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Nigerian Economy Faces Worst Recession in Four Decades – World Bank

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The collapse in oil prices coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to plunge the Nigerian economy into a severe economic recession, the worst since the 1980s, the World Bank has predicted. The Bank made the prediction in its latest Nigeria Development Update (NDU). The report, “Nigeria In Times of COVID-19: Laying Foundations for a Strong Recovery,” released on Thursday, estimated...

“Tramadol Is A Major Catalyst For Insurgency, Banditry In North-East” – NDLEA Boss

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The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Muhammad Abdallah, says tramadol is a major catalyst for insurgency in the North-East. The NDLEA boss noted that drug abuse increased during the lockdown occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic, adding that it is the country’s ‘real pandemic’. Abdallah stated this on Thursday while featuring on Channels Television ahead of...

“Tramadol Is A Major Catalyst For Insurgency, Banditry In North-East” – NDLEA Boss

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The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Muhammad Abdallah, says tramadol is a major catalyst for insurgency in the North-East. The NDLEA boss noted that drug abuse increased during the lockdown occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic, adding that it is the country’s ‘real pandemic’. Abdallah stated this on Thursday while featuring on Channels Television ahead of...

Police Arrest Female Gun Smuggling Gang

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A three-member female arms smuggling syndicate have been arrested by the police. The suspects who were paraded before newsmen in Abuja were identified Eleanor Yowei, Favour Bello and Priye Jimmy. Eight hundred and eighteen ammunition was hidden in a twenty-five-kilogram bag of rice were recovered from the suspects arrested while travelling from Kano to Bayelsa state. Eleanor Yowei reportedly handed over the bag containing...

PHOTO: EFCC Storms Premises of Son Of Ex-Abia Deputy Gov. Enyinnaya Nwafor

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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, stormed the premises of Engr. Enyinnaya Nwafor, son of late former deputy governor of Abia State, Dr Chima Nwafor. Nwafor is the founder and chief executive officer of Tunnel End, and Rock Waters Integrated Services Ltd., two construction companies headquartered in Aba. Some buildings in the company's premises were marked...

“We Will Kill Your Husbands, Sons And Put You In Poverty” – Sokoto Bandits

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Every morning, a group of women files out of an abandoned, uncompleted housing estate in Goronyo Local Government of Sokoto State. What they have in common is that they are all widows living in a makeshift camp for displaced persons. Originally conceived as resettlement estate for persons displaced by the 2010 floods in Goronyo, the abandoned, uncompleted estate now houses...

Veteran Nollywood Actress, Bose Adewoyin “Madam Tinubu” Is Dead

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A veteran Nollywood actress, Bose Adewoyin, is dead. This thespian passed on Tuesday morning. She was buried at about 4 p.m. the same day. Late Adewoyin is famous for her role as Madam Tinubu in ‘EFUNROYE TINUBU’, written by Professor Akinwumi Isola and directed by Gbenga Adewusi in 1989. EFUNROYE TINUBU was later adapted for television and was a screen hit...

Veteran Nollywood Actress, Bose Adewoyin “Madam Tinubu” Is Dead

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A veteran Nollywood actress, Bose Adewoyin, is dead. This thespian passed on Tuesday morning. She was buried at about 4 p.m. the same day. Late Adewoyin is famous for her role as Madam Tinubu in ‘EFUNROYE TINUBU’, written by Professor Akinwumi Isola and directed by Gbenga Adewusi in 1989. EFUNROYE TINUBU was later adapted for television and was a screen hit...

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