Custodial centres
1 Aug
The Katsina Command of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), has declared 12 Custodial centres across the state ‘Red Zones’. ASC Najib Idris-Kunduru, the Public Relations Officer of the command disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Katsina. He said that the Comptroller of the NCoS in the state, Muhammad Abdulmumin has ordered the deployment…
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The Oyo State Road Traffic Management Authority (OYRTMA) launched a series of raids against illegal street traders within the Ibadan metropolis. The operation, led by the agency's Chairman, Major Adekoya Adesagba (rtd), spanned a day and targeted the Oritamerin, Gege, Agbeni, and Ogunpa areas of the state. According to Adesagba, who was accompanied by the…
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SWAN laments state of sports sector in Ondo, calls for intervention The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Ondo Chapter, has expressed concern over the state of the sports sector in the state, stressing that the situation calls for urgent intervention. While frowning over the dwindling fortunes of sports in the state, SWAN expressed concern…
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The North-Central All Progressives Congress, APC, Forum has endorsed President Bola Tinubu for a second term in office. The APC Forum, in a statement on Monday, released after a meeting in Abuja on Sunday, said the region would stand behind the President in the 2027 presidential election. The statement, signed by Chairman of the North-Central…
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Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal is set to miss between three and four weeks after injuring his right ankle in Sunday's 1-0 defeat by Leganes in La Liga. "Tests carried out this morning revealed a grade 1 injury to a ligament in the ankle," Barcelona said in a statement on Monday. The club estimated he would…
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President Bola Tinubu on Monday lauded the $5 billion Final Investment Decision (FID) made by Shell and its partners on the Bonga North Deep Offshore Field. The FID marks Nigeria’s first deepwater oil project in more than a decade. It underscores the transformative impact of the Tinubu administration’s policies and reforms in attracting investments to…
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A PDP Chieftain in Ondo State, Sen. Nicholas Tofowomo, says the party lost the Nov. 16 governorship election to lack of preparedness, a divided house and complacency by party leaders and supporters. Tofowomo, a former senator representing Ondo South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of…
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The Chief Judge of Ebonyi, Justice Elvis Ngene, on Monday, inaugurated a 15-member Advisory Committee with a mandate of facilitating the state’s Court Administration and Case Management (CACM) project. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the CACM project is aimed at promoting speedy justice delivery through the digitisation of court processes and other…
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The Managing Director of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), Shehu Osidi, said that they have secured N100 billion off-takers'guarantee for affordable housing with the support of partners. Osidi dropped the hint at Africa Housing Awards 2024 in Abuja, explaining that the amount will facilitate the development of the Renewed Hope Cities and Estates…
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The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) on Monday, December 16, 2024, re-arraigned a former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB Plc, Francis Atuche, on a nine-count charge bordering on conspiracy to commit felony and forgery before Justice O. O. Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja,…
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The EU on Monday said it was taking Britain to the European Court of Justice for infringing rules on the free movement of the bloc's citizens and their family members after Brexit. The European Commission said it believed that "there were several shortcomings" in Britain's implementation of treaties at the end of 2020. "The…