Casinos, gaming machines and online gambling to be overseen by independent regulator

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AN INDEPENDENT REGULATOR for the gambling industry is to be established under a proposed new law.

Minister of State for Equality, Immigration and Integration, David Stanton briefed Cabinet today and requested approval to draft a new general scheme of the Gambling Control Bill.

A proposed set of laws to deal with the issue of gambling have been gathering dust on the shelf in the Department of Justice since 2013.

EFCC Arrests Abuja Civil Servant Who Paid N60m Tithe To a Church

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a popular Abuja socialite who is also a top official of the Nigerian Prisons Service, Dr (Mrs) Imaobong Akon Esu-Nte. The suspect, a Grade Level 14 Officer with the Federal Ministry of Finance seconded to the Nigerian Prison Service as Head, Capital Accounts, was picked up Tuesday May 6 by operatives of the anti graft agency. And for several hours, she was grilled by investigators over allegations bordering on corruption, abuse of office and money laundering.

Church Issues Deliverance Receipt in Nigeria

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Hurricane Ophelia heading to Ireland and Scotland | Live Coverage

Hurricane Ophelia rages towards Ireland

EMERGENCY measures will be taken in the next 48 hours as the country braces itself for a ferocious storm comparable with Hurricane Debbie, the most powerful cyclone ever to hit Ireland.

As Hurricane Ophelia approaches, a status red severe weather warning has been issued for coastal areas with an orange alert for the rest of the country.

The Confession Of a Nigerian Human Parts Dealer!!!!

It is like nemesis is catching up with suspected ritualists in Ogun State trading in human body parts.

No week passes without the police in the state arresting a suspected ritualist. In the latest onslaught against them, no fewer than seven were arrested.

The state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, in the meantime, allayed the fear of residents, saying security agents would not be tired of arresting suspected ritualists.

Nigerian man Who Killed Father Of Two Is Jailed 18 YEARS In UK

A man who stabbed a father-of-two to death on a busy high street has been jailed for 18 years.

Abraham Omotoso, 27, of Tudor Gardens, Harrow, plunged a knife into the chest of 34-year-old Mohamed Al-Zufairi in High Street, Wealdstone in February this year.

Mr Al-Zufairi, from Harrow, had been waiting outside Poundland for his eight-year-old daughter when he was attacked. She did not witness her father being stabbed.