Vehicle Inspection Officers at work. File photo by NAN Justice Evelyn Maha of the Federal High Court in Abuja has issued an order restraining the Directorate of the Road Traffic Services, commonly known as the Vehicle Inspection Office, from stopping, impounding, or confiscating vehicles on the road. The court also barred the Road Traffic Services […]
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180 Nigerians stranded in Libya returned home on Wednesday evening, marking a significant effort to provide humanitarian assistance to those in need. The group arrived at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos at approximately 7:30 pm aboard a charter flight operated by Al-Buraq Airlines. The returnees included 67 adult females, 55 adult males, 24 female […]
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Firm repays $2.61bn, owes $6.25bn as Nigeria loses 264m crude barrels to theft, others The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has pledged 272,500 barrels per day of crude oil through a series of crude-for-loan deals totaling $8.86bn. His pledging 272,500 barrels daily, means that about 8.17 million barrels of crude will be used for different […]
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Ondo State Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has inaugurated six newly appointed judges of the State High Court. His spokesman, Ebenezer Adeniyan said in a statement that the ceremony took place at the Cocoa Conference Hall of the Governor’s Office in Akure, on Thursday. The six newly sworn-in judges are Hon. Justices Adebisi Williams Daomi, Adeola […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned an attack on its members during a ward meeting in Akure, the Ondo State capital on Thursday, October 3 allegedly by political thugs loyal to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement on Thursday by the Secretary of its Caretaker Committee in Akure South Local Government, […]
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The Rivers State Police Command has said it would comply fully with the judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja which barred it from participating in the October 5 local government election. This came less than 24 hours after some chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party, led by the state party chairman, Aaron Chukwuemeka, and […]
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Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara on Thursday, insisted that the state’s local government election scheduled for Saturday, October 5, will proceed, despite protests from loyalists of his predecessor and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. The governor warned against any attempts by groups or individuals to disrupt the electoral process, emphasising that […]
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Security operatives in Rivers State on Friday, foiled an attempt by men dressed in police uniform to take over the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission. The incident reportedly occurred around 1 am on Friday (today). It was gathered that the miscreants attempted to scale through the gates and strong room of the […]
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President Bola Tinubu may bar revenue-generating agencies from collecting revenues on behalf of the Federal Government as he plans to introduce a single agency – Nigeria Revenue Service – to handle the task. This came as the Federal Government instituted a comprehensive set of fresh tax reforms to boost revenue collection significantly. The reforms, designed […]
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By Abdu Rafiu As I was saying…Artificial Intelligence more known as AI is stumping confidently like a conqueror through all lands. And I begin to wonder: Is this not the Orwellian world we were warned as far back as 1954 would come? When the Soviet Union, that unnatural union of a nation, disintegrated, thanks to […]
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