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Former pension fund task force chairman's son gets 14 years for running fictitious bank account

ECONOMIC and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) prosecutors secured a major victory today after an Abuja federal high court sentenced the son of the former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Force to jail for 14 years after finding him guilty of corruption.

 

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Malami threatens to declare state of emergency in Anambra if the violence there persists

NIGERIA'S attorney-general and justice minister Abubakar Malami has threatened to declare a state of emergency in Anambra State over the ongoing insecurity there saying that it threatens the forthcoming gubernatorial elections.

 

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Spurs eye Nigerian striker Sadiq Umar seeing him as the perfect replacement for Harry Kane

ENGLISH Premier League side Tottenham Hotspurs are keeping a close eye on Nigerian striker Umar Sadiq with a view to signing him up as a replacement for England skipper Harry Kane in case he leaves the club soon.

 

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Ohaneze warns that Ipob's one month sit-at-home protest will lead to a bitter clash with federal government

PAN-cultural Igbo association Ohanaeze Ndigbo has warned that the proposed month-long sit-at-home protest being planned by the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob)  could lead to a serious clash between the people of the southeast and the federal government.

 

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Britain deploys naval patrol ship HMS Trent to West Africa to help combat growing piracy

BRITAIN has deployed a naval patrol ship identified as HMS Trent to Nigeria to assist the country in its efforts to  tackle maritime and other security challenges it is facing as piracy rages out of control in the Gulf of Guinea.

 

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Nigerian travelling to the UK have to remain in isolation for seven days for the foreseeable future

NIGERIANS travelling to the UK will still be isolated for seven days for the foreseeable future as the British government yet to comprehensively review Nigeria’s vaccination certification programme.

 

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Pandora Papers reveals that ex-aviation minister Stella Oduah bought four London properties while in office

NIGERIA'S former aviation minister Senator Stella Oduah has been unveiled as one of those politicians who secretly acquired four properties in London during her tenure in office according to the recently-released Pandora Papers.

 

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Senate clears EFCC board nominee despite him starting primary school before he was born

CONTROVERSY has dogged the recent constitution of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) board of directors after one of the nominees just conformed by the senate is found to have started primary school before he was born.

 

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10 things we could do over the next two years to revitalise Nigeria and recreate the buzz that existed in October 1960

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] Get the federal government to buy the rights to the Volkswagen Beetle. Then enter into a pact with Innoson Motors where the government owns 25% of a joint venture that manufactures electric Beetles. Make Nigeria the world’s largest manufacturer of such vehicles

[2] Build the world’s largest wind farm along Nigeria’s Atlantic coastline stretching from Calabar to Badagry 

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