Dirtiest Slap Ever

By Tunde Odesola Creating a soundscape similar to locomotive wheels in motion, the rapid footfalls of marching prisoners travel beyond the walls of National Prisons, Gashua: “Lef, rai! Lef, rai! Lef, rai!” the warder barks as numerous feet, rising and falling, left-right, thud the earth in unison, raising dust. “A-t-t-e-n-t-i-o-n!” As the prisoners’ feet come to a simultaneous halt at […]

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Ex-Agitator Group Rate PAP High, Call For Action On Reintegration Process

A group, the Niger Delta Ex-agitators Forum, NDEF, weekend rated high the performance of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) under the leadership of Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd). They however call on the management of the Presidential Amnesty Programme to hasten the pace of the integration of the beneficiaries in the Nine […]

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Governor Inuwa Confirms Aminu Yuguda As Substantive Accountant-General

Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has approved the confirmation of the appointment of Aminu Umar Yuguda Ph.D. as substantive Accountant- General of Gombe State with effect from 21st March 2022. According to a press release on Sunday 20th March 2022 signed by the Director-General (Press Affairs) Gombe Government House, Ismaila Uba Misilli, he said the State Head of Service, Alhaji Bappayo […]

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We Have Not Reviewed Ex-Coastal, Ex-Depot And Retail Prices; NNPC Alerts Nigerians

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC) has disputed rumors that the firm has evaluated ex-coastal, ex-depot, and NNPC retail prices. The fake news, according to NNPC Spokesperson Garba Deen Muhammed, is clearly created to cause uncertainty and hinder the NNPC’s gradual drive to restore market normalcy. “The general public and, in particular, industry operators at all levels should disregard […]

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I’ve Never Met Philip Agbese-Ortom

Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has dismissed claims by one Philip Agbese that he would return to the All Progressives Congress (APC) soon, insisting that, “I have never met that young man in my life.”  One Philip Agbese had claimed in a newspaper report that Governor Ortom confided in him to plead with the wife of an APC leader in Makurdi […]

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Emerging Technologies Veritable Tool In Combating Insecurity – Prof. Pantami

The Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), has reiterated that the use of emerging technologies in combating insecurity remains a veritable tool which Nigeria will continue to capitalise on, as government and stakeholders are pointing towards digital technology as the next available option to help reduce the scourge of insecurity in the country. Prof. […]

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Father Of 4 Arrested With 20.75kg Black Liquid Cocaine In Makeup Mascara At Abuja Airport

…..As NDLEA recovers in Ogun 865.2kg drugs smuggled from Benin Republic; 30,880 tablets of Tramadol, Diazepam, Exol-5 in Kaduna For the first time in history, a 52-year-old father of four children who claims to be a businessman, Okeke Adolphus Anayochukwu has been arrested with black liquid cocaine at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA Abuja by operatives of the National […]

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Fuel Scarcity: FG Implements 25% Freight Rate Increase For NARTO

As scarcity of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) persists in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), tanker drivers and other haulage vehicles under the aegis of the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) may begin full operations, as indications emerged yesterday that the Federal Government has officially implemented a 25 per cent freight rate for haulage transporters. The 25 percent […]

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