Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, has issued a 48-hour ultimatum for the federal government to prosecute the masterminds behind the invasion of Mary Odili’s residence. Recall that Security operatives on Friday night invaded the house of the supreme court justice based on information that “illegal activities” were going on there. Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation […]
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Some suspected bandits have killed two worshippers at Baptist Church, Kakau Daji, Chikun LGA of Kaduna state, in an attack carried out during the church’s Sunday service. The gunmen were said to have surrounded the church before they started shooting sporadically. A yet to be ascertained number of worshippers were also abducted from the church. […]
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A member of the House of Representatives, Fakeye Olufemi, says owners of small and medium enterprises, including carpenters and taxi drivers, should be made to pay tax. Olufemi, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), representing Boluwaduro/Ifedayo/Ila federal constituency of Osun state, spoke on the floor of the house on Wednesday. The finance act […]
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The federal government of Nigeria has officially mandated all civil servants to get vaccinated against COVID-19 virus. Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), said workers who fail to get vaccinated will be barred from entering their places of work. Mustapha, who is also the chairman of the presidential steering committee (PSC) […]
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Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday slapped a N200,000 fine on Femi Fani Kayode, a former minister of aviation, for his absence in court to take his plea in an alleged N4.6 billion fraud. Fani-Kayode, also the Chairman of the Media and Publicity of the 2015 Goodluck […]
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The federal government of Nigeria says it has taken South Africa, Brazil and Turkey off the list of countries from which travellers are restricted from entering Nigeria. Boss Mustapha, chairman of the presidential steering committee (PSC) on COVID-19, disclosed this on Wednesday at a media briefing in Abuja. Recall that the federal government had, in June, […]
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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has intercepted 15 sacks of pangolin scales weighing 1,014.5kg with a value of over N1.7 billion. The National Public Relations Officer, NSC, DC Joseph Attah, disclosed this to journalists on Monday. He said two suspects were arrested with the items. “This criminality was not essentially a Nigerian thing, sadly some […]
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Airtel Networks Limited (Airtel Nigeria) has initiated a process to buyback 8.27% minority shareholdings at N55.81 per share, estimated at N61.24 billion. Buyback is a corporate action in which a company buys back (repurchase) its shares from the existing shareholders — usually at a price higher than the market price. Ownership consolidation, stock undervaluation or […]
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Unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith (retd.) in Lagos State. Smith, a cousin to a former Inspector-General of Police and current Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Musiliu Smith, was kidnapped in the Ajah axis of Lagos on Monday, according to the Punch. According to the report, the retired […]
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Not less than 13 wedding guests, including the groom’s brother and his wife, have died in an accident which occurred in Etche Local Government Area of River State. It was gathered that the Coaster bus conveying the wedding guests collided with a truck close close to Akpoku- Udufor community in the state last Saturday. It […]
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