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WORLD Bank Managing Director Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has cautioned Nigeria against more domestic debts. According to her, if the debt pile rises, Nigeria will be back

Okonjo-Iweala warns against more loans

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A man, Olumide Oyewo, and his wife, Yetunde, have been shot dead in their Alalubosa, Alakia, Ibadan home by suspected gunmen.



The deceased was a member of the Oyo State branch of the crisis-ridden National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW).

They were reportedly killed in the early hours of Sunday.

Some residents alleged that the couple was shot by factional members of the NURTW.

The killers, sources said, stormed the home in the night and shot the husband dead in the presence of his wife.

Yetunde was said to have identified one of the assailants and cried out.

Oyo drivers' crisis: Couple killed by suspected gunmen

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THE last may not have been heard on how President Goodluck Jonathan and the Director-General of IBB Campaign Organisation, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, parted ways.



Dokpesi had on Saturday attributed disagreement on zoning over 2011 poll as the crux of the matter between him and the President.

But the Presidency Tuesday said the President parted ways with Dokpesi over alleged N23billion bill presented to the Federal Government by the High Chief.

The debt was in respect of the importation of Hi-Definition equipment for the hosting of U-17 World Cup in Nigeria in 2009.

It was however learnt that the bill was rejected by the President.

Alleged N23b debt: Presidency, Dokpesi row deepens

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A rights group, Human Right Writers' Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has called for the prosecution of the policemen who allegedly killed the leader of Boko Haram, Mallam Mohammed Yusuf, last year.



In a statement Tuesday by its National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko and National Director of Media Affairs, Miss Zainab Yusuf, the group said this is "the best way" to end sectarian violence in Borno State and other parts of the Northeast.

The statement said: "The best way to end the ongoing despicable sectarian killings in Borno State and other parts of Northeast, Nigeria, is for the police officers responsible for the alleged extra-judicial killing in 2009 in police custody of the leader of the Boko Haram sect, Ustaz Mohammed Yusuf, to be prosecuted and punished and for the wheel of justice to be accelerated so that all those arrested in connection with all the Sectarian violence in parts of Northern Nigeria last year are prosecuted and sanctioned by the competent courts of law for the crimes against humanity."

Group urges prosecution of killers of Boko Haram's leader

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THE Federal High Court, Abuja, will on November 3, hear a suit before it on why it should stop the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from conducting governorship elections in Kogi, Sokoto, Cross River, Adamawa and Bayelsa states.

Justice Adamu Bello fixed the date Wednesday after consolidating the five cases.

Governors Ibrahim Idris (Kogi), Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto), Timipre Sylva (Bayelsa), Murtala Nyako (Adamawa) and Liyel Imoke (Cross River) urged that they are entitled to more time, having won rerun elections and taken fresh oaths of office.

Tenure: Court to hear Idris', Wamakko's, others' suits Nov 3

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THE European Union (EU) and the Washington based National Democratic Institute (NDI) Wednesday spoke of the importance of a credible general elections in Nigeria.

It was during their separate visits to the Senate Committee on Constitution Review headed by Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu.



According to them, anything short of credible and successful elections next year would work negatively against the African continent.

The former President of Botswana, Mr. Quett Ketumile Masire, who led the NDI delegation emphasised on the need for voters' education towards free, fair and credible elections.

EU, institute to assist INEC on credible polls

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SHOULD Nigerians fail to embrace total transformation, the level of corruption would rise by the time the country clocks 100years, Independent Corrupt Practices and other

Why corruption will keep rising, by ICPC boss

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An Abuja High Court has dismissed an application by the embattled former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Prince Vincent Ogbulafor seeking to quash a criminal charge against him.



It dismissed the application for lack of merit.

Ogbulafor and former Secretary/members of the National Economic Intelligence Committee (NEIC), Mr. Emeka Ebilah and Mr. Jude Nwokoro are facing a 17-count-charge preferred against them by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).

They are on trial over alleged N104 million fraud before Justice Ishaq Bello.

N2.3b fraud: Ogbulafor has case to answer, says court

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THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Thursday re-arraigned former Senate Committee Chairman on Power, Senator Nicholas Ugbane, his House of Representatives counterpart, Godwin Ndudi Elumelu and Jibo Mohammed at the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja.



They were charged with fresh 65 counts bordering on defrauding the government of over N5.2 billion in the Rural Electrification Agency project.

The fund was said to have been domiciled with the Central Bank of Nigeria. They allegedly diverted the money in the guise of paying over 65 fictitious companies that were purportedly awarded contracts for Grid Extension and Solar Electricity project.

EFCC re-arraigns Ugbane, Elumelu over alleged N5.2b fraud

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AT last, the Lagos State House of Assembly Thursday approved N22billion supplementary appropriation for this year and re-ordered N14billion of the initial budget, totaling N36billion.



The legislators had twice returned the budget to Governor Babatunde Fashola, demanding amendments in some areas.

Lagos Assembly approves N22b supplementary budget