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Good morning! Here Are Some Major News Headlines In The Newspapers Today: My husband’s govt not responsible for hardship in Nigeria – Remi Tinubu

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3 weeks ago

October 11, 2024

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1. Senator Oluremi Tinubu on Thursday said her husband, President Bola Tinubu, should not be blamed for the current economic hardship in Nigeria. Speaking at the Palace of Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on Thursday, the First Lady said the Tinubu administration is still very young.

2. The Chairman of Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State, Alhaji Sharifu Kamarawa, has told Minister of State for Defence, Alhaji Bello Matawalle, that some communities in the council are still under the control of bandits. He told the Minister that the bandits led by Kachalla Bello Turji, appointed and deposed village heads in those areas.

3. The Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked President Bola Tinubu to immediately review his policies so as to check the widespread hardship in the country. In a communique after its meeting at the party headquarters in Abuja on Thursday, the BOT expressed concerns over the economic hardship and “general sense of misery and despondency”.

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4. The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, affirmed the judgement of the Federal High Court which set aside the N800 billion budget passed by the Rivers State House of Assembly faction loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The court ordered Fubara to re-present the budget to the full House.

5. The National President of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Abubakar Shettima, has urged the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to sell petrol to its marketers at the same rates offered by Dangote Petroleum Refinery. In an interview, Shettima also demanded a refund of the funds owed to the oil marketers, which have been held by NNPC for the past three months.

6. The Defence Headquarters stated on Thursday that it chose not to go after the former Niger Delta militant warlord, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, to avoid being accused of acting “undemocratically.” The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. Edward Buba, made this remark in Abuja while responding to a recent report about Asari-Dokubo’s alleged threat to shoot down a military helicopter that had reportedly hovered around his residence.

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7. A female Senior Secondary 3 student of Akoko Anglican Grammar School, Arigidi Akoko, in Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State (name withheld) has been arrested by the state police command for allegedly stabbing her male colleague, Habib Salau, to death. The incident was said to have occurred following the argument that ensued between the duo outside the school premises after school hours.

8. A Federal High Court sitting in Kano, on Thursday, sentenced a 67-year-old Lebanese, Zuhier R Akar, to 14 years imprisonment for sexually exploiting two teenage girls. The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Kano State Command, arraigned Akar of Gidan Wanka, Unity Road, Fagge Local Government Area, Kano with two counts of trafficking and sexual exploitation.

9. Some sports journalists who were travelling to Uyo, through Anambra State, to cover a football event in Akwa Ibom State, have been kidnapped. According to sources, the journalists, who were about 11 in number, were travelling in a bus through Iseke, around the Ihiala area of Anambra, when they were kidnapped.

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10. Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka has said he has “made arrangements” for his death even though he also plans a vacation. At 90, the playwright, essayist, novelist and poet discussed everything from his artistic inspirations to his plans in an interview with CNN.

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Police detain VeryDarkMan after honouring invitation

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18 mins ago

November 1, 2024

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Deji Adeyanju, the Nigerian lawyer, says the police have detained VeryDarkMan, the social media critic.

In a Twitter post on Thursday evening, the lawyer said the activist, born Martins Otse, was detained after honouring the police invitation.

Adeyanju lamented that his client was taken into custody despite cooperating with the police authorities.

“Our client, VDM has been detained after honouring police invitation just like yesterday. VDM who has been consistent in saying the Nigerian Police are our friends even when we all know they are not,” the tweet reads.

The development comes after VeryDarkMan shared a video of himself in a matching suit. In the footage, he said he was heading to the police station in Abuja to respond to the invitation.

Trouble began when VeryDarkMan wore a police uniform and introduced himself as the “chief superintendent of police (CSP) of the online division”.

The police said it would launch an investigation to determine the source of the police gear used and the authority under which the activist acted.

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VeryDarkMan would later apologise to the police while emphasizing that he didn’t intend to impersonate the law enforcement agency.

The fitness expert had also revealed that he returned from the police station where he was interrogated based on the controversial footage.

The police have yet to confirm VeryDarkMan’s detention or provide further details.

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We secured over 3,000 convictions, recovered N248bn, $105m in one year – EFCC

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November 1, 2024

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it recovered over N248 billion, $105 million, and secured 3455 convictions in one year.

Ola Olukoyede, chairman of EFCC, spoke in Abuja on Thursday during a press conference to mark his one year in office.

Represented by Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC’s director of public affairs, Olukoyede said the achievements were recorded between October 18, 2023, and October 18, 2024, when he assumed office.

“The commission within the year recovered N248, 750,049,365.52; $105,423,190.39; £53,133.64; €172,547.10; T1,300.00 Indian rupees and CAD $3,400.00 Canadian dollars,” he said.

“It also recovered ¥74,859:00 Chinese Yuan; AUS $ 740:00 Australian Dollars; 170:00 UAE Dirham; 73,000:00 Korean Won; CFA 7,821,375:00 and R 50:00 South Africa Rands.

“On asset recovery and return, the EFCC on Sept. 6 handed over to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) the sum of $180,300 and 53 vehicles, being assets recovered for Canadian victims of Nigerian fraudsters.”

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The EFCC chairman said $164,000 of the recovered cash assets was from one Elena Bogomas, while $16,300 belonged to another victim, known as Sandra Butler.

He added that about 53 vehicles recovered “were stolen over a period of time in Canada, freighted to Nigeria, and distributed to multiple locations in Nigeria by the criminal elements”.

He said the commission charged four former governors to court over corruption allegations in the past year.

The former governors are Yahaya Bello, Abdulfatah Ahmed, Willie Obiano, and Darius Ishaku.

Olukoyede said the commission also arrested two former ministers of power, Saleh Mamman and Olu Agunloye, who are currently facing prosecution.

“Also, a former minister of aviation, Hadi Sirika, is currently standing trial before two different courts: Justice S.B. Belgore of the FCT high court, Garki, and Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the FCT high court, Maitama,” he said.

He said Sirika is being prosecuted alongside his brother, Ahmad Sirika, and two companies, Enginos Nigeria Limited and Samahah Integrated Investment Limited, on 10 counts bordering on alleged N5.8 billion fraud.

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He added that the former minister is also standing trial for six counts alongside Fatima Sirika, Jalal Hamma, and Al Buraq Global Investment Limited over alleged N2.8 billion fraud.

JUST IN: NSIB locates wreckage of crashed helicopter in Port Harcourt

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9 hours ago

October 31, 2024

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The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) says its search and recovery teams have successfully located the wreckage of the ditched Sikorsky SK76 helicopter.

In a statement on Thursday, Bimbo Olawumi Oladeji, NSIB’s director of public affairs and family assistance, said the wreckage was identified during recovery dives conducted on Wednesday night.

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