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Power Drunk Soldiers Kill Policeman On Official Duty For Stopping Colleague Driving Against Traffic

Power Drunk Soldiers Kill Policeman On Official Duty For Stopping Colleague Driving Against Traffic

Power-Drunk Soldiers K¡ll Policeman For Stopping Colleague Driving Against Traffic Soldiers attached to the Ojo Cantonment Barracks led by a yet-to-be-identified colleague, who was accosted for driving against the traffic around Volks Bus Stop, along the Ojo Iyana Iba Road area of Lagos State have stabbed a policeman, Saka Ganiyu, to death. PUNCH Online gathered that the soldier, who was not wearing his uniform, while driving an unregistered T4 Volkswagen commercial bus against the traffic, was stopped by policemen on enforcement duty at Volks Bus Stop. Angered by the action of the policemen, it was learnt that an altercation ensued…
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Tension As House Of Reps Begins Move To Investigate Buhari’s Government

Tension As House Of Reps Begins Move To Investigate Buhari’s Government

Tension As House Of Reps Begins Move To Investigate Buhari’s Govt The House of Representatives has unveiled plans to launch a comprehensive investigation into the Road Infrastructure Development and Refurbishment Investment Tax Credit scheme, which was initiated by former President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019. The decision follows the adoption of a motion of Urgent Public Importance brought forward by Hon. Ibrahim Aliyu during the plenary session on Wednesday. The scheme, established through Executive Order No. 007, was designed to address Nigeria’s significant infrastructure deficit by encouraging private sector participation in road development. Under the program, private companies that invest in…
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NLC President Frowns Over Another Fuel Price Hike

NLC President Frowns Over Another Fuel Price Hike

NLC President Frowns Over Another Fuel Price Hike The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has condemned the fuel pump price increase by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, noting that a registered private company should not dictate fuel prices for Nigerians. AttNews earlier reported that the NNPC raised the retail price of petrol to N1,030 from N897 per litre, across some of its retail outlets in the FCT. The new price, being the second increase in one month, after it earlier increased prices from N617/litre to N897/litre in September, represents a 14.8 per cent or N133…
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Amid Hardship, Nigerian Banks Declare Huge Profits; Customers Complain

Amid Hardship, Nigerian Banks Declare Huge Profits; Customers Complain

Amid Hardship, Nigerian Banks Declare Huge Profit; Customers Complain Commercial bank customers in the Federal Capital Territory have urged banks to pay more attention to customer satisfaction than declaring massive profits. They spoke against the backdrop of some commercial banks making an estimated profit before Tax of N3.8 trillion in the first half of 2014. According to reports, the banks, which include Zenith Bank, UBA and 10 others, recorded a 108.2 per cent increase from the N1.83 trillion recorded in the first half of 2023. But bank customers told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday that they were…
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Seek Permission Before Using The National Anthem – FGN Tells Nigerians

Seek Permission Before Using The National Anthem – FGN Tells Nigerians

Seek Permission Before Using The National Anthem – FG Tells Nigerians The Federal Government has urged Nigerians to seek permission before using the national anthem. A statement by the Director General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu on Wednesday, said seeking permission was necessary to avoid misinterpretation. He further announced that press conferences will be held across all states to initiate the sensitisation campaign on the agency’s new policies. He, however, did not state in what context permission should be sought before the anthem could be sung, or its lyrics could be used. “As custodians of Nigeria’s…
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NNPCL Increases Fuel Price To N1,030 Per Litre In Abuja, N998 In Lagos

NNPCL Increases Fuel Price To N1,030 Per Litre In Abuja, N998 In Lagos

NNPCL Increases Fuel Price To N1,030 Per Litre In Abuja, N998 In Lagos Filling stations belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) have increased the pump price of fuel. The product which previously sold for N897 in Abuja, the nation’s capital, currently sells for N1,030. Daily Trust correspondent who visited an NNPC outlet in Maitama observed how motorists queued up to purchase the product amid complaints. At another NNPC station in Gudu, still in Abuja, motorists queued up while waiting for attendants to commence sale. When our reporter asked an attendant if the station was out of stock,…
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Covenant University Ranked Nigeria’s Overall Best In The 2024 Rankings (See List)

Covenant University Ranked Nigeria’s Overall Best In The 2024 Rankings (See List)

Covenant University Ranked Nigeria’s Overall Best In THE 2024 Rankings (See List) Covenant University (CU) has been listed as Nigeria’s overall best university in Times Higher Education (THE) 2024 Rankings. The Times Higher Education World Rankings is a comprehensive global ranking of universities published annually. The 2024 rankings include 1,907 universities across 108 countries and regions. Covenant University which is Nigeria’s highest-ranking institution on the 2024 list fell within the 8001-1000 global scale alongside the University of Ibadan (UI). The ratings were done based on 18 carefully calibrated performance indicators that measure an institution’s performance across five areas: teaching, research…
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Longest Serving African President, Paul Biya Of Cameroon Reportedly Dies

Longest Serving African President, Paul Biya Of Cameroon Reportedly Dies

Longest Serving African President, Paul Biya Reportedly Dies President Paul Biya, who is the longest serving African President has “reportedly” died. According to news filtering from Cameroon, Diya has passed away. Biya, born on 13 February 1933 is a Cameroonian politician who has served as the second president of Cameroon since 6 November 1982, having previously been the prime minister of Cameroon from 1975 to 1982. He is the second longest ruling president in Africa, the longest consecutively serving current non-royal national leader in the world and the oldest head of state in the world. Mr Biya ruled the country…
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Objectivism As A Cure To Bitterness: A Measured Reply To ‘Stop Governor Otti From Visiting Harvard University’ By A Scotland Based Misinformation Monger, Eke O. Ako – By Ukoha Njoku Ukoha(CPS To Gov. Otti)

Objectivism As A Cure To Bitterness: A Measured Reply To ‘Stop Governor Otti From Visiting Harvard University’ By A Scotland Based Misinformation Monger, Eke O. Ako – By Ukoha Njoku Ukoha(CPS To Gov. Otti)

OBJECTIVISM AS A CURE TO BITTERNESS: A MEASURED REPLY TO 'STOP GOVERNOR OTTI FROM VISITING HARVARD UNIVERSITY' BY A SCOTLAND BASED MISINFORMATION MONGER, EKE O. AKO. "Spreading 'Mis- and Disinformation' is Not Opposition Politics. It is Lying and Dishonesty" - Ctz. Ukoha Njoku Ukoha (Chief Press Secretary to the Executive Governor of Abia State) The daily ranting of a Scotland based Abian whose identity and name has been in a perpetual flux cannot be taken seriously by those he tagged in his desperate, attention seeking, empty and inconsistent 'petition'. By this time last year, he was ranting under the name…
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28 Suspected Internet Fraudsters Arrested As EFCC Raids 2 States

28 Suspected Internet Fraudsters Arrested As EFCC Raids 2 States

EFCC Raids Two States, Arrests 28 Suspected Internet Fraudsters Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a total of 28 suspected internet fraudsters, popularly known as ‘Yahoo boys’ in Edo and Akwa-Ibom states. The suspects were arrested on Monday after a separate sting operation conducted on their hideouts following an intelligence report on their alleged fraudulent activities. Thirteen of the suspects were arrested in the Nwaniba area of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, while 15 were nabbed in Benin City, the Edo State capital. A statement on Tuesday by the EFCC Head of Media and Publicity, Dele…
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