Controversy trails customs distribution of relief materials in Kano The Association of Maritime Truck Owners has threatened to stop lifting of cargoes in and out of the nation’s seaports, if the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) does not end ‘illegal’ auction ...
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Nasarawa govt uncovers 200 ghost workers in payroll
No fewer than 200 ghost workers have been uncovered on the Payroll Vouchers (PV) of various Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Nasarawa State. Commissioner for Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs, Haruna Osegba, disclosed this at the weekend during a Joint ...
Read More »Five persons feared killed in Maiduguri bomb blasts
No fewer than five persons were reportedly killed at the weekend, when two suspected suicide bombers detonated their strapped Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) at Muna Garage in Maiduguri, Borno State. Another 46 persons also sustained various degrees of injuries in ...
Read More »No mercy for oil thieves, says new JTF commander
New Commander of the Joint Task Force (JTF) codenamed Operation Delta Safe Rear Admiral Akinjide Akinriade, yesterday said the task force in the Niger Delta will have no mercy for oil thieves and other criminals in the region. Speaking during ...
Read More »Dickson offers automatic employment to medical doctors, PHD, MSC holders
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has offered automatic employment to 307 products of the state Scholarship Scheme who have completed their doctorate and master’s degree programmes in various disciplines in universities across the world. A statement issued by his Special ...
Read More »FG, NACCIMA laud Ugwuanyi for ease of doing business in Enugu
Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah and President of Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Iyalode Alaba Lawson have commended Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for enhancing the ease of doing business in ...
Read More »CAN, cleric’s tasks governors on looting, good governance
Chairman of the Northern Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Reverend Yakubu Pam, has urged newly elected governors in the 19 states of the region to hit the ground running to develop their states. This comes as General Overseer of the ...
Read More »NBM mobilises to advance democracy at 41st convention
To strengthen Nigeria’s democracy, the Neo-Black Movement of Africa (NBM) is assembling the best of minds to advance civil rule in the country at its 15th lecture and 41st national convention holding from the 11th to 14th of this month ...
Read More »LIFE IN NIGERIA, UNSAFE, TOUGH – Molokwu Chris
39, years old Molokwu Ugochukwu Chris, who for the better part of his life dwelled in Gamboru Local Govt. Area of Borno State, North of Nigeria, has lamented the spate of terrorism and insecurity in Nigeria, stressing that the Nigerian ...
Read More »113 million face acute food crisis in Nigeria, Sudan, others
No fewer than 113 million faced acute food crisis last year, the 2019 Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) has disclosed. Released yesterday in Brussels, the document noted that the crises were primarily fuelled by conflict and climate-related disasters in ...
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