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Nigerian Nnamdi Marcellus Mgbodile, living in Marietta, Georgia, United States has been arraigned on twenty counts of bank fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy to commit bank fraud.

President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa has constituted Governorship and House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal to handle petitions from November 16, Kogi governorship poll. This was disclosed in a statement signed by secretary of the tribunal, Mr Umar Abubakar and made available to NAN on Tuesday in Lokoja. According to Abubakar, the mandate of the tribunal is to hear and determine petitions that may arise from Kogi governorship election held on Saturday November 16, 2019. Army frees 978 detained Boko Haram suspects He said the tribunal will also handle petitions arising from the forthcoming supplementary and…

The police in Lagos on Wednesday brought 47 men before a Federal High Court Lagos for allegedly engaging in amorous gay relationships.

The Nigerian Army on Wednesday released 983 suspects cleared of links with Boko Haram insurgents. Maj.-Gen. Olusegun Adeniyi, the Theater Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD), made the disclosure in Maiduguri at the formal handing over of the suspects to the Borno State Government. Adeniyi disclosed that the suspects comprised of 978 males and five females. He said that the affected persons were detained at a military facility over suspected links with the insurgents. Adeniyi explained that the suspects were cleared by the Joint Investigative Panel set up by the authorities. The commander added that the detainees were cleared of any…

The Senate yesterday said it would not force the controversial hate speech and anti-social media bills on Nigerians.

The FCT Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Ayuba Gora says driving with the aid of Google map using mobile phones is a serious traffic offence.

Chelsea will not know their Champions League fate until the final group games after they drew at Valencia in an incident-packed match.

Atletico Madrid forward Joao Felix has won the Golden Boy award for the best under-21 player in Europe.

The Carnival Calabar Commission on Wednesday said delegates from 35 countries and 20 Nigerian states would be participating in this year’s forthcoming Calabar Carnival. The commission’s Chairman, Mr Gabe Onah, told NAN in Lagos that participants were expected from Vietnam, Bangladesh, Italy, Brazil, Malawi, Kenya and many others. Onah said that delegates from other countries would actively participate in the carnival scheduled to take place between Dec.1 and 30, through various performances and other activities. “We will have over 20 states within the country showcasing their culture in various ways in a street procession by Dec. 26. “More of Nigeria’s…

President Muhammadu Buhari and his Dutch counterpart, Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of Netherlands oversaw the public-private partnership between FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria Plc and Niger state government on the backward integration initiative. Both country leaders witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger state and Mr Roel van Neerbos, President of FrieslandCampina Consumer Dairy, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Neerbos said this in a statement he issued out in Lagos on Wednesday and said that the partnership was an important step in strengthening the long standing relationship with the Nigerian government. “The collaboration…