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COAS commissions Lt. Gen. Lagbaja Complex to enhance training, administration, personnel welfare
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, on Friday, 17 July 2026, commissioned the Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja Complex at the Nigerian Army College of Logistics and Management (NACOLM), Lagos, reaffirming the Nigerian Army’s commitment to strengthening institutional capacity through modern infrastructure that enhances professional military education, efficient administration and personnel welfare in…
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Tinubu mourns Dame Ezinne Amaechi, mother of ex-Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed profound sorrow over the passing of Dame Ezinne Mary Oduah Amaechi, the beloved mother of Rt. Hon. Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, the former Governor of Rivers State and former Minister of Transportation. Ezinne Mary Oduah Ameachi died at the age of 89. President Tinubu in a statement by his spokesman, Bayo…
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Zidane to lead new France era as Deschamps’ 14 year reign ends
One of international football’s most anticipated managerial appointments is finally set to become reality, as Zinedine Zidane prepares to usher in a new era for France following the end of Didier Deschamps’s remarkable 14 year reign. The appointment has never truly been in doubt since November, when the French Football Federation reached a clear decision…
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Tinubu signs executive order on virtual assets, establishes council to harmonize regulation of digital economy
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has signed the Presidential Executive Order on Virtual Assets Coordination, 2026, to harmonise the regulation of virtual assets, strengthen cooperation among the nation’s financial, revenue and capital markets agencies, protect citizens from fraud, and safeguard the integrity of the financial system while enabling responsible innovation. The Presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed…
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Emefiele: Supreme Court affirms final forfeiture of properties, $2 million, share certificates to FG
Supreme Court on Friday, July 17, 2026 affirmed the final forfeiture of seven landed properties, the sum of $2,045,000 (Two Million, Forty-Five Thousand United States Dollars) and share certificates linked to a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, to the Federal Government of Nigeria. In a unanimous judgment delivered by a…
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Enugu court jails fake prophet for N136.4m fraud
Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction and sentence of one Godwin Sunday Ajuluchukwucheya (a.k.a Prophet Sunday Koboko) before Justice H. O. Eya of the Enugu State High Court, sitting in Independence Layout. The convict was prosecuted on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence…
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Court sentences man to prison over N90m fraud in Lagos
Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, July 17, 2026, convicted and sentenced Fidelix Samuel Ebuka to eight years and three months’ imprisonment for money laundering. Ebuka was arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, June 10, 2026,…
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ADC Asks National Assembly to Probe Tinubu’s Fitness Over Alleged Appointments Crisis
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has launched a fresh attack on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, alleging that the President has lost control of the federal government and urging the National Assembly to investigate whether he remains capable of effectively discharging the responsibilities of his office. In a statement issued on Thursday by its National Publicity…
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Court Orders Forfeiture Of Aisha Achimugu’s ₦8.9bn Assets To FG
Justice Jude Onwugbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Apo, Abuja, has ordered the final forfeiture of assets worth about ₦8.9bn linked to businesswoman Aisha Achimugu to the Federal Government. The forfeited assets include jewellery valued at ₦4.65bn, 11 exotic vehicles worth ₦4.29bn, $50,000, and ₦30 million in cash. Justice Onwugbuzie made the…
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Kwara Govt Announces Rescue Of Two Children By DSS, Others. Operatives Kill 2 kidnappers, Scores Fatally Injured
Few days after the intelligence -led rescue of pupils and teachers kidnapped by bandits in Oriire, Oyo State, another security team comprising operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) and forest guards, on Thursday, rescued two kidnapped children in Kwara Stare. Rescued in a forest between Oba Isin/Owa Onire in Isin and Ifelodun Local…