Month: July 2021

APC Lagos politician shot dead

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A member of the All Progressive Congress Party, APC and Vice Chairman, National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Samuel Kayode, popularly known as Ekpo Kinkin, has been shot dead at Agboju area of Lagos. The deceased had attended the flag off of the party’s local government campaign at Oriade Local Development Area, Thursday evening. Present at the meeting were top officials of the party among whom was Chairman of the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area, Mr Valentine Buraimo. Eye witnesses said while the meeting was on, a gunshot was…

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Twitter ban: Buhari’s move to Indian app, Koo, attracts more Hausa/Fulani muslims

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The Federal Government is consolidating on its actions against the microblogging site, Twitter, by moving its social media engagements to the Indian app, Koo.   A check on the platform, which shares similarities with Twitter, revealed that top government officials, including President Mohammadu Buhari, have opened accounts and are sharing government information on Koo, which is still less popular among Nigerians.   President Buhari ‘@muhammaubuhari’, who had 4.1 million followers on Twitter before it was banned has so far garnered 16,746 followers on Koo at the time of filing this…

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$130,000 fraud rocks Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria

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While insurance operators are eagerly soliciting premium from the public in the midst of a struggling economy, Nigeria’s foremost insurance institute, Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN), is currently enmeshed in an alleged fraud involving nothing less than $130,000 (about N60 million) in the country’s currency. Findings by New Telegraph ( a local tabloid) revealed that the amount was said to have been syphoned from the institute’s treasury over a period of time and was discovered after a year. A source, who is privy to the malfeasance, said a former…

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