Day: November 17, 2021

Abubakar Malami SAN, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, has disclosed that Nigeria would soon make additional recovery of about $200million, being part of public funds looted and stashed outside the country. He said the repatriation of the looted fund was subject to the settlement of litigations that the Federal Ministry of Justice was currently attending to. Malami spoke at the 2021 annual public lecture organized by the Centre for Media and Peace Initiative, New York, United States of America. The AGF, in a statement by his…

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Waliu Salaudeen, a student of the Department of Microbiology, who was found guilty of assaulting a female lecturer in the same department has been expelled by the management of the University of Ilorin. A statement by the varsity’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr Kunle Akogun, stated that the verdict was handed down by the Student Disciplinary Committee after Salaudeen was arraigned on Monday. According to him, the student has 48 days to appeal the verdict. “Salaudeen has since been handed over to the police for further necessary action,” Akogun added.…

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A gas explosion on Ojekunle Street, off Ladipo Street, in the Mushin area of Lagos State has left five persons dead on Tuesday. No fewer than 15 vehicles were also destroyed by the explosion, which damaged many houses in the area. The workshop where the explosion occurred housed mechanics, panel beaters, gas retailers and other traders. Eyewitnesses said the incident happened when a woman, identified as Mama Emma, was frying puff-puff around 7.30am. It was learnt that around the same time, a gas retailer, identified as Sodiq, was dispensing gas…

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