The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has said the nation loses 200,000 barrels of oil daily to oil theft. Chairman of the forum and Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, made the revelation at a meeting between the leadership of the NGF ...
Read More »States unable to fund budgets despite receiving N4 trillion allocations
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has said the 36 states of the federation could not fund their 2018 budgets despite receiving N4 trillion allocations for the period. The receipts cover earnings from the Federation Account and Allocation Committee ...
Read More »Uber Driver and others Arrested, for Raising False Alarm on Car Snatching with Intent to Cover up their Crime.
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 39-year-old Ademola Quadri of No 24 Oloko Street off College Road, Ogba, Lagos for raising a false alarm, that three armed men snatched his Toyota Corolla Saloon car. Confirming the arrest, the ...
Read More »Muslim group tasks govt on food security
The Federal Government has been urged to tackle the prevailing insecurity for farmers to do their business and ensure food security nationwide. National Amir of The Companion (a group of Muslim professionals), Alhaji Thabit Wale Sonaike, made the call yesterday ...
Read More »Federal Government approves N5 billion for research in universities, others
The Federal Government has approved N5 billion to boost research activities in Nigerian universities and tertiary institutions. The allocation, which is part of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) 2019 intervention budget, remains the highest ever disbursement to the National ...
Read More »National Assembly condemns invasion by Shiites, urges action, movement denies violence, alleges infiltration
The National Assembly has condemned its invasion by members of the Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzakky-led Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN). Chairman, Senate Ad-hoc Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Adedayo Adeyeye, told reporters in Abuja that the unruly mob overpowered the ...
Read More »Ultramodern and state-of-the-art facility Commissioned By The Lagos State Cp Zubairu Muazu In Panti
The Lagos state Commissioner of Police, CP Zubairu Muazu has on Tuesday commissioned an ultramodern and state-of-the-art facility for interviewing and recording statement of crime suspect(s) at the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID Panti, Yaba, Lagos. While reiterating his expectation, ...
Read More »Girl 15 Sexually Abused By Her Step Father
The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested one Akin Olatilu for sexually abusing his stepdaughter for five years. Bala Elkana The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, who disclosed this to newsmen in a statement in Lagos that: ...
Read More »Apapa Customs Generates N203.3b Revenue in Six Months
The Nigerian Customs Apapa ,Area 1 command has collected N203,264,054,682.69 as revenue between the months of January through June 2019. Briefing journalists at the command in Apapa on Tuesday, the Customs Area Controller, Compt Abba Kura said the command also ...
Read More »NIMASA Call On Shipowners to Pay Up 2% Cabotage Fun
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has appealed to all operators of oil rigs and vessels in the maritime sector to pay up their Cabotage fees, even as its Director-General, Dakuku Peterside reaffirmed the Agency’s commitment to the ...
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