The prosecution of the alleged killer of Miss Inibong Umoren, a job seeker, murdered in Akwa Ibom State, will commence soon. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Odiko Macdon, disclosed this yesterday while giving an update on the matter in Uyo. He said all was set to prosecute the murder suspect, who allegedly raped and […]
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By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa Very recently, President Muhammadu Buhari shocked many people with his multiple interviews, his many official outings and his addresses to the nation. However, it would seem that the President would have done better by maintaining his preferred silence than the seeming disaster of these outings, especially the media engagements. In retrospect, the whole […]
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The Nigerian Government has approved the extension of the deadline for NIN-SIM data verification to July 26. The earlier deadline would have lapsed tomorrow, June 30. The deadline date has now been shifted for about seven times. The first deadline was December 30, 2020, two weeks after the exercise started in the country. The latest […]
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Members of Nigeria’s House of Representatives at a plenary pn Tuesday, July 14, 2020. Credit: Twitter/House of Reps Ngr The House of Representatives committee on finance is beaming its searchlights on financial institutions in the country over alleged leakages in foreign exchange revenue to the tune of over N30 billion. Yesterday, the James Faleke-led members […]
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Banjul, The Gambia, to come up with provisional measures that could immediately stop the Nigerian government and the National Assembly from amending two bills to ‘gag’ the press through arbitrary punishment of journalists and closure of media houses. […]
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Oil spill. Credit: aljazeera.com The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has urged ExxonMobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited to comply with the Federal High Court judgment, which ordered it to pay communities in Ibeno Council of Akwa Ibom State N81.9 billion compensation for oil spills. In the ruling, the Federal High Court sitting in […]
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A health worker checks the temperature of a traveler as part of the coronavirus screening procedure. Reuters/Francis Kokoroko/File Photo – RC2EUE9X5YKK Multiple PCR tests, quarantine, restrictions frustrate holidaymakers Foreign airlines jostle for Lagos, Abuja market without promotional tickets Blame weak naira, rate of exchange, high operating costs, says Bernard Experts explore tourism destinations within Nigeria, […]
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Credit: Facebook The Senate, yesterday disclosed that the management of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) misappropriated about N84 billion within four years. The chairman, Senate Public Accounts Committee, Mathew Urhoghide, who made the disclosure, described the agency as a cesspool of corruption. “They depleted our resources, just a few human persons who are […]
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that corruption is militating against positive outcomes to trade and contract agreements in the country. He made the disclosure yesterday while declaring open a capacity building workshop for Nigerian trade negotiators for improved terms of engagement with the rest of the world and to eradicate illicit financial flows in […]
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With over 3,000 shipwrecks littering Nigeria’s coastline, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the removal of shipwrecks from Badagry to Tincan Island waterways in order to ensure smooth navigation on Nigerian waters. The Director-General, NIMASA, Bashir Jamoh, who disclosed this during a chat with the media in Lagos, said the removal of shipwrecks will […]
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