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Woman, Four Others Arrested For Alleged Tricycle Theft In Bauchi

THE Bauchi State Police Command has arrested five individuals involved in an alleged criminal conspiracy and receiving stolen property. This information was revealed during a press briefing on Tuesday by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, speaking on behalf of the state Commissioner of Police, Auwal Mohammed. Wakil …

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Report: NUPRC Has Not Approved $1.3bn Shell Renaissance Deal

  Contrary to reports in a section of the media that the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC, has accepted Shell International Plc’s bid to sell its onshore assets to Renaissance in a transaction worth $1.3bn, investigations have revealed that the Commission has not approved the transaction. There had been …

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INEC Meets Stakeholders, Assures of Readiness for Edo Election

THE Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Wednesday assured stakeholders in Edo of the commission’s readiness for the Sept. 21 governorship election. Yakubu told the stakeholders in Benin to cooperate with the commission to ensure credible election. Yakubu noted that the meeting was a tradition …

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Yuan Depreciates By 7.1182 To Dollar

THE central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the Yuan, weakened 46 pips to 7.1182 against the dollar on Wednesday. This is according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. https://newsextra24.com/delta-child-rights-amendment-bill-passes-second-reading/ In China’s spot foreign exchange market, the Yuan is allowed to rise or fall by two per …

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Delta Child Rights Amendment Bill Passes Second Reading

THE bill seeking to amend the Delta State Child Rights law on Wednesday passed through Second Reading at the state House of Assembly. The Sponsor of the Bill, Mrs Marilyn Okowa-Daramola (PDP-Ika North East) said during plenary that the amendment became necessary to cover 12 sections of the principal law. …

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Flood: 24 Killed, 163 Injured In Bauchi

THE Bauchi State Government has disclosed that 24 people lost their lives while 163 others were injured as result of heavy flood that affected communities in 16 local government areas of the state. The Commissioner of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Hajiya Hajara Yakubu Wanka, stated this during a press …

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Bandits Raid Kaduna Hospital, Kidnap Nurses, Patients

BANDITS on Monday invaded the Primary Healthcare Centre at Kuyallo, Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, kidnapping two nurses and an unspecified number of patients. According to Musa Alhassan, one of the leaders of a local vigi­lante group, the bandits initially targeted the nearby Government Day Secondary School, arriving …

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