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One Solomon Chiana has been sentenced to five years imprisonment for attempting to sell his eight-year-old son for N20million. National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic In Persons (NAPTIP) confirmed this in a statement on its X handle. Chiana, 42, was sentenced alongside one Pius Aondoakaa, 28, who conspired with the former to sell his…
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A Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal (CCPT) sitting in Abuja, has restrained Multi-Choice Nigeria Limited from increasing its tariffs and cost of products and services scheduled to begin on May 1. The three-member tribunal, presided over by Saratu Shafii, on Monday, gave the interim order following an ex-parte motion moved by Ejiro Awaritoma, counsel for…
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Former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele on Monday challenged the Lagos high court to hear the suit filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) but it was deferred. Counsel to Emefiele, Olalekan Ojo, made the challenge, arguing that the court lacks the jurisdiction to entertain the…
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Former House of Representative member, Ozurigbo Ugonna, has resigned his membership from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ugonna confirmed his exit from the main opposition party in a letter addressed to the ward chairman, Umuozu ward, Nwangele local government, Imo State. “I have come to that decisive moment I had nevr wished, as I am…
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Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Monday abducted a student of the Nigerian Navy Secondary School, Imeri, in Ose Local Council Area of Ondo State. The student, Jethro Onose, was kidnapped along with his father, Maliki Onose, while returning to school after the three-week holiday. The gunmen were said to have waylaid the victims along…