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The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, has criticised the lacklustre performance of the Mineral Resources and Environmen
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An abandoned two-storey building at Block 131, D-Block, Alaka Estate, Iponri, Lagos, was gutted by fire on Sunday evening. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) reported that the fire engulfed the structure’s top floor, which comprised six flats and had been abandoned for three years. The agency disclosed that the incident was reported through…
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The Delta State Police Command yesterday paraded suspected armed robbers, kidnappers, drug dealers and others arrested in Ughelli, Sapele, Ekpan, Warri, and environs. Parading the suspects yesterday, the state’s Commissioner of Police, Olufemi Abaniwonda, said the Command is committed to ensure that Deltans sleep with their two eyes closed even as the yuletide season is…
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Scores of women took to the streets of Abuja yesterday to demand urgent action against the rising cases of gender-based violence (GBV) in Nigeria. The march, organised by United Nations Women in collaboration with the National Assembly of Nigeria, marked the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, a global campaign aimed at ending violence…
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The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has suspended his Senior Special Assistant on Print Media, Mr. Wale Ajetunmobi. This was disclosed in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Gboyega Akosile, on Tuesday. According to Akosile, Ajetunmobi was suspended following "the misrepresentation of facts on his personal X account…
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Education Minister, Dr. Tunji Alausa The Federal Ministry of Education has announced that students found guilty of physical assault causing bodily harm will face indefinite suspension from Unity Colleges across Nigeria. The decision comes in response to rising cases of violence and bullying among students, according to a memo signed by the Permanent Secretary, Nasir…
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A federal jury in the United States has sentenced two Nigerian nationals, Anthony Emeka Ibekie and Samuel Aniukwu, to 30 years in prison for orchestrating fraud schemes that defrauded victims out of $3.5 million. The sentencing, announced in a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice, revealed that Ibekie, 59, from Oswego, Illinois, was…
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) has expressed concerns regarding the high rate of physical inspections of containers at Nigerian ports.
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AMID Nigeria’s economic challenges, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has recalled how the nation prospered under the Obasanjo/Atiku presidency between 1999 and 2007, with the then Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, as head of the National Economic Council (NEC). Also, Senator Aminu Tambuwal has extended best wishes to Atiku as he marked his 78th birthday. …
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THE Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has threatened to sue the Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, to court for alleging that lawyers aid illicit financial flows into offshore accounts. However, stakeholders in the justice system identified inadequate inter-agency collaboration within the nation’s judicial framework as the root of the slow pace…