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Abia State government has announced five-year tax waivers for investors in the state, saying this will boost industrialisation and create jobs for the people. Deputy Governor, Ude Oko Chukwu disclosed this at Afaraukwu in Umuahia, while declaring open a mini-residential ...
Read More »S’West, S’East to launch security architecture, forest guards to tackle insecurity in zones
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has said governors of the Southwest region will launch new security architecture in August to tackle insecurity in the zone. Makinde, who spoke yesterday at a thanksgiving service in honour of his mother, Madam Abigail ...
Read More »Okorocha demands apology from Imo govt over assault on his daughter Uloma ·
Feud with Ihedioha deepens as ex-gov alleges threat to family members’ lives Immediate past governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha has demanded an apology from the state government over the alleged assault on his daughter, Mrs. Uloma Rochas-Nwosu. It was ...
Read More »Disgruntled politicians behind rift between Obaseki, Oshiomhole, APC insists
Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has refuted claims that Governor Godwin Obaseki and National Chairman of party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole were at loggerheads over control of the state and leadership crisis in the House of Assembly. ...
Read More »Edo to hold rally against human trafficking
The Edo State government in collaboration with RuthsChild Foundation, a Non- Governmental Organisation will on Tuesday, July 30, 2019 organise an interactive session and road walk to mark the 2019 World Day against Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in Benin City. ...
Read More »Cattle breeders reject CBN’s restriction of forex on milk importation
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has opposed Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN’s) proposed plan to restrict allocation of foreign exchange (forex) for the importation of milk into the country. It insisted that the policy does not ...
Read More »PDP, PANDEF seek further inquiry into $1 billion security fund
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged the National Assembly to immediately invite President Muhammadu Buhari to explain how $1 billion allegedly disappeared from the Excess Crude Account (ECA). It further urged the federal legislature to set up a special ...
Read More »Azinge, group task govt on Leah Sharibu’s alleged death video, freedom
The United Global Resolve For Peace (UGRFP) has called on the Federal Government to verify the authenticity of a viral video alleging Leah Sharibu’s death. In the film, the six aid workers, abducted by Boko Haram last week, were seen ...
Read More »President Buhari approves panel for implementation of African free trade pact
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of a National Action Committee (NAC) for the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement. He ratified the pact at the 12th Extraordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Heads of ...
Read More »WHO report highlights global progress in fighting tobacco use E-cigarettes, new marketing techniques threaten gains By Edu Abade
A report issued by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that countries have made significant progress in tackling the global tobacco epidemic. But tobacco companies that continually find new ways to market cigarettes to young people, fight life-saving tobacco ...
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