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Kaduna: Businessman charged with N9.8m fraud

By Adeyanju Esther A 45-year-old businessman, Philip David was brought before a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, accused of committing car tyre fraud amounting to N9.8 million. The defendant, a resident of Barnawa, Kaduna, is facing trial on three…

Banditry: Family of four narrowly escape death

On January 14, 2024, new details emerged about a distressing incident that took place on December 24, 2023. Mrs. Olukanni Olusola Mary and her two children, Olukanni Anjolaoluwa Victoria and Olukanni Oluwadarasimi Wayne, were taken by bandits following a violent…

Benue Assembly passes N170.8bn supplementary budget

The Benue State House of Assembly, on Wednesday, passed the 2024 supplementary budget of N170,894,473,135 billion. This brought the 2024 budget a total of N396,621,868,343bn. The initial approved budget by the house was N225,727,395,206.97bn. With the passed supplementary budget, the…