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Month: August 2023

Economists express concerns over $3bn NNPCL loan

Uwaleke urged the government to ensure that Nigerians, especially the National Assembly, were informed about the terms of the loan and the collateral security involved. Financial economists are worried about the three billion dollars crude oil repayment loan secured by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Ltd., to prevent the Naira from slumping further. The experts…

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Police arrest Inspector in viral video assault of Imo resident

The video showed the policeman allegedly removing the cap of a young man forcefully, and slapping him severally on his face. The Imo Police command says it has arrested an Inspector of Police, who assaulted a young man in a viral video. In a statement by the command’s spokesman, ASP Henry Okoye on Wednesday, the…

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Dispatch riders to face stiffer penalties for traffic rules violation – VIO

Emetu explained that it is left for the company to check whether the rider was still fit to continue to work with them or not. The Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS) in the FCT, says it will apply stiffer penalties on any dispatch rider for violating traffic rules and regulations in the territory. The…

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Shooting rocks Anambra over ownership of parks

The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said that he was not aware of the incident. There was pandemonium on Wednesday in Nkpor, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra, over ownership of parks, as armed masked men allegedly took over the parks. It was gathered that no fewer than five persons…

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NAF to take delivery of 18 attack helicopters – Chief of Air Staff

Abubakar said the air force would continue to intensify the deployment of its attack helicopters in clamping down on illegal refineries in the Niger Delta. The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar says the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) will soon take delivery of 18 attack helicopters to boost its fleet of aircraft….

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Amaltech CEO advises Tinubu to invest in semiconductors, chips production

Tijjani says semiconductor technology stands as a cornerstone for modern economies. Shehu Tijjani Abdullahi, the Chief Executive Officer of Amaltech Technologies, has urged President Bola Tinubu to invest in semiconductor technology and chips production to foster economic growth in Nigeria. Tijjani said it is important to harness the potential of semiconductor technology, saying it will…

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Russian war mercenary Prigozhin reportedly dies in Moscow plane crash

Prigozhin’s Wagner Group led an aborted mutiny against Putin earlier in the year. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Russian state-funded private military company Wagner Group, was reportedly on the passenger list of a plane that crashed North of Moscow on Wednesday, August 23, 2023. According to Russia’s civil aviation authority, all the passengers on…

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Man gets 35 strokes of cane for stealing a cellphone, building materials

Ahmad pleaded for leniency saying he stole because the money his brother gave him after he worked for him was not enough to meet his daily needs. A Shari’a Court in Kaduna State on Wednesday ordered that a 22-year-old man , Inuwa Ahmad be given 35 strokes of the cane for stealing a cellphone and…

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President Tinubu salutes Sultan of Sokoto at 67

Tinubu extolled the Sultan’s magnanimity, friendliness and neighbourly outlook on life, seizing every opportunity to educate citizens on the benefits of amity in the society. President Bola Tinubu has felicitated the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, and the Sokoto Sultanate Council, as the royal father turns 67 on Thursday. This is contained in…

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Jigawa Gov Namadi off to Kigali on 6-day official trip

The trip is for a retreat organised by the UNDP and the Nigerian Governors Forum for all governors. Governor Umar Namadi of Jigawa has written to the state’s House of Assembly that he will begin a six-day official trip to Rwanda beginning from Wednesday. Speaker, Mr Haruna Aliyu, read the governor’s letter on the floor…

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