Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has promised to re-organise the force for efficiency and effectiveness to adequately tackle the prevailing security challenges besetting the nation. Adamu gave the assurance after being confirmed by the Nigeria Police Council during ...
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Govt seeks additional $1.8 billion Chinese loan for coastal rail line
Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has said the Federal Government had requested a fresh $1.8 billion from the China Exim Bank for the construction of the coastal rail line. He pointed out that the actual cost of the project ...
Read More »Measles, meningitis, Lassa fever kill 156, infect 29,697 person nationwide
Measles has killed 89 persons and infected 28,796 others nationwide since the beginning of this year. Latest statistics from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) showed that as at May 18, 2019, that is epi week, 19,2029 suspected infections ...
Read More »Customs confiscates 19 containers of aluminum profiles at Onne
The Area II Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Onne, Rivers State, has seized 19 containers loaded with substandard aluminum profiles this month. The area controller, Galadima Saidu, stated this while highlighting the achievements of the command. He disclosed ...
Read More »Senate approves upgrade of Yabatech to tech varsity
The Nigerian Senate has approved the upgrade of Yaba College of Technology (Yabatech) to City University of Technology, Yaba. A bill sponsored by Gbenga Ashafa (Lagos East) received unanimous endorsement from the senators with Ibrahim Gobri (Sokoto East) seconding. Gobri ...
Read More »Akeredolu mulls empowerment of 150,000 youths in Ondo
Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu is to retool 150,000 youths with a view to reducing the high unemployment rate in Ondo. He gave the assurance yesterday at the opening of a two-day training organised by the newly created State Office of Innovation ...
Read More »NBA, Imo Chief Judge seek speedy dispensation of criminal justice
President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Paul Usoro, has advocated intensification of efforts aimed at ensuring expedition of criminal justice across states of the country. Usoro, who was represented by NBA-Macarthur Project Coordinator, Victor Abasiakan-Ekim, gave the charge at ...
Read More »House of Representatives indicts 16 banks over non-remittance of N1.5b stamp duties
Orders further probe of FBN, FCMB, WEMA, Suntrust The House of Representatives has ndicted 16 deposit money banks (DMBs) for allegedly failing to remit N1.586 billion to the Federation Account. This followed an earlier report that members of the House ...
Read More »Poor Nigerians get $22m Abacha loot as Amnesty spends N65b on ex-militants
Special Adviser to the President on Social Investments in the Office of the Vice President, Mrs. Maryam Uwais has said her office has begun the distribution of $322 million recovered Abacha loot. She said her office had distributed $22.216m to ...
Read More »Federal Government released N470 billion for SIP out of N1.5 trillion budget in three years
Special Adviser to the President on Social Investments in the Office of the Vice President, Mrs. Maryam Uwais has disclosed that the Implementing Unit of the National Social Investment Office (N-SIO) received N470.825b in three years out of N1.5tr budget. ...
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