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NLC lied over N100m palliatives for lawmakers – Reps

Admin1 year ago966 min

The House of Representatives has refuted allegations made by the Nigeria Labour Congress leadership that the Federal Government provided palliatives worth N100 million to National Assembly members. The claim was made in a statement released in Abuja by Christopher Onyeka, the NLC’s national assistant secretary. Akin Rotimi, the chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, responded to the claim by calling it unfounded and “devoid of factual accuracy.” “The House of Representatives...

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Police charge BDC operator, Atoyebi Bamidele with N157 million fraud

Admin1 year ago1224 min

Atoyebi Bamidele, commonly known as Bam-Bam, a Bureau De Change operator, was charged by the police on Tuesday before the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly defrauding traders in Alaba Market of N157 million. Bamidele, who conducts business as Prosocial International Limited, is accused by the police of three charges each of conspiracy, acquiring, and stealing. The Force Criminal Investigation Department in Alagbon-Ikoyi, Lagos, brought the accusation against him before the court. Following a...

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Police nabs man over alleged conversion of funds in Ekiti

Admin1 year ago1613 min

The police in Ekiti State on Tuesday arraigned a 22-year-old man, Joshua Edet, before an Ekiti State Chief Magistrate’s Court for suspected fund conversion. Inspector Olubu Apata, the police prosecutor, told the court that the defendant committed the crime between July 12 and September 7 at LAZORA Bar, opposite Fayose Market in Ado-Ekiti. According to the prosecutor, “the defendant, a sales boy, fraudulently converted the sum of N250,400 belonging to his boss, one Babafemi Damola,...

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Breaking: Nigerian Referees Snubbed for AFCON 2024

Admin1 year ago1321 min

The forthcoming Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Ivory Coast in 2024 would not use Nigerian referees. There were no Nigerian referees on the list of 32 center referees, 33 assistant referees, and 2 VAR officials provided by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the competition. No Nigerian referee has been chosen for an AFCON competition for the past 13 years.

LASG educates PHC staff about mental health

Admin1 year ago11633 min

A mental health capacity-building training session has been organized by the Lagos State Ministry of Health for no less than 314 primary healthcare professionals, including doctors, nurses, community health officers, community health extension workers, and social workers who are drawn from Primary Health Centres throughout the state. The participants were taught how to identify and treat common mental illnesses like depression, anxiety, drug misuse, psychosis, and stress as well as how to handle psychiatric emergencies...

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Police arrest fake CP in Lagos

Admin1 year ago1215 min

The Lagos State Police Command announced that it has detained one Nwagu Emmanuel for allegedly posing as a police commissioner to enable the release of a suspect from the state’s force headquarters. This information was revealed on Monday during the parading of Emmanuel and other suspects at the Police Headquarters in Ikeja, Lagos, by the state’s commissioner of police, Idowu Owohunwa, through the command’s public relations officer, Benjamin Hundeyin. In order to enable the release...

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Military high command, operations in Niger Delta region prevent oil thieves from stealing crude oil worth N4B

Admin1 year ago3104 min

According to the military high command, operations in the Niger Delta region have prevented oil thieves from stealing crude oil worth an estimated N4 billion from the nation. Over 6.6 million liters of stolen crude oil, 3.5 million liters of AGO, 200,000 liters of DPK, and over 65,000 liters of Premium Motor Spirits were all found in this time period, according to the command. This information was revealed in Abuja at the quarterly briefing on...

Insecurity: Zamfara won’t negotiate with bandits – Commissioner

Admin1 year ago1164 min

The Commissioner for Information and Culture, Mannir Mu’azu Haidara, stated on Saturday that Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal would not negotiate with bandits but would instead back security forces in their efforts to eradicate banditry and other types of criminality. Additionally, he said that the state had long since fallen behind due to poor governance. He claims that the governor has begun carrying out a plan that will help the state end years of banditry...

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Tinubu recalls Nigeria’s high commissioner to UK

Admin1 year ago822 min

President Bola Tinubu has summoned Nigeria’s high commissioner to the United Kingdom, Sarafa Isola. The recall of the high commissioner was announced in a letter dated August 31 by Yusuf Tuggar, Minister of Foreign Affairs. “I have the honour to inform you of Mr President’s decision to recall you, signalling the end of your tenure as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the United Kingdom.” “By this communication, you are...

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CSO Distances Self from media Attacks on NCMDB Boss, threatens to Sue Imposter

Admin1 year ago9911 min

Save Nigeria Movement, a front line civil society organisation (CSO) in Abuja has denounced a media campaign including calls for nationwide protest against the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Monitoring Development Board (NCMDB) boss, Engr. Kesiyi Simbi Wabote by one Joshua Abah, an imposter using the hard earned reputation of the organisation to dupe and defraud unsuspecting Nigerians. In a strongly worded press statement signed by Rev Solomon Semaka, Convener of SNM, the group insisted that...

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