Abidemi Rufai
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The United States authorities have auctioned a Cartier watch and a gold chain necklace belonging to Abidemi Rufai, a former aide of the Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, who recently completed a jail term in the US. The auction was done to offset his judgement debt to the US government. Rufai was sentenced on September…
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A doctor at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH) in Anambra has been kidnapped by gunmen at his residence in Anambra. The Guardian reports that the victim has been identified as Dr Collinus Onuigbo. He was abducted on Tuesday, a few days after Governor Chukwuma Soludo launched Operation Udo ga-achị, a joint security force…
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Many traders were injured at the Ediaken Market, popularly called Uselu Market, on the Benin-Lagos Road axis as political thugs engaged in sporadic shooting on Tuesday in an attempt to overthrow the leadership of the market union, leaving many scampering for safety. The incident, which occurred Tuesday evening, entered its second day as women trooped…
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Dr. Ejike Oji, Chairman of the Association for the Advancement of Family Planning in Nigeria (AAFP), says there is no better time for the Nigerian health sector to be innovative than now. Oji said this on Wednesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Abuja, while responding to the pulling out of…
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Mrs. Beatrice Ekweremadu, wife of former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has returned to Nigeria, according to the Vanguard Newspaper. It will be recalled that Senator Ekweremadu, his wife, and Dr. Obinna Obeta were sentenced by a UK court on charges related to organ harvesting. The former Deputy Senate President was sentenced to 10…
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US President Donald Trump ordered federal employees of diversity offices to be put on paid leave by Wednesday night, and called a Washington bishop "nasty" after she asked him to "have mercy" for migrants and LGBTQ children. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that US government workers in diversity offices must be put on…
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Borussia Dortmund have fired head coach Nuri Sahin in the wake of Tuesday's 2-1 Champions League loss at Bologna, saying they had "lost faith" in him. Dortmund were beaten finalists in the competition last season, but the loss on Tuesday was the club's fourth successive defeat in all competitions. In the Bundesliga, Dortmund sit 10th,…
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Arewa group, under the umbrella of Northern Professionals, has expressed their support for the decision by the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, to re-award the contract that was revoked on a section of the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano highway to a new construction company. According to the group, the decision to re-award the road contract on such an…
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The "Chess in IDP Camps" initiative in Adamawa State, Nigeria, is changing lives through the power of chess. Spearheaded by Vivian Ibrahim, a former beauty queen and founder of the Queen Vee Chess Academy, the programme introduces children in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps to the game of chess to build critical thinking skills, and…
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Operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command have arrested suspected armed robbers and kidnappers in the state following a tip-off. DSP Mansir Hassan, the state’s police spokesperson, made this known in a statement on Tuesday as he explained how the arrests were carried out. The four armed robbery suspects, Abubakar Alkamu (age 29), Hassan Isa…
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Sudan's army-aligned government has issued new banknotes in areas it controls, reportedly aimed at undermining its paramilitary rivals but causing long queues at banks, disrupting trade and entrenching division.