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The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has decried low production output in the sector due to inconsistencies on the part of the farmers. RIFAN Lagos State Chairman, Mr Raphael Hunsa, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. Hunsa noted that in spite of the support…
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The Katsina State Police Command said it neutralised suspected bandits and foiled an attack in Dutsinma Local Government Area. Police spokesperson, DSP Abubakar Aliyu, in a statement, said the incident occurred on Sunday at about midnight after the bandits attacked security operatives in the area. "On February 23rd, 2025, at about 0057 hrs, a distress…
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The National Industrial Court (NIC), in Lagos, has ordered the immediate removal of Ottun Babatunde as the acting clerk of the Lagos State House of Assembly. The court directed the reinstatement of Olalekan Onafeko, the former clerk of the House, following the ouster of the former speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, on January 13. The order follows…
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In the weeks leading up to the 2007 Kano State gubernatorial election, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, then Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and a prominent member of President Olusegun Obasanjo’s cabinet, visited Kano to mediate between Governor Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau and Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The…
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The Edo State Police Command has arrested a member of a local vigilante in Benin City for allegedly killing an artisan and setting his corpse
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Estate surveyors and valuers have urged the federal government, states and local councils to reposition the tenement rate administration as a pivotal tool for achieving economic growth and development in the country.
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Amid his contentious suspension by the House of Assembly, the Chief Judge of Benue State, Justice Maurice Ikpambese, has vowed to remain in office until the expiration of his tenure. He addressed the people in Tiv at the burial of his mother-in-law over the weekend.
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The Ogoni ethnic nationality in Rivers State has said that state creation is the only thing that can assuage their grudges of neglect, marginalisation and part of the conditions for the resumption of oil exploration in the area.
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Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, Yusuf Ata, has threatened to dump the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) if Abdullahi Abba emerges as the party’s chairman in Kano State.
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The Guardian in its publication of Tuesday, 18th February 2025 entitled: “Lagos Assembly crisis worsens, reveals deeper cracks in state’s power dynamics” (subject publication) reported the presence of officers of the Department of State Services
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Chairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, Taiwo Oyedele, has criticised Nigeria’s tax system, stating that it is not conducive for economic growth as it disproportionately taxes the poor and capital instead of focusing on profits.