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A civil servant in Kogi, Mrs Husseina Mohammed has returned N1,780,500 erroneously paid in excess of her March salary to the state government. Mohammed was on Friday in Lokoja received by the state Director–General, Bureau of Information and Grassrrots Mobilisation, Alhaji Abdulkareem Abdulamlik. She said that she received an alert from her bank in the afternoon of May 21. Mohammed said that she immediately called the attention of her husband to the development and a decision was taken to return the money to the coffers of the government. The civil servant, who works at the state Teaching Service Commission, said…

No fewer than 14 armed militants have been killed in gun battle with special forces deployed to comb the creeks and rescue the six children kidnapped from Lagos State Model College, Igbonla, Epe, Lagos State on Thursday, The Nation learnt yesterday. Yusuf Farouk, Ramon Isiaka, Pelumi Philips, Peter Jonas, Adebanjo George and Judah Agbaosi were abducted from their hostels around 6 am by gunmen in police uniform. Their abduction followed a three-day unsuccessful attempts by the hoodlums who were stopped by policemen deployed to the school premises. The gunmen eventually gained access into the school through a hole they made…

The immediate past attorney-general of the federation, Mohammed Adoke, who is facing corruption charges, has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to declare his prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, illegal. In the suit asking the court to determine the constitutionality of a serving minister exercising executive power through a presidential directive, Mr. Adoke said his involvement in the Malabu Oil deal was limited to carrying out the directive of former president, Goodluck Jonathan. Named as the sole defendant in the suit was his successor, Abubakar Malami. Mr. Adoke is accused by the EFCC of aiding…

Less than 48 hours after Lagos State Governor, Akinwumi Ambode, evicted Venerable Femi Taiwo, Chaplain, Chapel of Christ the Light, in Alausa, the cleric has been blessed with a fully furnished apartment. Taiwo, who was sacked without any query or official reason, was ordered to exit his official quarters where he lived with his wife and two children within 24 hours. Pleas from church leaders and elders failed to save the cleric, who still had two years to spend as the presiding chaplain. Taiwo had allegedly angered the governor’s wife, Bolanle Ambode, who had visited the chapel on Sunday, May…

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has appealed to Nigerians, especially Muslims, to use the period of Ramadan for reflection on national challenges and join forces with the Buhari administration to overcome them. He gave the advice in his message to felicitate with the Muslim community in Nigeria as they join other faithful across the world to commence Ramadan, the holy month of fasting and prayer. The Acting President implored Muslims to seek maximum benefits from the Ramadan period by replicating the teachings of the Holy Prophet in all their engagements, both private and public. He urged Muslims to use the Ramadan…

While meeting with European leaders in Brussels on Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump said “the Germans are bad, very bad” in a way to criticise the German trade surplus, according to the German Newsmagazine Der Spiegel. Trump’s meeting with President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker and President of the European Council Donald Tusk on Thursday morning was followed by a larger, closed-door meeting with European leaders. “Look at the millions of cars that they are selling in the USA. Horrible. We will stop that,” Trump said at the meeting, according to Der Spiegel. The report says as a reduction…

The UN Migration Agency (IOM) said Friday that 1,530 migrants and refugees died crossing the Mediterranean in 2017. The IOM reports that 60,521 migrants and refugees have entered Europe by sea this year, with over 80 percent arriving in Italy and the remainder divided between Greece, Cyprus and Spain, said Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, at the daily news briefing. “This number does not include some 6,000 people who have been rescued over the past 72 hours,” said Dujarric. In terms of fatalities, there have been 1,530 migrants and refugees who have died this year on this…

The National Council of Muslims Youth Organisations (NACOMYO) yesterday urged Muslims and Nigerians at large to use the Ramadan fasting period to fervently pray for the quick recovery of President Muhammadu Buhari, who is currently on a medical vacation in the United Kingdom (UK). NACOMYO, in a statement signed by its National President, Alhaji Kamal’deen Akintunde, in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, also cautioned the political class against playing politics with the President’s state of health, “as doing so is like calling a dog a bad name in order to hang it.” The group stressed the need for religious leaders…

The Sultan of Sokoto and President General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III yesterday affirmed the sighting of a new moon signifying the commencement of the holy month of Ramadan fasting today. The Sultan urged all Muslim ummah in Nigerian to commence fasting today Saturday May 27, 2017 following reliable reports received from various Muslim leaders and organizations across the country. The Sultan, while speaking in his palace in Sokoto, noted that the new Moon of Ramadan, 1438 AH was sighted in many states of the federation as confirmed by the National Moon Sighting Committee.…

…Tell the world your $43m Ikoyi tale is a Wicked lie. In the past couple of days, Minister of Transportation and immediate past governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has been inundated with calls and enquiries from journalists about a purported award/honour to him from Nyesom Wike, the current governor of Rivers State. The minister was shown a publication of the Rivers State government indicating his name as one of many others to be given awards by Nyesom Wike. But as at today, Amaechi has not received any communication from Nyesom Wike and/or Rivers State government in this respect.…