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Fuel tanker fire in Ibadan kills 2, destroys cars

April 18, 2019 7:09 pm

A tanker laden with petrol on Thursday fell and caught fire claiming two lives and burning four vehicles at Iwo road area of Ibadan around 3:00 p.m.

An eye witness, AbdulAzeez Hammed, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the tanker which fell and spilled its content, razed no fewer than four vehicles.

Hammed said he saw a man in one of the affected vehicles removing his child from the back of his wife when they saw the fire approaching  their vehicle.

The witness said the husband and the child escaped while the fire caught the wife in the …

Man nabbed with lighters, petrol at New York Cathedral

April 18, 2019 8:41 am

A 37-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday night after walking into St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City with two full gasoline cans, lighter fluid and lighters, police said.

The incident occurred two days after a massive fire severely damaged the 850 years old Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, causing global shock and sorrow. The blaze was most likely the result of an accident though a major investigation is under way.

In New York, the man entered the Roman Catholic cathedral in midtown Manhattan just before 8 p.m. (0000 GMT) and was confronted by a security guard, according to a …

Breaking: CCT dismisses Onnoghen, bars him for 10 years

April 18, 2019 8:08 am

The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has found the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Walter Onnoghen guilty of violation of the code of conduct for public officers.

CCT Chairman, Danladi Umar, in a judgment on Thursday, held that the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that Onnoghen is guilty.

CCT says it has jurisdiction to try Onnoghen made false asset declaration by deliberately omitting to declare the five domiciliary accounts he maintained with Standard Chartered Bank, and in which huge deposits were found.

The tribunal after convicting him, ordered among others, his removal from office, barred him from holding …

University lecturers used to manipulate 2019 polls – Jega

April 17, 2019 10:16 pm
Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Muhammadu Jega, yesterday came down hard on university lecturers for allegedly conniving with politicians to undermine the integrity and outcome of this year’s general elections.He regretted that the dons facilitated the faulty recruitment process of the political class during the polls, thus betraying the confidence the electoral body reposed in them.Teachers of Bayero University Kano (BUK) had severally come under stern criticisms for their roles in the last governorship election in the state.

Jega, who spoke as chairman of the 15th yearly conference of the Fulbright Alumni Association of

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Ex-president Alan Garcia commits suicide over arrest

April 17, 2019 9:48 pm

Peru’s former president Alan Garcia died in hospital on Wednesday after shooting himself in the head at his home as police were about to arrest him in a sprawling corruption case. He was 69.

The health ministry said Garcia died at 10:05 am (1505 GMT) of “a massive cerebral hemorrhage from a gunshot wound and cardiorespiratory arrest.”

Garcia was resuscitated three times after suffering heart attacks while undergoing emergency surgery, before finally succumbing, Peru’s Health Minister Zulema Tomas said.

The Casimiro Ulloa Emergency Hospital in Lima earlier confirmed he had suffered “a bullet wound to his head.”

“This morning there …

US sanctions Venezuela’s Central Bank

April 17, 2019 9:28 pm

The United States on Wednesday said it would forbid all Americans’ dealings with the Central Bank of Venezuela and also block any US assets of the the bank, as well as its director, Iliana Josefa Ruzza Teran.

America alleged that the bank was being used as key conduits for funding Maduro’s government.

The sanctions were the latest efforts by the US to strangle President Nicolas Maduro’s cash flow.

In a hard-hitting speech in Miami largely devoted to Cuba, National Security Advisor John Bolton also unveiled measures against a third leftist government in Latin America, Nicaragua, with sanctions against President Daniel …

BREAKING: Nigerian footballer arrested for drugs in India

April 17, 2019 9:04 am

At a time when Nigerians are reportedly being executed in Saudi Arabia over drug deals, one would have thought that others seeking green pastures abroad will stay away from drugs to avoid fast lane to six feet.

It however looks like the ugly story is far from ending as a former footballer of Nigerian descent has reportedly been nabbed in India for drug deals.

The 40 year who has been identified simply as Ikenna was nabbed with 10 grams of crystal meth suspected to have been brought from Mumbai. This prompted a raid of his house located in Kardampuri in …

BREAKING: ex-NBA chairman slumps in court over fraud case

Gospel artiste sued for allegedly stealing of Petrol

April 17, 2019 8:37 am

A 36-year-old  gospel musician, Ajibola Oyetunde, who allegedly stole his employer’s 45,000  litres of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) valued at N8 million,  on Wednesday appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court.

Oyetunde, whose lives at No. 2 Aruawe St., Aradangun in Badagry, is charged with three counts of conspiracy and stealing.

The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The Police Counsel, Sgt. Michael Unah, told the court that the defendant allegedly stole the PMS worth N8 million from the complainant, Mr Idowu Adeyemi.

Unah told the court that the defendant committed the offence with three others still at large
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BREAKING: Golden Eaglets qualify for World Cup

April 17, 2019 8:14 am

Nigeria’s U-17 team, the Golden Eaglets have qualified for the World Cup holding later in the year in Brazil.

The Manu Garba-tutored boys defeated Angola 1-0 in Tanzania at the ongoing Africa qualifiers.

The only goal was scored in the first half through a penalty.

The Golden Eaglets dominated the game but lost many goal-scoring opportunities in both halves.

When their Angolan counterparts were reduced to 10 men following a red card to the captain, the Golden Eaglets couldn’t capitalize on the advantage.

They went on to lose more open chances to increase the tally.

At the end, it didn’t …

Atiku, PDP show video to prove use of server for polls

INEC server: Atiku calls Microsoft, IBM, Oracle to testify

April 17, 2019 7:53 am

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, is insistent that the Independent National Electoral Commission stored election results in a server and has said he will call Microsoft, IBM and Oracle experts to testify that he defeated Jubril (President Muhammadu Buhari) by over 1.6 million votes.

Atiku gave the server name as INEC_PRES_RSLT_SRV2019 and its unique Mac address as 94-57-A5-DC-64-B9 with Microsoft Product ID 00252-70000-0000-AA535, in his fresh response to the reply of INEC to his petition.

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Architect loses ₦3.5m contract for supporting ‘Buhari’

April 16, 2019 6:53 pm

A young Architect in Lagos, known as Architect Bolu has just lost a ₦3.5 million architectural project due to his fanatical support to Jubril Al-Sudani, Late President Muhammadu Buhari’s impostor from Sudan.

The young expert made this known on Tuesday via his Facebook account:

The APC administration led by Jubril Al-Sudani, being paraded as Buhari has been very notorious to the Nigerian masses as a result of the impersonation saga, untold hardship, and violation of the rule of law, the government is charasterised with. Because of that, many Nigerians at every given opportunity vent their anger and dismay on the …

Nigeria Customs begins recruitment of 3,200 officers

April 16, 2019 3:41 pm

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Tuesday officially announced plans to recruit 3,200 officers into the service.

The Acting Deputy Comptroller-General of Customs in charge of Human Resources Department, Umar Sanusi made this known at a news conference in Abuja.

Sanusi explained that 800 would be recruited to fill vacancies in the Support Staff for Superintendent Cadre Category, and 2,400 would fill that of Customs Inspector and Customs Assistant Cadre in the General Duty Categories.

He said that the service’s portal for the recruitment would be opened 12 midnight of Tuesday and would be closed after three weeks.

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