ANAMBRA state commandant of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mr. Sule Momodu, has raised the alarm over the influx of hard drugs like, cocaine and heroin in the state. He gave the hint Wednesday at the Prof. Dora Akunyili women development centre in Awka, during the third Lady Onyido/NDLEA annual quiz award presentation. […]
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Some members of the Senate who contributed to the debate on the 2016 budget in the red chamber on Wednesday expressed doubt over the ability of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to implement the fiscal document based on the current economic realities. Some of the senators in their contributions maintained that unless there was a […]
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The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Mustafa Magu on Wednesday declared that the fight against corruption will be holistic and unsparing. Magu, however, assured that the process will be open and transparent. He also promised to discharge his responsibility in the EFCC “with the fear of God, in the […]
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The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday reserved judgment in a suit challenging the legality of the Senate Standing Rule used in the election Dr. Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu as Senate and Deputy Presidents respectively. The trial judge, Justice Adeniyi Ademola, held that the verdict will be handed down within the time limit […]
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THE Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday announced the shutdown of two of its refineries due to pipeline vandalism by the Niger Delta militants last week. The refineries, with a combined capacity of 235,000 barrels per day, resumed production in December and January respectively after long maintenance work. The refineries said the work stopped on […]
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GEOLOGISTS from Nigeria’s conglomerate, Dangote Industries Limited, are said to have begun work aimed at setting up a cement manufacturing plant in Zimbabwe. According to media reports in Zimbabwian, the southern African country’s Secretary of Mines and Mining Development, Francis Gudyanga, confirmed that the geologists were in the field, collecting samples for analysis. This comes […]
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Some northern state governments in Nigeria have signed a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Bill Gates and Dangote Foundations, to strengthen routine immunisation in the region, Channels report. The partnership is aimed at eradicating polio cases and other child killer diseases in Northern Nigeria and other States. Speaking during the signing of the agreement […]
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Three suspected members of a goat-stealing syndicate have been arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court. Ojo Gbenga, Basiru Adebayo and Aderiye Adekunle were accused by the police of stealing 10 she-goats. They were arrested by the police on Saturday when they were stopped in transit by the public after their car hit a commercial […]
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TELECOM firms operating in Nigeria should not put their desire to make profits above security concerns, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday. Nigeria has been pushing telecom companies to verify the identity of their subscribers amid fears that unregistered SIM cards were being used by criminal gangs in a country facing an insurgency from Boko […]
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FARMERS in five communities who are displaced by the airport project embarked upon by the Ekiti State government on Wednesday staged a protest against what they called “illegal acquisition of their farmlands and unlawful destruction of economic trees and crops.” They claimed that at least 10 farmers including three women have died of shock over […]
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THE crime rate in Lagos has dropped by 65 per cent, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode said yesterday at the Second Town Hall Meeting where he rendered his stewardship. He told members of the audience at City Hall on Lagos Island that recent statistics indicated great improvement in security in the state. He said his administration between […]
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TRADERS on the rail tracks at Oshodi, dislodged by the former Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, in 2008 have started returning to the sport unmolested. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the traders had in the meantime limited the display of their goods on the Nigerian Railway Corporation disused second track, abandoned since […]
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