Author: Nnenna Nwankwo
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FG: We Spend N60bn To Repair Pipelines Annually
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has hinted that the government spends N60bn annually to repair vandalized pipelines. Speaking yesterday in Abuja at a town hall meeting on protecting oil and gas infrastructure, he said Nigeria lost an average of 200,000 barrels per day to pipelines’ destruction. He added statistics had shown that…
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5,000 Policemen In Joint Operation With Military In North/East, Says IGP
The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has said no fewer than 5,000 police officers, alongside the military, are fighting the insurgency in the Northeast. He made this known yesterday at the Force Headquarters in Abuja while receiving wives of defence and police officers’ association led by its president and wife of the Chief of…
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Nnamdi Kanu Was Arrested In Kenya, Brother
Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), was arrested in Kenya, according to Kingsley Kanu, his brother. The Federal Government has been mute on Kanu’s arrest location, which has encouraged speculation. Kingsley, however, said in a statement on Wednesday that Kenyan officials had imprisoned his brother until he was repatriated to…
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Derek Chauvin, the officer who killed African-American George Floyd, Sentence To 22 Years In Jail
Floyd was detained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25, 2020, after a convenience store clerk contacted 911 to report Floyd purchasing smokes with a counterfeit $20 cash. Floyd died as a result of the harshness with which the officers who detained him treated him. The death of the 46-year-old black man caused a worldwide…
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Militants Gives EFCC, ICPC 14 Days Ultimatum To Probe A’Ibom Govt Over Council Funds
Militants in Akwa Ibom State have requested that the EFCC and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) examine the state government’s handling of local government allocation since 2015. Militants affiliated with the Niger Delta Volunteers (NDV) requested the state’s anti-graft agencies to launch a probe within two weeks. NDV claimed that…
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EFCC Says Real Estate Sector Is Responsible For 90% Of Money Laundering
According to the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, 90 percent of money laundering occurs in the real estate sector. Speaking on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday, the anti-corruption agency leader claimed that although the industry is monitored via the special control unit, more needed to be done. Bawa,…
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ASUP Suspends 65-days Old Strike
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has stated that its 65-day strike would be called off. The suspension came after an assessment of the report demonstrating the gradual implementation of the elements contained in the Memorandum of Action agreed between the Union and the Federal Government, according to Abdullahi Yalwa, ASUP’s National Publicity Secretary.…
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No Extend Registration For 2021 SSCE , NECO
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has announced that the registration time for Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) would not be extended. According to a press statement signed by Mr. Azeez Sani, the Head Information and Public Relations Division, the registration exercise, which began on March 31, 2021, will end on Friday, June 25, 2021, and…
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Jumbo pay: Court Bars National Assembly From Fixing Members’ Allowances
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos says it is illegal for the National Assembly to fix its own allowances. In what is being described as a landmark judgment, Justice Chuka Obiozor said only the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission can fix salaries for public officers. Obiozor delivered the judgement in a suit filed…
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NNPC Says $40bn Investments Needed for Nigeria’s Gas Plan
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has hinted that the Nigerian oil and gas industry will require at least $40 billion in direct investments in basic infrastructure to achieve the federal government’s much talked-about about “Decade of Gas.” Similarly , the Secretary General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Dr. Sanusi Barkindo, said…