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The Nigeria Customs Service Murtala Muhammed International Airport has intercepted and seized $6.8million about to be flown out of Nigeria by unknown persons. Disclosing this in Lagos this Tuesday at the Airport in Lagos, Col.Hameed Ali( Rtd), who briefed the ...
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Ekpenyong, Akpabio bicker over outcome of senatorial rerun poll
Representative of Akwa-Ibom North West Senatorial District, Christopher Ekpenyong and Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, have continued to bicker over the outcome of the just-concluded rerun election. Ekpenyong, who spoke to State House Correspondents after his victory at ...
Read More »Niger Delta groups write President Buhari, demand sack of NDDC’s interim management
A coalition of no fewer than 16 Niger Delta groups have written a protest letter to President Muhammadu Buhari over the Interim Management Committee (IMC’s) continued to stay in office at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). In a statement ...
Read More »PANDEF seeks security arrangement for S’South, alleges existential threat
The Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) at the weekend urged governours of the South-South to set up a regional security outfit such as Amotekun that has been successfully initiated by their South West counterparts to address insecurity in the region. At an ...
Read More »HURIWA advocates specialised institution to probe illegal use of firearms
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has advocated a specialised institution to investigate illegal use of firearms, saying the Police Service Commission (PSC) vested with the responsibility has failed in carrying out that function. To this end, it ...
Read More »Justice Bulkachuwa unveils 17th Court of Appeal in Delta
President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachiwa has commissioned the 17th Court of Appeal division in Asaba, Delta State to reduce the drudgery of long-distance travels, cost of transportation and delays due to congestion. The commissioning of the ...
Read More »Rivers govt, labour disagree on closure of NLC office in Port Harcourt
Rivers State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has insisted that the state government officials sealed its office in Port Harcourt due to its resistance of the new minimum wage, which has not been fully implemented. But the state ...
Read More »Stakeholders dissect minister’s denial of hate speech bill
He was right to deny knowledge of proposed law, says Dokpesi Stakeholders have brainstormed on the Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulation Bill 2019, otherwise known as the Social Media Bill, discussing its advantages and disadvantages. Minister of Information and ...
Read More »Anyaoku, Iyizoba, others lament executive meddling in judiciary
Eminent Nigerians have expressed sadness over the meddling of the executive in the judicial arm of government, calling for the amendment of law to insulate it from involvement in political litigations. They lamented that the country’s judicial system had been a ...
Read More »NAFDAC, DIBAN reject consumption of alcohol by minors
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has stressed the need for distillers and blenders of alcohol in the country to control the distribution of drinks to address the public health concerns resulting from under-aged drinking and ...
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