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Reps Urge Customs To Lift Ban On Fuel Supply To Border Towns
The House of Representatives yesterday called on the Nigeria Customs Service to lift the ban on the delivery of petroleum products to filling stations located 20 […]
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Kogi gov’ship: Thugs Cause Chaos As IGP, INEC Boss Attend Peace Accord
Hundreds of thugs yesterday nearly disrupted a stakeholders’ meeting in Lokoja, Kogi State where key actors for Saturday’s gubernatorial election in the state converged to sign […]
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EFCC Trains Liberian Anti-graft Officers
The Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, on Tuesday November 12, 2019 said that the decision of the Liberian President George Weah, […]
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EFCC Arraigns Two Kano Sharia Court Staff For N1.2m Fraud
The Kano Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, November 12, 2019 arraigned the duo of Ado Shehu and Ali Muhammad […]
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EFCC Tasks Corps Members To Shun Corruption, Cyber Crime
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has warned youth to shun corruption and cyber crime. This was the central theme of messages by officials of […]
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MSF, International Organisations Turn Spotlight On Noma, Seek Increased Funding
November is ‘Noma month’, dedicated to raising awareness of this neglected disease which affects some of the world’s most vulnerable communities. This month, international humanitarian medical […]
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Supply Suspension: Petrol Scarcity Hits Border Towns, Fuel Now N600/litre
Residents of border communities in Ogun, Lagos, Adamawa, Katsina and Sokoto states are groaning following the Federal Government’s suspension of fuel supply to areas within 20 […]
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Nigeria: Pneumonia Kills Over 162,000 Children, In 2018 – UNICEF
Nigeria Contributes Highest Number To Global Pneumonia Child Deaths Pneumonia – a preventable disease – kills more children globally than any other infection Pneumonia claimed the […]
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Nigeria Oscar Selection Committee Reacts To Disqualification Of Its Nomination
The Nigeria Oscar Selection Committee (NOSC) has responded to the recent disqualification of the country’s submission to the 92nd Academy Awards® – Genevieve Nnaji’s Lionheart. The […]
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Ex-Pension Boss Maina Arrives In Court On Wheelchair
Former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina has been wheeled into the Federal High Court in Abuja where he is facing charges […]
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Police Rescue 259 People From Another ‘Illegal Detention Center’
Report says a total of 259 people have been liberated from another detention facility uncovered by the Oyo State Police Command in Ibadan, the state capital, […]
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FG Gives Conditions For Reopening Borders
The Federal Government on Monday gave conditions that ECOWAS countries have to meet for Nigeria to reopen its borders. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, […]
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How Mompha, Lebanese Friend Were Arrested After Allegedly Laundering N33bn – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has explained how suspected internet fraudster and social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha aka Mompha; and his Lebanese accomplice, Hamza […]
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Governor Of California Makes Historic Appointment Of Nigerian
Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, has appointed a Nigerian, Uduak-Joe Ntuk, as the State Oil and Gas Supervisor, responsible for managing the Division of Oil, Gas […]
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Nigeria’s Revenue-Generating Agencies Don’t Remit Funds
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has revealed that most revenue-generatingagencies in Nigeria have failed to remit their funds to the treasuryof the federal government. Lawan revealed this […]
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Umahi Sacks Aide For Leaking China Trip
Reports say, the governor of Ebonyi State, Chief David Umahi yesterday sacked one of his numerous Technical Assistants on social media, one Mr. Ndubuisi Goodluck Itumo […]
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FG Moves To Regulate Social Media Space
The Federal Government says it is working on how to inject sanity into the social media space which, according to it, is totally out of control […]
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16% Of Schools, 6 % Of Health Facilities Access WASH Facilities In Nigeria-UNICEF
Nigeria To Flag-off National Programme To End Open Defecation The Federal Government is to flag-off a National Programme to End Open Defecation in Nigeria tagged “Clean […]
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Minister of Women Affairs Reiterates Commitment Towards Improving Women and Gender Equality
The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen has pledged to change the narrative to improve on women empowerment and gender equality to foster National development […]
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Justice Dogo: NBA Seeks Immediate Release, Review Of Security Cordon, Adequate Protection For Judicial Officers
The Nigerian Bar Association (“NBA”) has condemned in very strong terms the recent kidnap of Justice Abdu Dogo, a Judge of the Federal High Court of […]
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