Breaking: Kano APC suspends Ganduje
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The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has been suspended from the party.
Ganduje was suspended by members of his ward, the Ganduje Ward in the Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State on Monday.
His suspension followed alleged corruption charges levelled against him by the state government.
Recall that the Kano High Court had said Ganduje will, on April 17, 2024, be arraigned on charges bothering on allegations of bribery, diversion, and misappropriation of funds, including the purported acceptance of $413,000 and N1.38bn in bribes.
The Kano State Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Haruna Dederi, who confirmed the development, said Ganduje would be arraigned alongside his wife and six others.
EFCC arraigns 5 for illegal crude oil deal
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, charged five defendants before a Federal High Court in Lagos, over an illegal deal in petroleum products.
The defendants are: Mt Vinnalaris (a vessel), Azeez Abubakar, Wisdom Borborley, Samuel Akpan and Freedom Otuagoma
They appeared before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke on two counts bordering on unlawful deal in petroleum products.
Haulage tickets: Police disrupt commercial tricycle, vehicle drivers protest in Warri
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Operatives of Delta State Police Command, Warri ‘B Division, on Monday morning, disrupted protesting commercial tricycle and vehicle drivers over sale of outrageous haulage tickets in Warri, Delta State.
The police operatives, who arrived at the scene of the protest in two trucks, however, whisked away the leader of the protesters, Mr Innocent Victor for alleged breach of public peace.
The police, as it was later gathered, alleged that the protesters did not take permission before embarking on the protest, which, according to them, breached the public peace.
The commercial tricycle and vehicle drivers had gathered in their park at Estate, Warri, in Warri South Local Government Area to protest the outrageous sales of haulage tickets imposed on them by touts, daily.
Attack On State Secretariat, Act Of Terrorism- Oyo Gov’t
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The Oyo State Government has described the Saturday’s attack on state secretariat by self-acclaimed Yoruba Nation agitators as an act of terrorism.
The state’s Commissioner for Information, Prince Dotun Oyelade stressed that the invasion seeking to take over the Governor’s Office and House of Assembly was treasonable.
The Commissioner who disclosed this while granting interviews to journalists on Monday in Ibadan, condemned the act, saying that there were better ways of agitation other than craving for bloodshed.
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