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Reps deny indicting REA, TETFund bosses
The Deputy Spokesperson for the House of Representatives, Philip Agbese, has dismissed insinuations in some quarters that the lawmaking body indicted the Chief Executive Officers of the Rural Electrification Agency and the Tertiary Education Trust Fund. Agbese, who represents Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadibo Federal Constituency, Benue State, gave the clarification while fielding questions from journalists at the end
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Driver donates kidney to employer’s brother, protests unfulfilled promises
A driver, Chimobi Nwoko, has been at loggerheads with his boss, identified simply as Akazue, after he allegedly deceived him into donating one of his kidneys to his younger brother, Osinachi, and failed to fulfill his promise of compensating him for the donation. Nwoko, while narrating his ordeal on Tuesday, said Akazue promised to give
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Ex-SGF, Adamu Fika, dies at 90
A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Malam Adamu Fika, is dead. Fika, Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Arewa Consultative Forum, died at the age of 90. He was said to have died on Tuesday night while being flown back home from the United Kingdom, where he went for medical treatment. The
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Court jails man for land fraud in Maiduguri
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Maiduguri Zonal Command, on Monday, secured the conviction and sentencing of one Sadiq Mustapha to one year imprisonment over a land fraud charge. Mustapha was convicted of defrauding one Yawudi Zarma to the tune of N3.9 million, after he (Zarma) paid the money for the purchase of a plot
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Robbers who raped varsity students will be arrested — Ogun
Ogun State Government has assured citizens of the state, particularly students of Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun and residents of Abapawa community in Odogbolu Local Government Area of the state that it would do everything possible to bring to book those who robbed and raped four female students of the university on Tuesday. Four
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Aggrieved customer attempts to set bank on fire in Ogun
A man identified as Sodirudeen Rufai has been arrested for attempting to set fire to the Guaranty Trust Bank building situated in the Oke-Ilewo Area of Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Tuesday. PUNCH Metro gathered that the suspect claimed he decided to raze the bank after his several complaints that an unauthorised N500,000 was debited from
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Israel-Hamas war affecting regional economies- IMF
The International Monetary Fund, has said the raging war between Israel and Hamas is already battering the economies of nearby countries. The Managing Director, IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, disclosed this on Wednesday, to a Saudi investor forum. “You look at the neighbouring countries -Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan – where the channels of impact are already visible,” Georgieva
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Branch Nigeria wins Digital Leading Company of the year at Africa Bank 4.0 Summit 2023
Branch Nigeria, a leading digital lending company, has been named Digital Lending Company of the Year at the 13th Africa Bank 4.0 Summit 2023. In addition to this outstanding achievement the Managing Director, Dayo Odulate-Ademola, was also awarded Best CEO of the Year (West Africa). The Africa Bank 4.0 Summit recognizes excellence and innovation in
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Northern group withdraws quit notice issued to Igbos
Following a consultation with the Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, the Northern Consensus Movement has withdrawn a 14-day ultimatum it earlier issued to Igbo residents in the North to quit. NCM, which is an amalgamation of community-based socio-cultural and economically-inclined northern organisations, issued the ulimatum after Otti converted Lokpanta Cattle Market to a daily and
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Farmers lament effect of climate change on output
Farmers in Nigeria, on Tuesday, attributed decline in productivity to climate change and the insensitivity of the federal, state, and local governments to their plights. That was part of submissions at the stakeholders’ meeting on the Building Community Response to Climate Change organised by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda Resource Centre, held in Ogbomoso
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