Police operatives in Abuja have arrested 15 suspects in connection with the looting of food items at a warehouse belonging to the Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Administration on Sunday.Among those arrested were two security guards who “actively participated” in the looting of food
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The Nigerian Communications Commission has directed telecom operators to bar telephone subscribers not linked to their National Identification Numbers on or before February 28, 2024.The Executive Vice Chairman, National Communication Commission, Dr. Aminu Maida, spoke at the NCC’s Special Day during the ongoing 45th Kaduna International Trade Fair on Wednesday.Maida,
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Uchechukwu Okoroafor,AbujaTo state that the South East region has been marginalized since the end of the Nigeria-Biafra Civil War in 1970 is an understatement. The three-year-old war, which claimed more than 3 million lives, most of them from the present-day South East Zone, ended with the then head of state,
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by Uchechukwu Okoroafor,AbujaThe governor of Enugu State, Peter Mbah, wants to set up a cattle ranch in the Uzo-Uwani local government area of the state. The people of Uzo-Uwani are suspicious of the project. They say it is a ploy by the governor to hand their ancestral land to Fulani
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The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has advised President Bola Tinubu to implement Argentina’s President, Javier Milei’s type of economic reform to tackle the current economic crisis in the country.In a statement titled “Argentina’s Javier Milei approach to reforms should serve as a lesson for
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President Bola Tinubu has called for the suspension of economic sanctions imposed on Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Guinea by ECOWAS.Speaking at the Extra-ordinary Summit of ECOWAS in Abuja on Saturday, President Tinubu, who is the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the organisation, stated:
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On Friday, Nigerians besieged the South West zonal office of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Yaba, Lagos, to purchase 25 kg of rice launched by the service to reduce the soaring price of food in the country.Recall, that the Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, flagged off the distribution
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Uchechukwu Okoroafor,AbujaAgainst the backdrop of the free fall of the naira, the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have initiated a joint effort in a renewed attempt to safeguard Nigeria’s foreign exchange market and combat speculative activities.The move announced recently by Zakari
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Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Court, Ilorin, has granted bail to the former governor of Kwara State, AbdulFatah Ahmed.The bail conditions are that he should deposit N50 million to the court and produce a surety that has landed properties in Ilorin, among others.He is expected to be kept
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has released its report on the 2023 general election.The commission said the publication of the report is in keeping with its tradition over the last four electoral cycles and commitment to transparency.This was made known in a statement by Sam Olumekun, the National Commissioner
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