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Customs Area 1 Ph Hits N43 Billion Revenue Generation in first Quarter of 2024

By Bon Peters The Nigeria Customs Service Area 1 Command Port Harcourt, Rivers state says the Command has generated and collected the sum of ₦43,625,986,168.40 in the First Quarter of 2024. The figure represented a 23.68 per cent of the gross revenue target of the Command for the 2024 fiscal year which is ₦184,221,730,121.48. This disclosure was made by the Customs’ Area Controller of the…

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Continental Students' Body Expresses Interest in Siriman Niaré Case In Letter To

Continental Students movement and the umbrella body for all national students’ unions in Africa, under the auspices of the All-Africa Stucents Unian (AASU), has expressed in a case involving a student activist, Comrade Siriman Niaré, in a letter to the Interim President of Mali, Colonel Assimi Goïta. Comrade Niaré was said to have been arrested after a fight between some student activists of the…

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Ajaokuta Steel:  Minister Of Steel Development Engages Russia’s TPE Consortium On Revival

The Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaibu Abubakar Audu, has engaged a consortium led by the original developers of Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited (ASCL), Tyamzhpromexport (TPE), to revive the steel plant. The Minister, who met with the consortium comprising a team from Russia’s TPE/Rostec, Novostal, and Nigeria’s Proforce in his office on Thursday,  in Abuja, urged them to put together…

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Alleged N3bn Fraud: How Oyo-Ita, Allies Diverted Public Funds to Private Companies — EFCC Witness

Prosecution Witness Eight, (PW8), Hamma Adama Bello in the trial of former Head of Service (HoS), Winifred Oyo-Ita on Thursday, April 25, 2024 narrated before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, how thedefendant and her subordinates diverted public funds into their  private companies. Oyo-Ita, the first defendant is facing criminal prosecution by the Economic and…

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Food Crisis: NDE Trains 50 Unemployed On Modern Agriculture

In line with the renewed efforts of the Federal Government to revamp the country’s agricultural sector, the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Oyo State has kicked off the year 2024 Sustainable Agricultural Development Training Scheme (SADTS)Speaking on behalf of the NDE Director General, Mallam Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo, at the flag-off ceremony of the training scheme, in Ibadan, Oyo State…

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Oborevwori Tasks NDDC on Abandoned Projects' Completion

Delta State Governor, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, has charged the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to complete all ongoing and abandoned projects in the region for the benefit of the people. Governor Oborevwori gave the charge in Asaba at the 6th Meeting of the National Council of Niger Delta (NCND) with Theme: “Stimulating Strategies For Economic Growth and Development in the Niger…

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The Dike Family Foundation Launches Agnes Nkonye Dike Memorial Revolving Interest-Free Business Loan Scheme!

The Dike Family Foundation has announced the commencement of the First Phase of the Agnes Nkonye Dike Memorial Revolving Interest-Free Business Loan Scheme. The initiative aims to empower and support small-scale entrepreneurs, with a focus on the Onuaboh community in Ndokwa East LGA of Delta State, Nigeria. During a press conference held at Asaba, Delta State, on Monday, March 25, 2024,…

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Emefiele's Replacement: Cadoso and the Sacked 19 CBN Directors

I still find it hard to believe that Igbos are given to tribalism where productivity and National politics is concerned. That’s my position in view of the volume of money in custody of Emefiele. Had Emefiele been a Yoruba man, he would have been supported in his corruption venture by the Yoruba Ronu crowd; joblessness lay about garage touts who would have hired buses and drummers and dancers…

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Just Before You File For That Divorce…

To the best of my little knowledge, Christianity is the most restrictive religion on divorce. The only condition permitted in the New Testament Bible for divorce is, porneia, (sexual immorality), and there is a caveat, ‘if you cannot forgive your partner.’ Ironically, those who profess to be Christians (I did not say those who are Christians), are at the forefront of the advocacy for marriage…

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Abductors Of Edo PDP Chairman Contacts Family, Makes Ransom Demand

The kidnappers of the Edo State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tony Aziegbemi, have reportedly contacted the family, demanding a N500 million ransom nine days after he was kidnapped. Recall that the PDP chairman was kidnapped by six yet-to-be-identified gunmen on Friday, March 15, 2024, at the entrance of his house at 11 pm after a meeting with Edo State Governor, Godwin…

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To be a Nigerian...?

People often ask me, ‘Will, where do you get your jokes?’ I just tell ’em, ‘Well, I watch the government and report the facts, that is all I do, and I don’t even find it necessary to exaggerate. ~ Will Rogers  On an average Nigeria is good, her people are a bunch of good Bananas, only a few rotten, gives the whole bunch a bad look and that particular rotten smell. Nigeria, ideally is one of the…

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Lawmakers Pass Vote of Confidence on Delta LG Boss

Members of Okpe Local Government Area, Delta State Legislative Arm, have passed a vote of confidence on the Council Chairman, Chief Isaiah Onoriode Esiovwa Majority Leader of the legislative arm, Hon Ramsey Daniel Okoro, who moved the motion for the confidence vote during the plenary of the House , said the council chairman has been able to spread development to all the wards in the local…

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NLC Protest: Refuse To Sit At Home…

The Nigeria Labor Congress NLC and Civil Society Organizations, have again called out Nigerians to protest against the escalating cost of living in Nigeria on the 26 and 27 of February 2024. This call is not new and Nigerians have always responded with enthusiasm until recent history when the organizers lost direction they are yet to re-discover. To this call ahead, it should be heeded. We must…

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Stop Trivializing Terrorism

Until 1.14pm WAT, on September 11, 2001, when 2,996 people were killed in a terror attack on the World Trade Center in New York, I frankly was not very familiar with the word “terrorism.” The frenzy that trailed that very horrible terror attack forced the word from nearly every news outlet into my consciousness. From that day on, I began to associate terrorism with mass killing of harmless and…

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EFCC, NUPENG Join Forces Against Oil Theft

The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 sought the collaboration of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to fight the scourge of illegal oil bunkering across the country. This request was made on Wednesday in Abuja when the President of the Union, Comrade William Akporeha led members of his executive to the corporate…

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It Takes More Than Courage To Challenge Institutions…

Courage may be simply explained as the ability to go ahead and do something that frightens you or the capacity to maintain strength in the face of pain and grief. There are quite a number of people out there who have no qualms taking such risks. The world has seen very many of such in different spheres and more are on their way to astound us all with their incredible adrenaline. After all, we…

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Senator Okey Ezea Appoints 45 New Aides

The Senator representing Enugu North Senatorial District, Senator Okey Ezea, has approved the appointments of 45 new aides from the six local government areas that make up his senatorial district. This was contained in a statement signed by his Senior Special Adviser (Media), Aniebo Nwamu, He listed the aides and their assigned portfolios as follows: Nnanwike Nwodo, Chief Liaison…

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