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Gov. Zulum Wants Sambisa Forest Revived
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has advocated the revival of the Sambisa forest which was affected by the over one decade-old Boko Haram insurgency. Zulum was speaking on Thursday in New York at the UN’s High-Level Segment Roundtable on: “Forest-based solutions to the triple planetary crises: A Focus on People, Science, Technology, and Finance.” The governor said, “Borno State has been...
Abia Govt Not Considering Recruitment Of New Entrants Into Civil Service — Otti
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has said employing new people into the state’s civil service is not on the front burner of his administration. Otti said this during the monthly interactive session with the media on Thursday in Umuahia. He said that the issue of employment would arise when the government finished dealing with what it met in the civil service. He...
Abia Govt Launches Land Title Recertification Exercise, Gives Deadline for Submission (Video)
The Abia State Government has announced the commencement of a comprehensive recertification exercise for all land title documents in the state. The exercise, which began on May 6, 2024, aims to update and validate all existing land titles, ensuring a more efficient and accurate land administration system. According to the Commissioner for Lands and Housing, Hon. Chaka Ikenna Chukwumerije, the recertification...
Reps Suspend Implementation Of Cybercrime Levy By CBN
The House of Representatives on Thursday, May 9, directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to immediately halt the implementation of the cybercrime levy introduced by the apex bank in compliance with the provisions of the Cybercrime Act, ABN TV reports. The House said the circular by the apex bank was prone to misinterpretation by Nigerians as it negates the...
E-Money Under Police Investigation Over N1.2bn Dispute With Lagos Car Dealer
The Chief Executive Officer, Emy Cargo and Shipping Services Limited, Emeka Okonkwo, aka E-Money is under investigation at the Force Criminal Investigation Department Annex, Alagbon, over alleged N1, 209,200,000 dispute with a vehicle dealing company, Autocorp Limited, in Lagos State. A police source who is privy to the case but pleaded anonymity told PUNCH Metro (not ABN TV) that Okonkwo...
Governors Ready To Implement New Minimum Wage – Gov Sule
Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has assured that governors are not opposed to the implementation of the new minimum wage for public workers, dismissing claims that governors are not cooperating with the federal government on the issue. Addressing journalists after meeting with Vice-President Kashim Shettima at the State House in Abuja, Governor Sule discussed the security situation in his...
Northern Elders Kick Against CBN’s Cybersecurity Levy
The Northern Elders Forum, NEF, has strongly condemned the Central Bank of Nigeria’s recent decision to impose a cybersecurity levy on bank customers. In a statement released by the NEF’s Director of Publicity and Advocacy, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, the forum expressed its dissatisfaction with the policy, citing the escalating costs associated with banking transactions as a result of multiple charges. The NEF...
Bandits Demand N500m For 30 Zamfara Hostages
The bandits, who abducted over 30 persons recently in Maradun Local Government Area, Zamfara State, the country home of the Minister of State, Defence, Hon. Bello Mohammed Matawalle, have demanded the sum of N500 million as ransom. A resident of the area, Ibrahim Maradun told DAILY POST that all available channels to raise the money have proved abortive as wealthy...
Police Arrest 17 Suspected Forex Hawkers In Kano
The Police in Kano State have arrested seventeen suspected forex hawkers for illegal operation of Bureau de Change. Spokesman of the command, SP. Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa confirmed the arrest in a statement issued to newsmen. He said the arrest followed a raid conducted by the Kano Police Command with combined personnel of the Department of State Services (DSS) at locations where...
Insecurity: Bandits Kill NSCDC Commander In Benue
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly killed a commander of agro ranger of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Benue State. The deceased was identified as Mike Ode. The incident happened at Shaapera community in Gwer West Local Government Area of the state. A relation of the deceased, Nicholas Ode, disclosed that his brother was brutally killed in...
