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FG N9bn E-Border Project Fails To Stop Bandits, Illegal Aliens
Illegal migrants (bandits...) crosses border from Niger, Mali,others despite FG's multibillion-naira border surveillance systems, in 2019. This is as the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, said e-border surveillance is now being mounted across the nation’s borders with its neighbouring countries. “As we speak, more than half of our borders have been automated. There are visuals, and a lot of processes going...
Tinubu Under Pressure To Dump Food Import Waiver
President Tinubu's administration is currently facing pressure to revoke the July 2024 declaration of a food import waiver. Multiple sources at the Presidency said the pressure has been coming from the private sector who claimed that opening up the country to food import would undermine their investments and worsen the unemployment rate in Nigeria. Some private sector operators confirmed this, describing...
Tariff Hike: NCC Meets Telecom Consumer Groups
The Nigerian Communications Commission has scheduled a stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja on the proposed 100% tariff hike in the telecom sector. The meeting will bring together representatives from major consumer advocacy groups and other relevant industry stakeholders to deliberate on the implications of the price increase. President of the National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers, Adeolu Ogungbanjo, who has been a major...
PDP Differs As Okpebholo Accuses 18 LG Chairs Of N12bn Diversion
Edo State Gov. Monday Okpebholo suspended 18 LG council chairmen accused of diverting over N12 bn to PDP leaders over a 15-month period. However, the Chairman of the Edo PDP Caretaker Committee, Tony Aziegbemi, denied the allegation, insisting that such money was not given to PDP leaders by the suspended council chairmen. Aziegbemi urged the governor to back his claim with...
Legal Dispute Threatens Ohanaeze Ndigbo Presidential Election
An Enugu High Court has ruled out indefinitely on the planned January 10, 2025, election for a new President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo. The pan-Igbo socio-cultural organization had scheduled fresh elections for its executive positions, with Rivers State proposed to produce the next President-General. This move, intended to recognize Rivers as an Igbo state, has sparked debates about inclusivity and representation...
Governor Otti, Senator Kalu Unite For Abia’s Development With China Power (Photos)
The Governor of Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, hosted Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, former Governor of Abia State and Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District, at his Umuehim Nvosi country home in Isialangwa South Local Government Area. Senator Kalu, accompanied by a high-level delegation from China Power, a Fortune 500 Chinese government-owned company, visited...
Police Warn Of Increase In Missing Persons Cases In Ogun
Ogun's police command has become concerned due to a noticeable increase in the state's missing person reports. CSP Omolola Odutola, the command’s spokesperson, disclosed this in a statement in Abeokuta on Tuesday. She explained that the command had noticed an unprecedented rise in the number of missing persons across all age groups. Odutola noted that only a small fraction of the individuals...
Chinese Bank Grants $254.76 Million Loan For Kano-Kaduna Railway Project
A $245 million loan has been approved by the China Development Bank to support the Nigerian Kano-Kaduna railway project. According to information released on its website on Tuesday, the financial backing is expected to ensure the seamless continuation of the construction work. It said on its website, “China Development Bank released on Tuesday that the bank has recently granted a loan...
Nigerians Decry High Transport Fares Despite Fuel Price Reduction
Nigerians lament despite the reduction in gas prices, transportation companies have not been able to lower charges across the country. These angry Nigerians added that instead, the prices are still going up. The PUNCH reported that on December 19, 2024, the Dangote refinery reduced the ex-depot price of its petrol from N970 to N899.50 per litre. This sparked intense pricing competition in the...
Sabina Chikere assumes office as Executive Director, Edo Sports Commission
•to oversee Operations and Sports Development As Edo State officially kick-starts the 2025 working year in full fledge, Mrs Sabina Chikere made a historic return to the Edo State Sports Commission on Monday, 6th January, 2025, resuming her role as Executive Director Sabina was on the 18th of December, 2024, appointed by the Governor of Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo,...
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