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Man Arrested For Defrauding Thai Woman Of $216,000

Tuesday, May 21, 2024
The Lagos State Police Command says the detectives of the State Criminal Investigative Department (SCID) arrested a suspect identified as Chimereze Chinedu for defrauding a citizen of Thailand of the sum of $216,000. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who made ...

Factional Rivers State Assembly Confirms Eight Commissioner Nominees

Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Rivers State House of Assembly led by factional Speaker Victor Oko-Jumbo has screened and confirmed eight commissioner nominees as members of the Rivers State Executive Council. This followed a request by Governor Siminalayi Fubara as part of his ongoing efforts to strengthen his administration. ...

Nigerian Army Breaks Silence On Closing Abuja-Based Banex Plaza

Tuesday, May 21, 2024
The Nigerian Army has broken its silence on the siege of Banex Plaza in Abuja. The plaza has been besieged since suspected hoodlums attacked some soldiers in uniform on Saturday. The soldiers who accompanied a complainant to the plaza were assaulted by a mob which broke into groups. Althoug ...

FG Offers N54,000 New Minimum Wage

Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Reports have emerged that the Federal Government has now proposed a new minimum wage of N54,000. This is following the walkout by the Organised Labour comprising of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress during the last meeting with the Tripartite Committee on Minimum Wage follo ...

Nigeria Customs Seizes Donkey Bones, Tramadol, Other Contrabands Worth N3.1billi

Tuesday, May 21, 2024
The Federal Operations Unit Zone ldquo;B rdquo; Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has said it made a seizure of 54,000 sachets of tramadol, donkey bones and other smuggled goods at various locations in the zone worth over N3.1billion between April 17 to May 17, 2024. It is understood that t ...

House Of Reps Seek To Exempt Armed Forces From Payment Of Airport Tollgate Fee

Tuesday, May 21, 2024
The House of Representatives has adopted a motion seeking to exempt members of the Armed Forces from tollgate fees and parking payments in Airports across Nigeria. This is coming after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) had, at its meeting eliminated the exemption of VIPs, including the presiden ...

Kano State Assembly To Amend Emirate Council Law

Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Indications have emerged that Kano State House of Assembly is set to recall the State Emirate Council law 2019 and Kano State Emirate amendment law 2023 for amendment. It was learnt that the lawmakers resolved to amend the law on Tuesday after the Majority Leader and member representing the Dala ...

Court Nullifies Extension Of Tenure For Rivers State Local Govt Chairmen

Tuesday, May 21, 2024
The Rivers State High Court has voided the amended Local Government Law enacted by the Martins Amaewhule faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly. Fubara rsquo;s loyalists, Enyiada Cookey-Gam and six others had approached the court to challenge the decision of the Factional lawmakers for ext ...

Anambra CP Provides Guide On  investigation, Reviews  Modus Operandi Of The Cid,

Tuesday, May 21, 2024
The Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam on 20th May 2024 has begun lectures for Police Personnel attached to the Criminal Investigation Department, Awka, provides a guide, reviews the modus operandi on criminal investigation. The CP while addressing the personnel emphasizes on Investigat ...

Platform Petroleum Plans Billion Dollar Investment, Seek To Achieve 50 Bcf/d

Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Platform Petroleum has disclosed its plans to invest a billion dollar in expanding its operations, targeting the production of 10,000 barrels of oil and at least 50 billion cubic feet of gas per day (bcf/d). While speaking on the sidelines of the 2024 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houst ...
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