adaramola, Minna The Niger State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a fake military officer known as (General Ishaku) whose real name is Mohammed Usman, aged 41 years. National Wire gathered that the fake General who claimed to have hailed from the State was said …

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SEC Bans Two From Capital Market For Life The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the exercise of its powers under Section 13 of the ISA, 2007 investigated complaints against WT Securities Ltd. and its Directors (Mr. Taofik Lawal and Mrs. Iyabode Lawal) and found them culpable of mismanaging the stocks of Mrs. Opral Mason Benson, and the unauthorized sale …

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Driver sentenced to death for killing woman with screwdriver A lagos State High Court sitting at Ikeja and presided over by Justice Sarah Sedoten Ogunsanya on Wednesday sentenced a school bus driver, Godwin Etute, to death by hanging for the gruesome murder with a screwdriver of a co-employee, Tolulope Adisa, over mere insults. The judgement was sequel to the evidence …

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SEC raises awareness over fake Ponzi Scheme FRIDAY EKEOBA The Securities and Exchange Comission (SEC) has warned the investing public about a ponzi scheme aimed at defrauding them of their money by offering them a higher interest commission on investment. The Commission in a notice on Wednesday signed by the management, said its attention has been drawn to the activities …

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NCC arrests 9 for pre registered sim cards in Niger, FCT ‎Olabode Adaramola Officials of the enforcement unit of the National Communication Commission (NCC) Wednesday clamped down on dealers of pre registered sim cards and arrested five in Minna, the Niger state capital. Also arrested were four offenders in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), National Wire has learnt N. …

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Panel seeks merger of Customs, FIRS To ensure accountability and improve revenue generation, the National Tax Policy Review Committee has advised the Federal Government to merge the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Presenting draft of the policy at the Committee’s second stakeholders engagement in Abuja on Tuesday, West Africa Tax Leader of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Mr Taiwo Oyedele, explained that …

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Niger LGS Election: Paikoro LGA chairman refuses to swear in APGA Councillorship 8 months after win Olabode Adaramola Minna The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Councillorship candidate, Shuaibu Sani who was declared winner of the last local governments election in the state, is yet to be sworn in, NationalWire leant Tuesday. The APGA candidate allegedly won the election into Kwakuti …

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Recession: Senate rejects sale of national assets After much condemnation by various stakeholders in the domestic economy, the Nigerian Senate Tuesday rejected the calls for the sale of the country’s national assets. On its social media handle, the Senate said it “rejected prayer 3 of the recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee which sought for the sale of National Assets …

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