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The police in Lagos on Tuesday charged three men before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court Lagos with illegal possession land. The defendants, George Ologunoyan, 54; Anifowoshe Rasak, 47, and Adegbenga Ayoku, 65, are facing a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy, wilful damage and stealing. They, however, pleaded not guilty. According to the prosecutor, ASP Peter Nwangwu,…
The President of Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Mr Mansur Ahmed, on Tuesday called on Ministry of Petroleum Resources to address the challenges encountered by manufacturers with the price of gas. Ahmed made the call at an interactive forum on gas pricing in Lagos. Represented by Mr Paul Gbadedo, Chairman, Economic Policy Committee of MAN,…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday reiterated that no part of the country, regardless of its geographical location or political leaning, would suffer neglect during his administration. Buhari disclosed this at the inauguration and handing over of Erosion/Flood Control and Road Improvement projects at the Federal University Dutse, Jigawa. The President, who was represented by the…
Professor of Chemical Engineering and recipient of the 2018 Nigerian National Order of Merit (NNOM) award, Adesoji Adesina, has warned that it may take 2,000 years for Nigeria to catch up with the developed world if the government does not embrace renewable energy. Adesina said this while delivering the 2019 First Award Winners’ Lecture of…
Nigeria experienced increased investment in last one year, the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has said. According to Osinbajo, investment interest increased from $66.4 billion in 2017 to $90 billion in 2018. Besides, he said the administration has invested over N3.5 trillion on infrastructure in the last 3 years The Vice President according to a…
Two oil workers kidnapped along Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers state axis of West/West road have regained their freedom. The Police in Port Harcourt, the state capital, disclosed this on Tuesday evening. Armed hoodlums terrorising Ahoada-Ndele-Rumuji-Emohua axis of the East-West road reportedly kidnapped the oil workers last Friday, killing a spy police attached to…
A total of N617.566 billion has been distributed as Federal Allocation for the month of March, 2019 among the Federal Government, State Governments and Local Government Councils. A communique issued by the Technical sub -Committee of Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) released at the end of meeting in Abuja on Tuesday indicated that the Gross…
Hours before she was released, hundreds of students of Maitama University, Kano on Tuesday protested the detention of their colleague, Zainab Aliyu by Saudi Arabia authorities over alleged involvement in drug trafficking. Aliyu, who was arrested and detained in Saudi Arabia on December 24, 2018 over a bag which allegedly contained hard drugs, was however…
Chairman of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr. Mohamed Mahmoud Abubakar and his daughter, Yesmin Mohammed Abubakar who were kidnapped on Kaduna-Abuja road on Monday have regained their freedom. This is as the Acting Inspector General of Police; Mohammed Adamu Abubakar disclosed that, one suspect has been arrested in connection with abduction of the UBEC…
The Senate Tuesday mandated its committee on Sports and Youth Development to investigate the appointment of a new Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Shuiabu Ibrahim. The Chief of Army Staff, General Yusuf Buratai named Ibrahim few days ago to replace Brigadier General Suleiman Kazaure. The committee was given a deadline…