Suspended Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee on the Monitoring of Subsidy Regime, Hon. Farouk Lawan, waxed philosophical yesterday over his travails stemming from the $620,000 bribery scandal rocking the lower chamber, but remained confident that he would be vindicated.
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He practically died on his feet. At 78, he hardly bore the signature malaise of his age. He was a regular face at public forums, especially when it had to do with the arts, culture and refugee-related issues. Perhaps, one of his outstanding trademarks was his ability to speak such perfect English with the phonetic accuracy of a quintessential broadcaster.
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Bakassi natives numbering about 1,000 yesterday staged a peaceful protest over alleged ill- treatments and indignities meted out to them in recent times.
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Security agents yesterday recorded a breakthrough in their fight against terrorism with the arrest of Habeeb Bama, one of the alleged masterminds of the Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church in Madalla, Niger State last year. Bama was apprehended in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital.
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The Acting Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mr. Ibrahim Bolaji Bello, Thursday met with the Council of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) as part of efforts to resolve the current challenges and move the market forward.
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Gonin-Gora community in Gbagyi Chiefdom in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State said on Thursday reports of killings after the Sunday suicide bombing in the area were false. Head of the community, Yusuf Sarki, said the report was “an attempt to deviate from the reality of the Boko Haram insurgency in the country.”
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A former Director-General of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Mrs. Ndi Okereke-Onyuike, has asked a Lagos High Court in Igbosere to stay proceedings in her trial for alleged theft of N3.3bn. The charge was instituted against Okereke-Onyuike by the Lagos State Government.
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Governor of Kogi State, Captain Idris Wada, has called on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, to intervene in the crisis rocking the party in the state.
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KWARA State Government says it has uncovered 29 underage employees, including a blind man who claimed to have worked as a driver for Ilorin South Local Area for 25 years on the state council payroll.
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The absence of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in court yesterday delayed hearing in the suit filed against the possible candidacy of President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2015 election
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