The commissioner of police in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), CP Ben Igweh, has ordered a total clampdown on unregistered vehicles operating in the FCT.He ordered a total clampdown of vehicles without number plates or with a single number plate plying the FCT roads.This move is coming on the heels
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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted large consignments of Ghanaian Loud, a strong strain of cannabis sativa, smuggled into Lagos from Ghana loaded in two trucks and a J5 bus with a total weight of 14,524.8 kilograms.The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said in a statement
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Students of the Nigerian Tulip International Colleges (NTIC) have won 22 medals in the first round of the Mathematics Without Borders international tournament in Bulgaria.Mathematics without borders International tournament is an academic mathematics tournament that aims at promoting the ancient science of mathematics and is composed of four rounds, with
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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has expressed worries over the circumstances that led to the postponement of the presidential election in Senegal and urged authorities in the country to set a new date.The elections initially scheduled for February 25 were indefinitely postponed by the president of Senegal,
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Nigeria's Super Eagles have dedicated their 1-0 victory against the Palancas Negras of Angola in the quarterfinals of the ongoing African Cup of Nations (AFCON) to the memory of the late Samuel Okwaraji.Okwaraji, a Nigerian international, slumped and died while playing in a 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Angola
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The Kano State Police Command said it had arrested dozens of thugs allegedly hired to disrupt the re-run election held in some parts of the state.The Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Usaini Gumel, who disclosed this while speaking with newsmen, said the thugs were arrested in possession of arms and were
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The naira gained against the dollar on Friday, February 3, 2024, at the official market but declined at the black market.The domestic currency appreciated marginally at the end of the tumultuous week by 1.84% to close at N1,435.53 to a dollar at the close of business, data from the NAFEM, where forex is officially
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has fixed $1 million as the minimum share capital requirement for International Money Transfer Operators in the country.This was revealed in its revised guidelines for the operation of IMTOs, which were officially released via its website and signed by the Director, Trade and Exchange
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Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of the Federal High Court in Abuja has refused to dismiss the terrorism charges brought against five loyalists of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State.The judge declined on Friday to terminate the charges as requested by Hon. Edison Ehie, the current Chief of Staff to the governor.The
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Nigerian actress Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin has been convicted and sentenced to six months imprisonment by the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, for spraying and stepping on naira notes at a social event in Lagos State.In a statement issued by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, February
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