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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested a former governor of Abia State, Senator Theodore Ahamefula Orji on Thursday. Senator T.A. Orji has taken into custody for questioning alongside his sons, Chinedu and Ogbonna, for offences bordering on misappropriation of public funds and money laundering. The former governor’s arrest was confirmed by EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren. He is currently a lawmaker representing Abia Central Senatorial District at the Senate. Orji, who has been on the Commission’s watch list, was intercepted at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at about 10am on Thursday and brought to the headquarters of…

President Muhammadu Buhari has authorized a review of the proposed 368 grazing sites in 25 local governments in Nigeria. The review seeks to determine the levels of encroachment likely to be caused by the grazing plan. The review was recommended by a committee led by the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari. The President’s approval was disclosed by his media aide, Garba Shehu on Thursday. The statement read: “President Muhammadu Buhari has approved recommendations of a committee to review “with dispatch,” 368 grazing sites, across 25 states in the country, “to determine the levels of encroachment.” “The…

At least one person has been confirmed dead on Thursday as cultists clashed in Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST) in Port Harcourt, the state capital. It is not yet clear if any more persons were injured or killed during the incident. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Omoni Nnamdi, confirmed the incident. According to Nnamdi, one suspect had been arrested in connection to the incident stating that “there is no cause for alarm”. The PPRO also revealed that the body of the victim has been evacuated to a morgue in the state. Cultists behead Kwara poly…

The family of late activist, Mohammed Fawehinmi has revealed that he died of COVID-19 complications. The 52-year-old lawyer was the first son of late human rights lawyer, Chief Gani Fawehinmi. Mohammed died at about 9:00 a.m. last week Wednesday, after a brief illness in a Lagos hospital. However, in an update to what led to his demise, Saheed Fawehinmi, the younger brother of the deceased who spoke on behalf of the family, disclosed at a news briefing at his residence that he died from COVID-19 complications. Fawehinmi said the family could not immediately disclose the cause of the death because…

The Taliban have ramped up efforts to hunt people who worked with US and NATO forces. The latest development was revealed by the United Nations which was reported in a confidential paper by the Norwegian Centre for Global Analyses (which provides the UN with intelligence information). “The Taliban are arresting and/or threatening to kill or arrest family members of target individuals unless they surrender themselves to the Taliban,” the document, said. It said that those at particular risk were people with positions in the military, police and investigative units. One dead as Taliban whip citizens for hoisting Afghanistan flag “The…

Not less than seven students and a teacher have been kidnapped from an Islamic school at Sakkai community in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina state. According to reports, the assailants invaded the school on Tuesday during an evening lesson. The bandits were yet to demand for ransom as at press time. The Katsina state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isa confirmed the incident, adding that the students had already finished their lesson when they were attacked and abducted. “The bandits were attacking the community before they saw those students and used the opportunity to kidnap them. Police officer…

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC has recorded the highest number of daily COVID-19 cases in 2021. The national health agency reported1,149 cases of COVID-19 in sixteen states across the country. The figure was announced on Thursday morning via a post on its verified Facebook page. In the latest development, Lagos State, the epicenter of the dreaded disease in Nigeria recorded 680 fresh cases followed by Rivers with 157 infections. According to the new update, the country has also recorded seven deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the total fatalities so far to 2,236. FG clears air on…

Harry Kane is yet to miss another Tottenham game amid rumours of a potential move to Manchester City. The Spurs are billed to face Pacos de Ferreira in the Europa Conference League play-off on Thursday evening. According to reports, the England international was not part of the squad who flew Portugal on Wednesday for the game. Kane, 28, also missed Sunday’s 1-0 win over Manchester City, the team who are trying to buy him. He returned to training late after a post-Euro 2020 holiday in the USA. “He is getting his fitness better each day,” said boss Nuno Espirito Santo.…

The Executive Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong has relaxed the 24-hour curfew imposed after the crisis on Saturday that led to the death of over 25 persons. The governor said this after a meeting with security agencies in the State House on Wednesday. He called on parents, guardians and the citizenry at large to advise those in their care to stop fomenting trouble or face the long arm of the law. The curfew will now be observed from 6am to 6pm. This relaxation of the curfew was disclosed in a statement by the Director of Press & Public Affairs…

By Ibrahim Sheriff (Gold) There might be no end in sight to the crisis rocking the Kwara state Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC as the Chairman of the Party’s Caretaker Committee in Kwara state, Hon. Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa drags Governor of Yobe state who doubles as the Chairman, Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, CECPC of APC, Mai Mala Buni, his Niger and Osun state counterparts Sanni Bello and Gboyega Oyetola to Court. In a suit before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Bolarinwa wants the Court to determine the legality or otherwise of the appointments…