Category: Community
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Dangote, MAN Kick As Kogi State Claims Ownership Of Obajana Plant.
The Kogi State Government has said that it will be ready to enter into negotiations once Dangote Group is ready to admit that Obajana cement plant does not belong to it. Governor Yahaya Bello stated this on Thursday while presenting documents to back the state’s claim to the ownership of the plant. The documents are…
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Youths Protest #EndEfcc In Ibadan
Some youths have accused personnel of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of extortion. The youths organised a protest against the EFCC on Thursday in Ibadan, Oyo State. The protest comes days after some youths held a similar protest in Warri, Delta State. It was gathered that the youths, who took the protest to the…
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Police Arrest Kidnap Kingpin In Bayelsa.
The Bayelsa Police Command have arrested a suspected kidnap kingpin, John Ewa, who had been on the wanted list of the police in the state. It was learnt that the policemen trailed Ewa, who goes by the alias Lion, to Abuja, where they nabbed him on Saturday. The suspect, who flaunts his wealth on social…
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NGF To Wedge Tax Leakages And Enhance IGR Generation
The 36 state governors in Nigeria, under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, have initiated a workshop on wedging tax leakages and improving their internally generated revenue. The announcement came during the governors’ meeting yesterday, tagged, “the 8th IGR Peer Learning Event and Launch of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum Public Finance Database,” by the…
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NANs Begin Protest, Block Lagos-Ibadan Express Way
Students, under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students, South-West Zone, on Tuesday, blocked the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Shagamu Interchange, in protest. The protest is in reaction to the prolonged strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. In a statement issued to the press on the protest ground, signed by the Coordinator…
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Diesel Tanker Explodes In Ogun State.
Diesel tanker has reportedly exploded at the boundary between Olambe and Matogun, in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State. The truck driver was said to be carrying the diesel to a filling station in the area when he lost control of the vehicle due to the bad road. The truck crashed and the…
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Police Investigates Death Of Six Enugu Residents
The Commissioner of Police , Enugu State, Ahmed Ammani, has ordered the state’s Criminal Investigation Department to investigate circumstances surrounding the death of six persons in an Enugu community. The state commissioner had given the directive in a media statement released through the police Public Relations Officer DSP Daniel Ndukwe, on Sunday night. He also…
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Gunmen Invade Imo State, Kills One person
Panic at Ogbaku market on Owerri- Onitsha Road in Owerri, Imo State, on Tuesday as gunmen invaded the market and shot a motorcyclist dead. This happened while the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali, was in at the Government House Owerri to inaugurate the 12 Armoured Personnel Carriers procured by the state government to fight…
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Buhari Launches End Malaria Council In Abuja
The President, Muhammadu Buhari, On Tuesday, said eradicating malaria and its ancillary effects would save the country from the estimated economic burden of the disease by 2030. The President had made the projection at the State House, Abuja, shortly after inaugurating Nigeria End Malaria Council in line with the African Union Assembly Declaration for the…
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India Pledges To End Insecurity In Nigeria
The Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Shri Balasubramanian, on Monday, pledged his country’s readiness to provide the needed support to end insecurity in Nigeria. This is as he promised to further deepen the India-Nigeria relations and economic ties with social investments in solar energy, artificial intelligence, fintech and scientific intelligence. The High commissioner stated this…