Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), have arrested 13 Chinese nationals over offences bordering on illegal mining activities, in Ilorin, Kwara State.The offence is contrary to, and punishable under Section 1(8) (b) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act Cap M17, 1983.The suspects, which
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In a bid to eradicate malaria in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has launched the 2023 distribution of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) drugs.At FCT Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention 2023 campaign media parley and flag-off in Abuja yesterday, officials of the FCTA Public Health Department, a representative of the malaria
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The deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Benjamin Kalu, has said the N70 billion National Assembly (NASS) Infrastructure was not to be drawn from the N500 billion approved for palliatives by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal.Kalu gave this clarification when he
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has destroyed drugs and psychotropic substances weighing over 26 tonnes in Sokoto.NDLEA boss, Brig. General Buba Marwa (rtd) said the quantity was unacceptably high considering the link between drug abuse and violent crimes in the state.Marwa who was represented by the deputy commander
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Governor of Kebbi State, Nasir Idris has flagged off the distribution of fertiliser to farmers of the state for the 2023 farming session. The governor has also ordered the Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs to set up committees for the immediate distribution of the product so as to reach
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) with funding from USAID and the government of Germany has distributed severe acute malnutrition kits to over eight non- governmental organisations (NGOs) for tackling malnutrition amongst 6000 children in three Northeast states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe.The WHO emergency manager for humanitarian response in Borno,
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Local contractors in the Niger Delta region, have alleged that international oil companies (IOCs) operating in the region are indebted to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), to the tune of over $800 million.The contractors include the Niger Delta Indigenous Contractors Association (NDICA) and the Association of NDDC Contractors (ANC).Addressing
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As tension refused to abate following communal clashes which have led to killings and destruction of properties in some oil producing communities of Akwa Ibom State, the deputy governor, Senator Akon Eyakenyi, has intervened and sued for peace.Determined to find a lasting solution to the boundary skirmishes, Senator Eyakenyi, has
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Bayelsa State governor Douye Diri, has sworn in Justice Matilda Abrakasa Ayemieye as the fourth substantive chief judge of the state after serving in acting capacity for about six months.The swearing-in ceremony took place yesterday at the Executive Council Chambers of Government House, Yenagoa, where the oaths of allegiance and
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Federal and Edo State governments have through the National Animal Identification and Traceable System (NAITS), a scheme under the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, developed a partnership that would check herders/farmers clashes and other vices that have led to killings, kidnapping, destruction of farms and others.At a stakeholders’ engagement in Benin
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