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The Federal High Court in Minna, Niger State, has ordered the interim forfeiture of some assets belonging to ex-Niger governor, Babangida Aliyu. Justice Yellim Bogoro ordered that the assets would remain temporarily forfeited to the Federal Government pending the trial of Aliyu and his co-defendant, Mr Umar Nasko. After hearing the EFCC’s lawyer, Mr. Ben Ikani, who moved the application for the interim forfeiture of Aliyu’s assets, Justice Bogoro made among others, an order “granting…

  1. The Imo State House of Assembly has begun proceedings to impeach the Deputy Governor, Eze Madumere. Madumere is being accused by the lawmakers of gross misconduct. In a petition submitted by the Deputy Speaker, Nnanna Ozuruigbo and signed by 13 of the 27 members of the Assembly, the Deputy Governor was accused of abandoning his office for more than three months without permission. 2. Heavy security was on Tuesday mounted in every corner…

The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, will be visiting Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, to discuss bilateral and global issues among the two countries. President Ramaphosa who has been invited by President Buhari is expected in the country from July 10-11, 2018. During his visit, he will be participating in the 2018 Annual Meeting and 25th Anniversary Celebrations of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). As the continent’s two largest economies, South Africa and Nigeria enjoy…

Former deputy governor of Ondo state Lasisi Oluboyo has spoken out for the first time since news went public that his daughter was found dead in her boyfriend’s house. According to The Nation, the boyfriend Adeyemi Alao has been arrested and has cooperating with the police, adding that he had already dug a grave in his room in the Oke Aro area of Akure, to bury the deceased Khadijat Adenike Oluboyo’s body before he was arrested. According to Punch, a source said: “The…

Kenyan referee Aden Marwa has been handed a lifetime ban by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Marwa was one of the officials caught taking a bribe to fix matches on tape on the BBC African Eye investigation. Reporters working with undercover journalist Anas Aremayaw Anas had caught the referee taking bribe ahead of the World Cup. Marwa, who had been chosen to officiate in the Russia 2018 World Cup, denied any wrongdoing on his part. Other referees named in the investigation received…

American singer-songwriter, R. Kelly has been accused multiple times of s*xually assaulting young women. Now, he’s being accused of targeting young men. According to a Twitter user, the 51-year-old singer asked a 17-year-old boy to come and visit him and even offered to fly him out. Kelly also allegedly sent his nude photos to the boy. @lashaemcclair narrated the story on Twitter and shared screenshots of the message R.Kelly sent to the boy named Amari…

A fraudster who has been extorting people using a police identity card has been arrested by the police in Sokoto. Mahmuda Hamza was paraded at the police headquarters in the state on Friday alongside some area boys, and he confessed to extortion using a fake ID card. Speaking to newsmen, Hamza explained that he took the identity card from a deceased policeman and attached his passport photograph to it. According to reports from Punch, Hamza is…

Adenike Khadijat Oluboyo, daughter of the immediate past Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Alhaji Lasisi Olugbenga Oluboyo, was on Sunday, July 8 found dead at her boyfriend’s house in Akure. Oluboyo (20), who was a final year student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, had been declared missing for the past six days in school, only to be found under the bed of her boyfriend, Adeyemi Alao AKA QS in what was suspected to a…