The Anambra State Government has ordered the immediate suspension of operations of all casinos and gaming centres in the state. The directive followed alleged fraudulent and criminal activities observed in their operations. This directive was contained in a statement jointly signed by the Commissioner for Culture, Entertainment; Tourism, Donatus Onyenji …
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The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Transportation, on Thursday noted that there were no plans to ban operations of commercial motorcycles popularly known as ‘Okada’ as a means of transportation in the country. The Minister of State for Transportation, Ademola Adegoroye, made this clarification while speaking in Abuja at …
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More than 1.5 million children are at risk as devastating floods hit Nigeria, the United Nations Children’s Fund has warned. UNICEF made this known in a press statement made available to our correspondent on Friday. According to the UN agency, more than 2.5 million people in Nigeria need humanitarian assistance …
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THE governorship candidate of the Zenith Labour Party in Rivers State, Leyii Kwanee, has urgef the Independent National Electoral Commission to punish politicians who violate provisions of the new Electoral Act. Kwanee stressed the need for INEC to invoke its powers and file charges against politicians who run short of …
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Amid Nigeria’s fiscal crisis, the Federal Government is compiling the list of assets that will be either sold or ‘concessioned’ to fund the 2023 budget deficit of N10.7tn. Sources at the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning told The PUNCH that the government was considering selling or concessioning the …
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Prison One Fapohunda Paul Olasunkanmi, a laundry’s man and resident of Kwara state has been sentenced to three years in prison by a High Court sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital. Olasunkanmi who hails from from Ado-Ekiti in Ekiti State was handed a three years jail term over internet …
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Governorship candidate of All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) Ebonyi, Prof. Benard Ifeanyi Odoh The Governorship Candidate of the All progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in Ebonyi State, Prof. Bernard Ifeanyi Odoh narrowly escaped death after his convoy was attacked by Gunmen on Thursday, October 20th. According to reports by POLITICS NIGERIA …
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THE Vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed it is not far from the truth when Nigerians refer to the massive violation of human rights during the protest as “massacre”. Baba-Ahmed who made the assertion while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday noted that his …
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Stakeholders in the transportation system have urged the Federal Government to provide digitalisation and regulation of commercial motorcycles and tricycles nationwide. The Federal Permanent Secretary (retd.), Anthonia Ekpa, noted that its regulation will help in curtailing insecurity and criminality among the operators in the country. She said this at the …
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A lottery brand, Green Lotto, and its agent, Charles Akhenanen, have been dragged before the Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square over its refusal to pay a businessman his winning sum of N72,700,000. Green Lotto is organised by a company, Brentwood Multiservices Global Limited based in …
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