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NDLEA cracked down on drug lords, cartels – Marwa
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has been succeeding in the fight against illicit drugs in the country due to ongoing internal reforms, its chairman/Chief Executive, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.), has said. According to him, the agency has been undergoing a reform process that has resulted in the arrest of many drug lords and
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2023: Atiku takes campaign to US
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has left Nigeria for political campaigns in the United States of America. In 2018, amidst talks that he could not visit the US, Atiku had in company of the former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and others visited the US. The visit to the
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Tourism development key to economic growth – NUJ
The Nigerian Union of Journalists, Anambra Council, has called on the state government to take the development of tourism sites as core area of revenue generation and job creation. The Chairman, Dr Emeka Odogwu, made this call during the council’s picnic to Ogbunike Cave and Waterfall, in Oyi Local Government Area on Thursday, as part
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Nigeria, South Korea sign MoU on Kaduna refinery
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday in Seoul, South Korea, witnessed the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. and Daewoo Group of South Korea for the rehabilitation of the Kaduna refinery. This is according to a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on
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*-marriage/ Mexico legalises same-s** marriage
Same-s** marriage has become legal throughout Mexico after the state of Tamaulipas became the last in the mostly Catholic country to approve it, the local Congress said Wednesday. The northern border state’s decision ends a 12-year journey toward national marriage equality beginning when the capital Mexico City became the first to celebrate same-s** unions in
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EFCC re-arraigns suspended AGF over N109bn fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Wednesday, re-arraigned suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, and three others before a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama over an alleged N109.5bn fraud. Other defendants are Olusegun Akindele; Mohammed Usman and Gezawa Commodity Market and Exchange Limited. They were first arraigned on July 22 before
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Lee Jae-yong becomes Samsung chair after presidential pardon
South Korean tech giant, Samsung Electronics, on Thursday announced that de facto leader Lee Jae-yong would be promoted to the chairman position of the company. Jae-yong had received a presidential pardon in August after serving jail time for a fraud conviction. With the appointment, the ex-convict now fills a position that had been vacant since
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Emigration: No bilateral agreement signed with UK – MDCN
The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria has denied signing a bilateral agreement with the UK government restricting the emigration of doctors. The MDCN issued the disclaimer several hours after it posted some pictures announcing that some officials of the council visited the GMC, UK. A Twitter user @doctorisonu, had on Wednesday, tweeted that “I’m
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Rivers gets new commissioner of police
…says I’m an advocate of human rights The new Commissioner of Police in Rivers State, Okon Effiong Okon, has said he is an advocate of human rights, saying under his watch the rights of persons would be respected. Also, Okon vowed to ensure violent free campaigns in the build-up to the 2023 general elections. Okon
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My assets seized for vying for president – Okunnu-Lamidi
A former Social Democratic Party presidential aspirant, Khadijat Okunnu-Lamidi, has said her attempt to vie for the apex office of the nation came at a cost, as some of her assets were seized. In an exclusive chat with our correspondent, she said it was a price she had to pay for trying to shake up
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