The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has expressed the hope to exceed 2017 record of revenue collection performance in 2018, appealing for support from all Nigerians. The Public Relations Officer, Mr Joseph Attah, told newsmen on Friday in Abuja that the NCS received Federal Government support in 2017 “and this would translate to more patrol vehicles […]
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The Benue State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said over 40,000 persons had been displaced following the recent gunmen attack in Guma and Logo local government areas (LGAs) of the state. Emmanuel Shior, executive secretary of SEMA, told NAN in Makurdi, the state capital, that the agency had opened four camps for the displaced persons in the affected […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thick dust haze conditions over the central States of the county on Tuesday. NiMet’s Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office in Abuja on Monday also predicted in the range of 26 to 34 and 11 to 21 degrees Celsius respectively. The agency predicted that the Southern States […]
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The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, on Tuesday said it will impose a fine of N20 million fine on any depot selling Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) above the approved ex-depot price of N132.50 per litre. Wole Akinyosoye, the agency’s Zonal Operations Controller, Lagos, said selling PMS above the approved ex-depot price would attract a N20 million fine […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunny and hazy weather conditions over the central States of the country on Wednesday. NiMet’s Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office in Abuja on Tuesday, similarly predicted partly cloudy to sunny morning over Makurdi, Lokoja and Lafia respectively. It also predicted day and night temperatures in the […]
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The market indicators of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday dropped further by 0.52 per cent due to profit taking ahead of the Yuletide preparations. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the market capitalisation lost N71 billion to close at N13.445 trillion in contrast with N13.516 trillion posted on Monday. Also, the All-Share […]
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The Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Julie Okah-Donli, has disclosed that more than 25,000 Nigerians have been held in slave and sex camps in Libya. Okah-Donli made this known while defending the agency’s 2018 budget before the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters […]
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Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa state replied Governor Ayodele Fayose and others making a ruckus over the $billion approved to fight insecurity. He said the decision by the governors was taken in good faith. Dickson who belongs to the same Peoples Democratic Party like Governor Ayodele Fayose, who has challenged the move in court, explained […]
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The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, on Friday in Abuja said 10,000 people die annually due to agony and lack of basic equipment for treatment of cancer. Adewole said this at the inauguration of the National Hospital’s Radiotherapy Centre with new Multilleave Lenear Accelerator for cancer treatment. He attributed the number of deaths to […]
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President Robert Mugabe is insisting he remains Zimbabwe’s only legitimate ruler, an intelligence source said on Thursday. The source said Mugabe is resisting mediation by a Catholic priest to allow the 93-year-old former guerrilla a graceful exit after a military coup. The priest, Fidelis Mukonori, is acting as a middle-man between Mugabe and the generals, […]
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