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•Says Erring Herders Will Face Consequences Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum and Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has declared that the state will make an example of any herders in the state, who dared breach the anti-open grazing law, to show the level of implementation of the law. Governor Akeredolu, who was…
Canadians gave Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party a victory in Monday’s parliamentary elections, but his gamble to win a majority of seats failed. The Liberals were on track to win the most seats of any party. The 49-year-old Trudeau channeled the star power of his father, the Liberal icon and late Prime Minister Pierre…
The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, says it will soon deploy drones at Seme for effective patrol in checking smuggling activities in the border area. NCS Zone A Coordinator, Modupe Aremu, an Assistant Comptroller General, ACG, of Customs, disclosed this on Monday during a working visit to Seme Border Area Command. According to her, border…
Fatima Samoura, the Secretary-General of Fédération Internationale de Football Association, FIFA, on Monday commended the display of skills and the level of competition at the ongoing 2021 Aisha Buhari Cup in Lagos. Ms Samoura made this known in Lagos after the match that saw the Black Queens of Ghana defeat the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon…
D’Tigress, Nigeria’s senior women basketball team, on Monday in Yaoundé beat their Angolan counterparts 85-65 to advance to the quarter-finals of the 2021 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket Championship. In their final Group B game, the Nigerian side dislodged the Angolans who were leading the group to make it two wins from two matches and emerge as…
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate, seeking an amendment to the recently enacted Petroleum Industry Act, PIA. Mr Buhari’s letter was read on Tuesday on the floor by Senate President Ahmad Lawan. According to one of the letters, the President seeks to remove the Ministers of Petroleum Resources and Finance from the board…
President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated four persons into the board of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The President’s nomination was contained in a letter read on the floor of the Senate by Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Tuesday. The nominees, according to the letter, are George Abang as secretary of the board while…
The Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike is really keen on ensuring that his case against the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, at the Supreme court goes in his favour. Governor Wike and his Finance commissioner, Isaac Kamalu landed in the capital city on Sunday, September 20th and are currently pursuing every means available to…
President Buhari participates at the Opening Session of the 76th UN General Assembly in New York on 21st Sep 2021
Abdulrasheed Bawa, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), appeared before Justice Sedoton Ogunsanya of the Ikeja High Court in Lagos on Tuesday. He appeared to testify as a key prosecution witness in an alleged N1.4 billion oil subsidy fraud case. The EFCC is prosecuting the case against Nadabo Energy and its chairman,…