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Financial crimes: Edo second highest in convictions – EFCC
The Economic Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, has rated Edo State as the second highest in financial-related crime convictions in the country. DAILY POST reports that the Zonal Director of the agency in charge of Edo, Delta and Ondo states, Effa Okim, disclosed this in Benin City while on a courtesy visit to the Edo State […] More
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Adeleke’s chieftaincy title acceptance undermines governance priorities – APM
The Allied Peoples Movement, APM, Osun State chapter, has criticised the installation of Governor Ademola Adeleke as the Asiwaju of Ede. The party also labeled it as an abuse of power and a conflict of interest. In a statement signed by the party’s chairman, Wale Adebayo, he lamented that such actions could set a bad […] More
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Nigerians naive to understand Tinubu’s ‘renewed hope’ – Fada Oluoma
Famous Nigerian Catholic priest, Rev Fr Chinenye Oluoma has suggested that Nigerians were obviously too naive to understand President Bola Tinubu’s renewed hope agenda. Oluoma, who likened hope to anaesthetics, said anesthetics was meant to numb the pain while the real life saving surgery takes place. In a post on his Facebook page on Sunday, […] More
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Abia PDP, Concerned Pensioners clash over cleared arrears
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abia State chapter has again picked holes in the clearance of pensions owed retired workers in the state by Governor Alex Otti, alleging that pensioners were tricked in forefeating most part of the backlog. In a press statement by Amah Abraham, the Vice Chairman and acting Publicity Secretary of the […] More
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Rivers crisis: Tinubu can only wish you well – Falana to Wike, Fubara
A human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Femi Falana, has said President Bola Tinubu’s intervention in the political crisis rocking Rivers State is “extra-legal”. DAILY POST reported that President Tinubu at some point waded into the crisis involving Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the Federal Capital Territory minister, Nyesom Wike. His intervention led […] More
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Custodial Centre decongestion: Ebonyi Govt establishes new unit
Ebonyi State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr. Ben Odoh has embarked on a quarterly visit to the Abakaliki custodial centre. This is in a bid to ensure effective prosecution, access to justice, and address overcrowding at the centre. During the visit, the Attorney General revealed several key initiatives aimed at improving the welfare […] More
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Economy: Don’t give up on Tinubu govt – APC chieftain, Oyintiloye appeals to Nigerians
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun State, Hon. Olatunbosun Oyintiloye has appealed to Nigerians not to give up on the administration of President Bola Tunubu. Oyintiloye made the appeal while speaking with journalists on Sunday in Osogbo. While assuring that Tinubu being a true democrat would fulfil all his electoral promises […] More
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Nigeria looks more like murder land than motherland — Archbishop Onuoha
The Anglican Archbishop of Owerri Ecclesiastical Province, Most Rev. David Onuoha, has lamented that Nigeria of today, looks more like a murder land than a motherland. Onuoha made the lamentation, in a 117-page presidential address he delivered, weekend, at the first session of the 11th synod of the Diocese of Okigwe South, held at Emmanuel […] More
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Ensure you work as you dance, Obasanjo tells Adeleke
FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, disclosed that the infrastructure drive embarked upon by Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State would attract investment into the state. He also charged the governor to sustain the peace and tranquility existing in the state, saying Osun remains one of the most peaceful states in the country. Speaking at the […] More
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Manufacturing export limps as revenue drops 166% to N778bn
Nigeria’s ambition to diversify its foreign exchange earnings away from oil seems unattainable at present, given the sharp decline in revenue from the manufacturing export sector. From its peak of N2.1 trillion in 2019, earnings plummeted by 166% to N778.4 billion. Industry insiders attribute this decline to a myriad of challenges, including inadequate infrastructure, logistical […] More
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Police nab man for kidnapping, killing 6-yr-old cousin in Kaduna
Kaduna—The Police in Kaduna State have arrested a man, who kidnapped his six-year-old cousin, used a razor to kill her and dumped the body in a well because she recognised him in Makarfi Local Government Area of the state. According to the spokesperson of the state Police Command, Mansir Hassan, “On February 12, 2024, about […] More
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Five-year-old boy shot dead by hijackers while welcoming his father home in South Africa
A 5-year-old boy, Ditebogo Junior, was shot dead after his father’s Toyota Hilux was hijacked outside their home in Soshanguve, in the north of Gauteng, South Africa. Police spokesperson, Lt-Col Mavela Masondo said that the child had gone out to welcome his father, Ditebogo Phalane, when he arrived home around 10:30pm on Friday, May 10, […] More