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For today, March 8 2016:
THE NATION NEWSPAPER
Badeh remanded in prison for alleged N3.97b fraudA Very Important Personality (VIP) yesterday entered the Kuje Prison in Abuja. Former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Alex Badeh (retd.), who was ordered remanded in prison by Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, came in about 11.30am – amid tight security. READ MORE
Autopsy conducted on Ocholi, wife, son as Nigerians mournTears were still flowing yesterday for Minister of State (Labour and Employment) James Ocholi, who died on Sunday along with his wife and son in an accident on the Kaduna-Abuja highway. The National Hospital in Abuja has conducted an autopsy on the bodies. One of the survivors of the crash has been declared stable in hospital. READ MORE
APC man burnt alive as ‘thugs’ kill five in RiversA member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ofinijite Amachree, was burnt alive in Buguma, Asari-Toru Local Government of Rivers State yesterday. Amachree was beaten up and burnt. Five were clubbed to death between Saturday and Sunday. READ MORE
VANGUARD NEWSPAPER
Ocholi: How ankle injury saved surviving sonABUJA—THE only surviving son of the late Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Barrister Aaron Ocholi, has promised to retain all the legacies of his father. READ MORE
Fall in oil prices won’t spell doom for Nigerian economy —DangoteLAGOS — Africa’s richest man and President, Dangote Industries, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, yesterday, dismissed fears about the impact of the fall in crude oil prices on the Nigerian economy, saying the decline would not translate to doom for the economy. READ MORE
CJN backs Frivolous Petition BillABUJA—CHIEF Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, yesterday, threw his weight behind the proposed frivolous petition bill 2015, saying when finally passed into law, it would help protect everyone in the country. READ MORE
THE PUNCH NEWSPAPER
Dangote plans to generate 12,000MW of electricityThe President, Dangote Industries, Aliko Dangote, has said his company should be able to generate about 12,000 megawatts of electricity for the country by 2018. He also said that his business estate would start selling foreign exchange to the Central Bank of Nigeria by 2020. READ MORE
Lagos schoolgirls resume, whisked away for fresh checkupTHE freed female students of the Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary in Ikorodu, Lagos State, resumed at the school on Monday, but were immediately whisked away. The schoolgirls, who were abducted last Monday by 12 gunmen, were taken away by their parents and the school management for another checkup. READ MORE
I collected $100,000 from Otedola for Farouk Lawan – EmenaloThe Clerk to the then House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy, Boniface Emenalo, on Monday told a Federal Capital Territory High Court, Lugbe, how he collected $100,000 from billionaire businessman, Mr. Femi Otedola, as part of the alleged $3m bribe promised to the then Chairman of the committee, Farouk Lawan. READ MORE
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