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The Cross River State House of Assembly has joined other organisations in asking the state government to lift the moratorium placed on logging of woods in the state’s forests. Enforced by former Governor Liyel Imoke’s government, the moratorium was meant ...
Read More »Protesters besiege Imo government house, demand Okorocha’s probe, ex-gov urges Ihedioha to publish alleged looting
No fewer than 1,200 protesters besieged Government House, Owerri, demanding an immediate investigation of the immediate past Governor Rochas Okorocha over alleged looting of the state’s resources amounting to N200 billion. The protesters comprised town unions of 645 autonomous communities ...
Read More »Raise telecoms sector’s investments to $136 billion, NCC tells operators
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has asked telecommunications operators in the country to double their investments in the sector from the current $68 billion to at least $136 billion. With a 10-year timeline handed the telecoms operators, NCC said $68 ...
Read More »Senate threatens to sanction, terminate operations of erring telecoms providers
Senate has yesterday resolved to henceforth protect Nigerians against imperialist tendencies of telecommunication providers, who swindle them for services not provided. The lawmakers vowed to even stop any telecoms providers found to be shortchanging innocent Nigerian from operating in the ...
Read More »Abuja Appeal Court to decide in President Buhari’s alleged perjury suit
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division will today deliver judgment in the suit challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s qualification for the February 23,2019 polls. A three-member panel of the court, presided over by Justice Atinuke Akomolafe-Wilson, had on July 8 reserved ...
Read More »NNPC dismisses planned hike in petrol, PDP cautions against action
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has debunked purported plans to increase the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly known as petrol from the official N145 per litre. The national oil company had rated the N145 pump price ...
Read More »Africa loses $50b yearly to illicit financial outflows, foreign nations frustrating recovery of looted assets, Sagay declares
Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, yesterday disclosed that Africa was losing over $50 billion yearly to illicit financial outflows. Speaking at a walk to commemorate this year’s Africa Union Anti-corruption Day in Lagos, ...
Read More »Okorocha, aides took away 98 vehicles, not 67, says Ihedioha as state introduces TSA, closes MDAs accounts
Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha, has disclosed that the committees raised to recover all property allegedly looted by former Governor Rochas Okorocha and his aides, have uncovered that the last government carted away 98 vehicles, and not 67. Okorocha, through ...
Read More »NJC advocates appointment of Justice Muhammad as substantive CJN
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has endorsed the appointment of Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad as substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) to President Muhammadu Buhari. It reached the decision at its emergency meeting initially presided over by Justice Umaru Abdullahi. ...
Read More »Agency asks residents of core northern states to evacuate river banks
The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) has asked people living along river banks in Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina and Niger states to relocate to safer places ahead of terrestrial flooding. This follows yesterday’s flooding experienced in parts of the North. ...
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