Nigeria news today headlines update Monday 13th May 2019
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target=_blank>Iran MPs Allow Mothers To Pass Citizenship To Children
Iran’s parliament on Sunday passed a bill that would allow children born to an Iranian mother to apply for citizenship. The bill was backed by 188 lawmakers, while 20 voted against it. Addressing the parliamentary session, MP Mahmoud Rahimi Jihan Abadi hailed the move to give citizenship to children born to Iranian mothers. “By what
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target=_blank>Israeli Navy Detains 3 Fishermen Off Gaza Coast
Israeli naval forces on Saturday detained three Palestinian fishermen off the coast of the blockaded Gaza Strip, according to a local official. Israeli gunboats opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats west of Gaza City and arrested three fishermen, Nizar Ayyash, head of Gaza’s fishermen union, told Anadolu Agency. The cause of the detention remains unclear
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target=_blank>Eight Remanded In Prison Over Alleged Oil Theft
Justice Fatun Riman of a Federal High Court, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has ordered that eight alleged illegal oil dealers being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, be remanded in prison till May 22, 2019, when their bail application will be heard. They include: Victor Umana, Asuquo Ita Bassey, Okon Edet Solomon,
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target=_blank>Why Yahoo-Yahoo Ritualists On The Rise In Nigeria – Okowa
ASABA – Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has attributed the increase in violent crimes in the country to inordinate desire for wealth and material possessions. The Governor revealed this yesterday at the first session of the 15th Synod of the Asaba Diocese of the Anglican Communion held at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Ubulu-Okiti, and Aniocha
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target=_blank>Fashion Designer Arraigned Over Alleged Cybercrime
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office has arraigned one Oluwarore Omotomiwa Timileyin (a.k.a Stephen Kimble, Eldred Lola) on a seven-count charge bordering on forgery, obtaining under false pretence and possession of fake documents. Oluwarore, who claimed to be a fashion designer, is standing trial before Justice P.I Ajoku of the Federal
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target=_blank>Three Injured In Petrol Tanker Accident In Anambra
Three persons on Sunday sustained severe injuries when a fully laden petrol tanker lost control and crashed into a Lexus Jeep before falling into a nearby valley at Amawbia, Awka in Anambra. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who was at the scene of the crash, reports that two of the injured persons were
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target=_blank>Three Suspected Cultists Arrested With Woman’s Pants In Ogun
In continuation of its war against cultism and other violent crime, men of the Ogun State Police command on Friday May 10, 2019 stormed an initiation hideout of the dreaded Eiye confraternity in Agbowa area of Ogijo where three members of the group were arrested. Police source said the DPO Ogijo police Division Chief Superintendent
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target=_blank>ICPC Arraigns Former Benue SUBEB Chairman Over Illegal Transfer Of N140.9m
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned a former Executive Chairman of the Benue State Primary Education Board, Dr. Augustine Laha Dzever, over the illegal transfer of N104.9 million belonging to the Board to another account. Dr. Dzever was charged before Hon. Justice S. A. Itodo of the Benue State
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target=_blank>Robbery: Two Ex-Convicts, One Other Land In Police Net
The operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested two ex – convicts and one other suspect for alleged robbery in Lekki area of Lagos State. The suspected robbers, one of whom was released from Oke – Kura Prison, Kwara State on Friday, April 26, 2019, was re – arrested on Monday in Lekki, Lagos,
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Fake Lovers Jailed For Internet Fraud
Justice Fatun Riman of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Friday, May 10 2019, convicted and sentenced Daniel Iluobe, Ifeanyi Chukwudi Paul and Godwin Joseph Ovboke to two years imprisonment each, for internet fraud. Iluobe, while posing as a Chinese, Huang Guang, fraudulently sent electronic messages to a Chinese woman […]
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