The Lagos State Film and Videos Censors Board (LSFVCB) on Tuesday said that 30 traders had been arrested in clampdown on sellers of pirated films in the state. The Executive Secretary of the board, Mr Dele Balogun, said in a statement that the traders were arrested after a week-long raid on pirated films outlets in […]
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A High Court sitting in Kano has ruled that the state government cannot take any action under the new Kano state emirates council law, 2019, without consulting the kingmakers. While granting the ex parte motion filed by some kingmakers led by Yusuf Nabahani, madakin Kano, on Tuesday, Ahmed Badamosi, the presiding judge, said the governor […]
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The former chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Babatunde Fowler, wrote to request for an extension of his tenure before President Muhammadu Buhari announced his replacement. Buhari appointed Muhammad Nami, a tax consultant, to replace Fowler whose tenure ended on Monday. In a letter dated December 9, Fowler wrote to Boss Mustapha, the secretary […]
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Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, says the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) needs to show that there are no sacred cows in the fight against corruption. Professor Jega gave the charge on Monday while reviewing a book launched by the EFCC in Abuja. The launch of the […]
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It was an all-female top three affair, as 14 year-old Jolaosho Oluwatoroti Otokini of Louisville Girls High School, Ogun State, emerged the overall winner of the 2019 edition of the UBA Foundation National Essay Competition, winning the grand prize of an educational grant of N2,000,000.00 to study in any African university of her choice. Oluwatoroti […]
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Tony O. Elumelu, CON, Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation and Chairman, Heirs Holdings and United Bank for Africa Group, urged African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Heads of State to improve the business environment in their countries to drive industrialisation and wealth creation in ACP member states. He said this while presenting the keynote speech […]
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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-South region of the country, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has described a reported physical attack on the Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, as an act of ingratitude by enemies of Nigeria against one of the shining lights of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. […]
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The Director-General of the OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) Dr Abdulhamid Alkhalifa has signed a US$20 million development loan to help finance Burkina Faso’s Agricultural Value Chain Support Project (PAPFA). Dr Alkhalifa signed the loan in Ouagadougou with Burkina Faso’s Minister of Economy, Finance and Development, Lassané Kabore. PAPFA aims to contribute […]
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Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has thanked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), security operatives and the people of Kogi State for his victory in the just concluded gubernatorial election in the state. The governor in a statement by his Director General, Media and Publicity, Kingsley Fanwo said he is now spurred to do […]
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Three people were killed in a shooting early Monday outside a Walmart store in Oklahoma, including the assailant, police said — the latest in a string of deadly gun attacks at the popular supermarket chain. Danny Ford, the police chief in the town of Duncan, said the shooting — an apparent domestic dispute — took […]
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