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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and socialite Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, have agreed to settle the naira ab¥se charge outside of court.
TheNation reports that the out-of-court settlement was disclosed when the proceedings resumed on Thursday morning, May 2.
Recall that EFCC had on April 16 filed a three-count charge against Okechukwu over alleged naira ab¥se.
He was arraigned the following day at the federal high court in Lagos and pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The judge, thereafter granted him bail in the sum of N10 million with two responsible sureties in like sum.
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Two students of Audu Bako College of Agriculture, Dambatta (ABCOAD), lost their lives when the boat they boarded capsized in the middle of Thomas Dam in Makoda LGA of Kano State on Tuesday morning, April 30.
The deceased students have been identified as Abubakar Sanusi and Ado Salisu, while a third student, named Abubakar Salisu, was rescued and rushed to the hospital.
Information officer of Makoda LGA Sani Muhammadu said the incident occurred when the students were returning to the college, DailyTrust reports.
According to him, driver of the canoe, one Hassan Haruna, survived the mishap.
A resident of Danbatta Abba Muhammad corroborated the accounts of the information officer, adding that the rescued student was responding to treatment at Danbatta General Hospital.
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A woman has reportedly murdered her three kids after she suspected her husband was cheating and did the act as a revenge for her husband’s infidelity.
A social media user narrated how the woman traced her husband to the hotel where he was meeting his partner, ensured that he saw and proceeded to taking their three kids they had together and throwing them into the river
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Cabinet minister Kemi Badenoch on Wednesday, May 1, insisted that colonialism and the sl@ve trade played a “minor role” in Britain’s economic development.
The Nigerian born Business Secretary and Equalities Minister said that UK’s economic success is instead the result of ‘British ingenuity and industry’ as she welcomed a new book by a rightwing think tank.
Despite the British Empire once being geographically the largest the world has ever seen, political economist Kristian Niemietz claimed Britain’s growth was not financed by the sl@ve trade or its imperial possessions.
Writing for the Institute of Economic Affairs, Dr Niemietz has argued that colonialism made only a ‘minor contribution’ to Britain’s economic development, ‘and quite possibly none at all’, with the benefits outweighed by the military and administrative cost of running an empire.
He added that the trans-Atlantic sl@ve trade was no more important to the British economy than sheep-farming or brewing, and most trade was with North America and Western Europe rather than the colonies, even if some individuals did become ‘very rich’ from ‘overseas engagement’.
Writing in support of the work, Mrs Badenoch said the book was ‘a welcome counterweight to simplistic narratives that exaggerate the significance of empire and sl@very to Britain’s economic development….(continue reading from next slide.)
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A Lady has lamented the how all her expenses to grace a wedding seems to have been wasted after the marriage only lasted for eight months.
She took to her social media page to vent her frustration at how short lived the marriage was and how much she spent just to attend the occasion. When she was probed why the marriage ended she said it was due to the couple incompatiblity
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Popular Skitmaker, Layi Wasabi has shared his perspective about the challenges of being a bachelor as he describes their unconventional eating habits.
According to him, the bachelor lifestyle involves eating food that doesn’t appear to be fresh and healthy.
