The federal government has described the criticisms trailing the approval of $1 billion for the fight against insurgency and other violent crimes in the country as unnecessary and unhelpful. The Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Lai Mohammed, expressed this position at a news conference in Lagos. He said the Nigerian Governor’s Forum acted wisely […]
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The Kaduna State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed the interception of fake drugs worth over N15 million in Zaria. The command’s spokesperson, ASP Muktar Aliyu, made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview. He said the Police Area Command in Zaria had intercepted the fake drugs after a tip-off […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has filed a fraud charge against Mr. Innocent Chukwuma, alias Innoson, his company Innoson Nigeria Limited and his brother Charles Chukwuma. The charge was dated 30 November, 2017 and filed at a Lagos High Court. In the case, the EFCC is accusing Innoson of obtaining containers of motorcycles spare […]
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The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has taken advantage of the ongoing fuel scarcity to lambast President Muhammadu Buhari. The governor who ordered 80 percent of the petrol in the government house dump to be pumped out and sold at N145 per litre, said he took the action because the president did not have […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has spoken on the fuel scarcity bedeviling the nation. This is the first time the president is speaking directly concerning the situation. Expressing regrets over the situation, the president thanked Nigerians for their patience. He said he had received assurances from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation that the crisis would be resolved. […]
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Following a thrilling 3-3 draw between Arsenal and Liverpool on Friday night at the Emirates, the Premier League fixtures for Saturday brought some shocking results. Everton 0-0 Chelsea Despite being without an in-form Wayne Rooney, and not managing a single shot on target, Everton secured a point against Chelsea at Goodison Park on Saturday. Regardless […]
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According to Wall Street Journal, the Federal Government paid €3m for the release of some Chibok schoolgirls who were in Boko Haram custody. In 2014, Boko Haram insurgents had kidnapped 276 girls from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok in Borno state. Of the 276, 163 are now free: 57 fled in the early days after […]
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President Donald Trump of the United States mocked countries with immigrants in the US, according to a New York Times report. In a meeting he reportedly attended in June at the Oval Office, Trump was quoted to have said Nigerians refuse to “return to their huts” after seeing America. He was also quoted to have […]
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A video documentary, titled: ‘The Human Side of President Buhari’ which would depict the septuagenarian in a way never seen before will make its debut on Sunday. The media and publicity department of the state house put together the 55-minute documentary and said: “It is made up of interviews from close aides of the President […]
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Mohammed Saidu, head public affairs unit of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), says petroleum marketers diverted 129,000 liters of petrol from Abuja on Friday. Saidu, who revealed this monitoring the stations, added that some of the erring filling stations had been given a total fine of more than N30.5 million. According to him, more […]
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