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Bill limiting tenure of EFCC acting chair to 6 months, own 0.05% of recovered loot passes second reading
By Levinus Nwabughiogu-Abuja A bill seeking to limit the tenure of the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to only 6 months have passed for second
NASU rejects staggered salary payment in Imo
The Imo Council of Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) has urged the Imo Government to pay salaries of workers under the union without discrimination. The State
Soldiers kill 11 gunmen in Abia
Nigerian soldiers By Ugochukwu Alaribe – Umuahia Soldiers of the 144 Battalion, stationed at Ariaria junction, along the Enugu – Port Harcourt expressway, Wednesday, killed 11 gunmen who engaged them
JAMB begins 2021 UTME registration, sets June 5 for examination
JAMB JAMB says it has started the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) registration. A statement issued in Bwari, FCT, by its Head, Public Affairs and
Afreximbank, NEXIM to provide $50m project preparation fund for Nigerians
By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and Nigeria Export-Import Bank (NEXIM aim to mobilize up to $50 million in the form of project preparation funds for
Nigeria Customs arraigns four smuggling suspects over evasion of imports duties on rice
By James Ogunnaike The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun Area 1 Command, Idiroko, on Wednesday arraigned four members of a smuggling syndicate before the Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta,
Court remands man for allegedly killing neighbour
An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Wednesday, ordered that a 38-year-old man, Bamigboye Opeyemi, who allegedly shot his neighbour to death, be remanded in a correctional centre. The police
Council boss promises facelift for Ondo orientation camp
NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp, Ikare-Akoko By Arogbonlo Israel The Chairman of Akoko Northeast Local Government Area, Ondo State, Hon Abdulkadir Asimiyu Adekunle has promised speedy Intervention of the Council in
Panel adjourns case of alleged extortion, police brutality over inappropriate summon
The Kaduna State panel of inquiry into acts of police brutality, on Wednesday, adjourned a case of alleged extortion and police brutality filed by a businessman. The Chairman of the
Experts advocate framework to institutionalise social interventions
A map of Nigeria By Babajide Komolafe ECONOMY Finance and social advocacy experts have called for a framework to institutionalise the social interventions of the Federal Government for sustainability
