EFCC Arrest 41 Suspects, Impounds 12 Trucks With Solid Minerals

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaEFCC Arrest 41 Suspects, Impounds 12 Trucks With Solid Minerals

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 7, 2024

Twelve trucks said to be containing different types of solid minerals without a license have been impounded by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ilorin Zonal Command. The commission also said while acting on credible intelligence over the activities of the illegal miners it has arrested 41 suspects in connection with the solid minerals. Speaking to Journalists on Tuesday in Ilọrin,  the EFCC Zonal Commander, Michael Nzekwe said the suspects were apprehended at different...

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Senate Probes Over N100b Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Project

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSenate Probes Over N100b Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Project

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 7, 2024

The Senate is probing over N100 billion Presidential Compressed Natural Gas (PCNG) projects, as such the Senate Committee on Gas has written to Finance Minister Wale Edu to provide one-week details of the award and disbursement of over N100 billion to companies engaged in handling the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas (PCNG) project, allegedly done in breach of the Public Procurement Act 2017. The request follows a fresh plan by the PCNG to release another N130...

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Governor Fintiri Orders Release Of N3b To Offset Pension Arrears

BusinessNewsNigeriaPoliticsGovernor Fintiri Orders Release Of N3b To Offset Pension Arrears

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 7, 2024

Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has ordered the release of three billion naira to the state pension board for clearance of the backlog of pension and gratuity of retired civil servants in the state. Fintiri disclosed this Tuesday while receiving leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress ÑLC in Adamawa who were at his office to congratulate him on his victory at the Supreme Court. “Retired civil servants in the state have labored for the development of...

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Ondo State Account For Over 240,000 Out Of School Children

EducationNewsNigeriaOndo State Account For Over 240,000 Out Of School Children

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 7, 2024

The chairman of Ondo State Basic Education Board, SUBEB, Victor Olabimtan has raised an alarm that insecurity in the northern part of the country had fueled migration to the south with the state accounting for no fewer than 240,000 children out of school. On Tuesday, the SUBEB Chairman in the state who raised the alarm in Akure, the State capital, sought collective efforts from stakeholders to combat the menace. Olabimtan also stated that based on...

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Palliative: Workers In Jigawa State Reject Wage Award Of N10K

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPalliative: Workers In Jigawa State Reject Wage Award Of N10K

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 6, 2024

The N10,000 wage award proposed by the Jigawa state government as a palliative in response to the removal of fuel subsidy to workers has been rejected by the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC. The Unions in a joint press statement signed by the state chairmen and secretaries of NLC and TUC after a meeting held in Dutse, the state capital, described the state government’s announcement of the wage award as...

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Nigerian Immigration Service Repatriates18 Cameroonians

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNigerian Immigration Service Repatriates18 Cameroonians

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 6, 2024

No fewer than 18 Cameroonian irregular immigrants residing in Makurdi, the Benue state capital have been repatriated by the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Benue Command. The State Comptroller, Mr. Jerry Omezi, disclosed this while addressing journalists in Makurdi on Monday, saying the Command got an intelligence report that a residence in Makurdi, at No. 22, Jonah Jang Crescent, Nyiman, was housing irregular immigrants. “The place was identified, our officers were detailed to carry out surveillance there, and they identified...

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Economic Hardship Bits Harder On Beggars In Kogi State

EconomyNewsNigeriaEconomic Hardship Bits Harder On Beggars In Kogi State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 6, 2024

With the economic crunch across the country, beggars in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, have described their condition of living as terrible and unbearable due to the decline of assistance from members of the public. The beggars called on the State and the Federal Government to find meaningful solutions to the current social and economic challenges facing the country. A beggar at the popular old market in Lokoja, who identified himself as Malam Abubakar Alli,...

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Governor Sani Identifies Causes Of Security Challenges In The North-West

NewsNigeriaPoliticsGovernor Sani Identifies Causes Of Security Challenges In The North-West

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 6, 2024

Security challenges bedeviling the North-West region of the country have been attributed to poverty and unemployment. Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State observed on Monday while receiving members of the Kaduna State Elders Forum who paid him a congratulatory visit over his victory at the Supreme Court. He said that the best way to tackle the challenges was through good governance, saying his government was adopting good governance as the best non-kinetic approach as a...

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No More Posting Of Corps Members To Unsafe States – Minister Of Youth

NewsNigeriaNo More Posting Of Corps Members To Unsafe States – Minister Of Youth

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 5, 2024

Due to worsening security situations in some parts of the country, the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC has stopped posting corps members to states deemed unsafe. Jamila Ibrahim, Minister of Youth who disclosed this in an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, said the scheme has taken steps to secure NYSC members. According to her, the security of corps members requires collaboration with other government agencies. “As an immediate intervention of the government and the...

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Police Arrests Culprits Who Kidnapped Two Catholic Priests – They Are Church Members

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPolice Arrests Culprits Who Kidnapped Two Catholic Priests – They Are Church Members

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 5, 2024

Four suspected kidnappers who kidnapped two Catholic priests of the Pankshin diocese in Plateau State have been arrested. The kidnappers who were members of the church led by the financial secretary of the church were demanding twenty-five million naira (N25m) as ransom. The four suspected culprits are 2 Catholics, one of whom is a Church Council Secretary, one COCIN, and one non-church goer; all from the same village, Fier. They are now helping security agencies...

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