The Senate has summoned Enyia Akwagaga, acting Managing Director ofthe Niger Delta Development Commission, to appear before it onTuesday over the award of N65 billion contracts. Matthew Urhoghide, Chairman Senate Committee on Public Accounts,summoned Akwagaga over his absence at the hearing of the committee onthe contract. The contracts were …
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Ayuba Wabba, the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress has urgedthe President Muhammadu Buhari regime not to increase personal incometax, electricity tariff and prices of petroleum products afteragreeing on minimum wage for all levels of workers. The government reached a consensus on the implementation of the newminimum wage on …
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A federal high court in Abuja has ordered the suspension of NigerianNational Petroleum Corporation’s ongoing job recruitment pending thedetermination of a suit filed by Pelumi Olajengbesi. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Olajengbesi, a publicinterest lawyer, commenced the enforcement of the fundamental rightsof all potential applicants to set …
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The Nigeria Police Force says it has arrested 14 suspected kidnappersterrorizing Abuja metropolis. The alleged kidnappers and other suspected criminals were paraded bythe FCT Police Command on Friday. Bala Ciroma, the Commissioner of Police, said among the suspects are10 people who were arrested in connection with the recent kidnappingsin …
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The Nigeria Police Force says it has arrested two suspected serialkillers and a fraudster in Osun State. The suspects, Teslim Raji and Femi Bamidele, were paraded by the OsunState Police Command on Friday. Abiodun Ige, the Commissioner of Police in the state, while paradingthe suspects in Osogbo, said Raji …
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The Central Bank of Nigeria may be reducing its ability to make market driven policies, experts in the finance industry feel. An analyst at Afrinvest Research, Adedayo Bakre, said the bank has abandoned market principles in driving growth. CSL research shared similar sentiments in a report released on Friday, …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Enugu Zonal Office, on Friday arrested nine suspected Internet fraudsters. The names of the suspects were giving as Precious Ibegbulem, Michael Odishi, Ebuka Kenneth, Akabuke Beluolisa, Chibueze Ezeagwu, Nnamdi Maduekwe, Kingsley Orazulike, Uche Nwosu and Linda Chidera. According to EFCC, the suspect were …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Enugu Zonal Office, on Friday arrested nine suspected Internet fraudsters. The names of the suspects were giving as Precious Ibegbulem, Michael Odishi, Ebuka Kenneth, Akabuke Beluolisa, Chibueze Ezeagwu, Nnamdi Maduekwe, Kingsley Orazulike, Uche Nwosu and Linda Chidera. According to EFCC, the suspect were …
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One out of seven persons in Nigeria between the ages of 15 and 64 years use at least one psychoactive substance as against global average of one in 20. This was revealed by the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on the Elimination of Drug Abuse in Nigeria, General …
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European drugs regulators on Friday approved the world’s first Ebola vaccine, a move, which has been hailed by the World Health Organisation as a “triumph for public health” that would save many lives and ensure people are protected. Developed by United States drug maker Merck & Co, the vaccine …
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