Nigeria’s President Muhammad Buhari on Wednesday appointed the Board and Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. This is in accordance with the power vested in him under Section 59(2) of the Petroleum Industry Act he signed on August 16, 2021. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, made this […]
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Ahead of the general elections, a large sized presidential campaign billboard of President Muhammadu Buhari’s deputy, Yemi Osinbajo has surfaced in Abuja. The campaign banner had the inscription, “Join us, Nigeria asks for Osinbajo 2023.” Though no party’s name or logo was inscribed on the large banner, it had the name of a group, ‘The […]
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The federal government of Nigeria has introduced an excise duty of N10/litre on all non-alcoholic, carbonated and sweetened beverages. Minister of finance, budget and national planning, Zainab Ahmed, made this known during a public presentation of the 2022 Appropriation Act in Abuja on Wednesday January 5. Ahmed said the excise duty was introduced in line […]
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The Zamfara State office of an online newspaper/TV station in Gusau, on Monday night was attacked by armed thugs in their quest to teach one of the staff, Abdul Balarabe a bitter lesson. In a statement released by the station, Thunder Blowers media, it revealed that “the hoodlums said they were sent after one of […]
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Oluwarotimi Akeredolu The Ondo State Governor has described the birth of the Amotekun Corps in the state as timely, stressing that the move has made the state to be adjudged the most peaceful state in the country. According to the governor, no state can be termed as healthy if the security of lives and property […]
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The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, averted what could have resulted into a bloody ethnic showdown between Hausa and Yoruba at the popular Mandate Market in Ilorin, the state capital on Tuesday Sources had it that there was palpable tension when an Hausa man allegedly stabbed a Yoruba […]
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A suspected leader of bandits, Bello Turji who has been on the security wanted list, has freed over 70 victims in his custody in Zamfara State. The development was made known by the Co-Chairman of the state Committee on Finding Lasting Solutions to Banditry, Dr. Abdullahi Shinkafi on Tuesday. Dr. Abdullahi told Channels Television that […]
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The Government of Imo state has said some suspects have named former Governor Rochas Okorocha and Uche Nwosu as sponsors of bandits and kidnappers. Nwosu, Okorocha’s son-in-law, was a Deputy Chief of Staff and also Action Alliance (AA) Imo governorship candidate in 2019. A statement by Oguwike Nwachuku, Governor Hope Uzodinma’s Chief Press Secretary, on […]
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The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, accused Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State on Monday of collaborating with security operatives and Ebubeagu to kill innocent people in the state. Spokesman of IPOB, Emma Powerful, claimed that Uzodinma, alongside the All Progressives Congress, APC, security agents and Ebubeagu, has turned Imo State into an “abattoir for […]
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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, has stated that the state’s Blue and Red Lines trains will commence operation this year. Sanwo-Olu revealed this on Monday while speaking with journalists after a tour round the train project from Ikeja where the Red Line begins to Marina where the Blue Line ended. He said: “Our promise […]
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