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Unemployment: FG goes tough on Expatriate Quota abusers
Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola By Omeiza Ajayi As part of measures to reduce the country’s unemployment rate, the Federal Government has vowed to punish companies who continue to abuse the expatriate
Customs intercepts two boats of narcotics at Ibeche Beach
THE Western Marine Command, WMC, Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has intercepted two wooden boats laden with 147 sacks of Cannabis Sativa otherwise known as Indian Hemp, at the Ibeche Beach
Stakeholders recommend committee system for Apapa gridlock
By Godfrey Bivbere STAKEHOLDERS in the maritime industry are advocating for the formation of a committee by all the relevant players in the sector as the solution for the gridlock
Babalola mulls extending retirement age of Supreme Court justices to 100 years
Chief Afe Babalola SAN A legal luminary, Chief Afe Babalola, SAN,on Wednesday proposed 100 years as retirement age for Supreme Court Justices from 70. This is contained in a statement issued by
2023: Naive politicians think they can foist zoning on North — Northern Elders Forum
By Luminous Jannamike Northern Elders Forum, NEF, on Wednesday, called on politicians clamouring for the zoning of the 2023 presidency to the South to engage with the North in a
One dead, property worth millions destroyed as Anambra community petitions IGP
By Vincent Ujumadu THE people of Umuduayika and Atiko kindred of Iruayika village, Awkuzu in Oyi local government area of Anambra State have petitioned the Inspector General of Police, IGP,
Trader in court for allegedly receiving stolen church drum
The Police on Wednesday arraigned a trader, Abba Shekarau in an Upper Area Court, Mpape, Abuja, for allegedly receiving stolen drum, belonging to a church. The police charged Shekarau, 42,
Police nab 5 for stealing N55m cocoa export consignment
By Godfrey Bivbere and Providence Adeyinka THE Nigeria Police Force, NPF, has arrested five persons, Lawal Abiola; Afeez Rasaq; Akeem Gbolahan; Idowu Jelili and Safiriyu Oyebanji over alleged involvement
Ramadan: Gombe Governor calls for fervent prayers against insecurity
Governor Yahaya By Ben Ngwakwe – Gombe Muslim communities have been called upon to use the holy month of Ramadan to pray fervently against the challenges of insecurity as well
Okorocha’s arrest, political witch-hunt,says, Igbo youth group
Senator Rochas Okorocha By Joseph Erunke ABUJA- IGBO Youths For Equity, a coalition of Igbo youth groups, has condemned Tuesday’s arrest of former Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha by the
