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Mr Umar Bakare, the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, said that the Apongbon Bridge rehabilitation works had achieved 50 percent completion. He stated this on Friday while speaking to newsmen, confirming that the project would be completed in May and the highway reopened to traffic. Bakare said, “We are planning to re open […]
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Retired Gen. Yakubu Gowon, former Head of State, is optimistic that the proposed National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Trust Fund Bill will soon receive presidential assent. Gowon, the scheme’s founder, stated this when the scheme’s Director – General, Brig.-Gen. Yusha’u Ahmed, led some management staff to pay him a courtesy visit. Mr Eddy Megwa, the […]
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Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately intervene in the current petrol and currency crises rocking the nation. Akeredolu, in a statement on Friday, lamented that the people of this country had been compelled to live under excruciating pains occasioned, mainly, by the contrived crisis in the petroleum sector. […]
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The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Baba, has ordered the arrest and prosecution of all individuals engaged in the sale or abuse of the Naira notes issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The IGP specifically ordered the Deputy Inspector- General of Police in charge of the Force Criminal Investigations Department and the Assistant […]
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It has been reported that a male pharmacist simply identified as Emmanuel disguised himself as a female member of St John the Baptist Catholic Rumuolumeni, Rivers State for a long time in order to wed his male partner. However, Emmanuel known to his church members as Emmanuella, was almost carrying out his plans to marry […]
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Total telecommunications solutions provider, Globacom, is partnering worlds leading manufacturers of electronic devices, Samsung, for an exclusive offer for Glo subscribers to own the much sought after Galaxy S-23 smartphone. According to the details of the offer, only Glo subscribers will benefit from the exclusive offer, while Samsung will continue to have #patronage by millions […]
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Banks in Ibadan, the Oyo capital, have been attacked following protests over lingering scarcity of cash. TheCable had earlier reported that protesters in Ibadan took to the streets to protest the scarcity of petrol and naira notes. The unrest was said to have started at Agodi gate, at the intersection that leads to the state […]
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By Sarafa Ibrahim A politician who actually does what he told people he would do seems almost unfathomable in Nigeria, a country of many unfulfilled promises. This was why a lot of people were skeptical when Senator Ademola Adeleke, while campaigning to be Governor, promised to offset the arrears of salaries and pensions owed by […]
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The clash between some angry student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) and a lone soldier on Thursday at an ATM queue inside the institution’s Ugbowo campus took a twist on Friday, as over 30 military operatives allegedly invade the school and destroyed about 34 vehicles. Recall that the hapless soldier who was in his […]
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The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has said law enforcement agencies have made arrests of new naira note hawkers. While speaking during a press briefing in Lagos on Friday, he maintained the apex bank’s decision on the deadline to phase out the old naira notes. Emefiele said, “As the new deadlines approach, please […]
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