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South-South APC leaders pledge support for Tinubu
Leaders of the South-South Zone of the All Progressives Congress have thrown their weight behind the presidential flagbearer of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, ahead of the 2023 general election. While addressing journalists in Abuja, National Chairman of the APC South-South Zone, Victor Giadom, disclosed that they have asked all members of the party from
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Akwa Ibom gets new police commissioner
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has approved the posting of CP Olatoye Durosinmi as the new Commissioner of Police for Akwa Ibom State. Durosinmi took over from Andrew Amiengheme, who has since been promoted to Assistant Inspector-General of Police and posted out of the state. A statement issued on Thursday by the Stae Police
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Oil company donates sanitary pads to schoolgirls in Akwa Ibom
Oriental Energy Resources Limited, an Oil and Gas exploration and production company, has donated over 1,000 bags of sanitary pads to girls in two secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State in its drive to tackle “period poverty” in the state as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility. This is as it decried lack of access
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Bandits release 29 Zamfara cellphone sellers
Bandits have released the 29 members of the Nigeria Cellphone Sellers and Repairers Association, Zamfara State branch, abducted along Sokoto-Gusau road last week after payment of an undisclosed amount. The PUNCH had reported that 55 members of the association were abducted along Sokoto-Gusau road last week while returning to Gusau after a wedding ceremony in
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Develop frameworks to tackle corruption, Malami urges stakeholders
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Honorable Minister of Justice, Mallam Abubakar Malami, SAN, has called on stakeholders to collaborate to develop frameworks that will assist in the fight against corruption across the country. Malami said this at the launch of the report of a review of the National Anti-Corruption Strategies 2017 – 2021, by
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ASUU sues Edo varsity over alleged contempt of court
The Ambrose Alli University chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities has filed a suit at the Industrial Court of Nigeria sitting in Benin, Edo State capital, against the management of the institution over what it termed as the selective payments of January and February 2022 salaries of workers. In the suit numbered NICN/BEN/04/2022,
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Osun Assembly extends tenure of LG caretaker committees
Osun State tate House of Assembly on Thursday extended the tenure of the Caretaker Management Committee in the 30 Local Government Areas and Local Council Development Areas. The Speaker, Timothy Owoeye, at the plenary, while reading the request of the governor for the confirmation of the Caretaker Committee Management, held that the request was in
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Three injured as hoodlums disrupt PVC collection in Osun
Three people were confirmed injured when some suspected hoodlums in some communities in Ilesa West local government area of Osun State, on Thursday stormed venues designated for collection of Permanent Voter Cards and disrupted the exercise. The development created panic in Igbogi, Isokun, Ibala, and all neighbourhoods within Ilesa metropolis, forcing people to stay indoors,
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Forget about workers’ salaries if petrol subsidy continues – Oil suppliers
The payment of workers’ salaries by the government and other businesses may be impossible if subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, continues, the National President, Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association, Bennett Korie, tells Okechukwu Nnodim in this interview, among other industry issues Why have the queues for petrol in Abuja and other
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LASU gets new registrar, bursar, auditor
The Governing Council of Lagos State University, on Thursday, says it has approved the appointment of a new registrar, bursar, and Director of Internal Audit for the Institution. According to a statement signed by the Coordinator, Centre for Information, Press and Public Relations, Ademola Adekoya, the council appointed Mr. Emmanuel Fanu as registrar, Mr. Said
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