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Nigeria is bracing for nationwide protests this week over economic hardship. Politicians and the army have warned people against taking to the streets, but organisers say government failings have left them little choice. Both sides have made comparisons with recent protests in Kenya that forced the government to withdraw new taxes, but it is not…
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A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, on Monday remanded a 44-year-old man, Yahuza Abubakar in a correctional facility for allegedly defiling a five-year-old girl. Abubakar is charged by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) with defilement, contrary to Section 258 of the Kaduna State Penal Code. The NSCDC prosecutor, Mr Marcus…
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MTN subscribers in Ikorodu, Lagos State, on Monday thronged the telco’s service centre in their thousands to address the barring of their phone lines. Many of them told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in interviews that their phone lines were barred at the weekend allegedly because of the NIN – SIM linkage. They told…
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One Taoheed Oladapo, 38, on Monday appeared before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, over an alleged N1.7 million Visa fraud. Oladapo, whose address was not provided, was charged with obtaining money under false pretence and stealing, to which he pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor, Insp Olalekan Adegbite, told the court that the defendant committed the…
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Scores of security personnel, including the police and military have taken over National Assembly Complex entrance and Eagles