UNKNOWN gunmen suspected to be armed bandits in the early hours of Tuesday attacked Tursa village in Rabbah Local Government area of Sokoto State, killing at least one person and kidnapping six persons from the village. Confirming the development to newsmen on Tuesday morning in Sokoto, the State Police Public …
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THE Enugu State Government has inaugurated 10 Small Claims Courts to address the challenge of delays in settlement of financial disputes, especially debt recovery and other liquidated money demand. Performing the inauguration in Enugu, the Chief Judge, Justice Afojulu Ozoemena, said the courts, which will be presided by magistrates, would …
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A High Court of Rivers State sitting in Port Harcourt has denied bail to a former Chairman of Khana Local Government Area, Sunny Bekanwah, who is standing trial on alleged sponsorship of cultism and murder of Dr. Lucky N. Kinain. The trial judge, Justice Daketima Kio, denied the bail in …
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PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has been urged by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) to approve the measure outlawing sexual harassment in higher education institutions. This is in response to claims of sexual harassment that led to the suspension of the University of Calabar’s Dean of Law Faculty. Newsextra24 reports that the …
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A Presidential aide, Bayo Onanuga, has reacted to President Bola Tinubu’s intervention in the lingering political crisis in Rivers State. Newsextra24 reports that the president resolved the crisis during a meeting with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, former governor Peter Odili, and …
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THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has seized 7,590 tons of illicit drugs and substances worth over N800 billion and arrested 42,105 drug offenders in three years across the country. NDLEA Chairman and CEO, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd), made this known when the Chief of Defence Staff, …
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SIX people have died while 40 others are currently hospitalised due to the cholera outbreak in the Jukun community of Didango, in Karim Lamido Local Government Council of Taraba State. Sunday Danjos, the chairman of the council, revealed this distressing news over the weekend during a press briefing in Jalingo, …
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THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency of Nigeria, SMEDAN, have brokered new collaboration to enhance growth and survival of businesses across the country. The parley took place on Monday, December 18, 2023 in Abuja when a delegation of SMEDAN, led by its …
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EXECUTIVE Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede has called for improved financial discipline and integrity in the running of ministries, departments and agencies, MDAs, in the country. He made the call on Monday in Abuja while receiving a delegation of the Financial Reporting Council of …
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•Lagos generates higher revenue than 30 states combined The seventh Annual States Viability Index (ASVI) report released by Economic Confidential, an intelligence magazine, has declared six states insolvent. The basis for the declaration is that their Internally Generated Revenues (IGR) in 2022 were below 10 per cent of their receipts from …
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