Tag: officials

The Late 5: JAMB officials unable to account for N83m, Army denies knowledge of Shekau’s whereabouts, and other top stories

Here are the top five Nigerian stories that drove conversation today. National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will lead some other members of the party…

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2018 budget: Top government officials have refused to honour invitations – Senate

Spokesman of the Senate, Aliyu Sabi has said some top government officials have refused to honour invitations over 2018 budget. While speaking on reporters in Abuja on Wednesday, Sabi said…

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INEC officials arrive N’Assembly to serve Melaye recall notice

Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday stormed the National Assembly to serve Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye a notice for his recall. The officials dropped the document in…

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Police arrests 34 Peace Corps officials in Lagos

The Lagos state police command has announced the arrest of 34 officials of the Peace Corps of Nigeria, a para-military organisation. Background: Security operatives stormed the headquarters of the organisation…

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EFCC officials are being attacked – Magu

Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu has said no one would be regarded as a sacred cow anymore. According to a statement by EFCC spokesperson,…

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Abia speaker, wife must be prosecuted over shooting of our officials – FRSC

The Federal Road Safety Corps has said Police officers involved in the shooting of two of its officials in Abia, must be arrested and prosecuted. The Public Education Officer and spokesman…

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Borno IDPs accuse officials of diverting their food

The Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Borno on Monday appealed to the State Government to improve on their feeding. They said this while speaking with newsmen at the Teacher’s Village camp in…

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Lagos Marathon: Hoodlums attack Seven Up officials, cart away refreshments

Officials of the refreshments provider of the 2nd Lagos Marathon, Seven Up Bottling Company were attacked by hoodlums who cart away table water packs and refreshments for the marathoners. According…

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2015 polls: INEC promises to punish officials found guilty of allegations

The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it would punish any of its official indicted of allegations made by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) during the 2015 general…

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Buhari to officials: Stay home if you’ve no business in Rio Olympics

President Muhammadu Buhari has told officials who have no business being at the Rio 2016 Olympics in Brazil to stay at home or attend the games at "their own expense".…

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The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

These are the top five stories to monitor today. 1) Buhari, Jonathan meet behind closed doors President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday night, met with his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, at the…

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Why Abati and other aides of GEJ were stripped of their passports

Not less 12 close aides of former President Goodluck Jonathan have surrendered their official passports to the Nigeria Immigration Service. Vanguard reports that the official passports of the former aides of Dr…

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Soldiers stop and search Tambuwal in Kaduna, OAU authorities ‘to ban’ Student Union & other important news you should know today

by Zara Mustapha Obafemi Awolowo University officials 'to ban' Student Union The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) is now making furious, desperate steps to proscribe the Students' Union…

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UNILAG announces reversal of fees following protests

by Oge Okonkwo The management of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has announced a reversal of the increased fees for course registration, and other charges, which initially led to a protest…

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Opinion: Resignation, a strange path for Nigerian public officials

by Abiola Solanke Ever since then, there have been growing outrage and calls on the Nigerian Minister of Interior, who supervises the Immigration service, Comrade Abba Moro to take responsibility…

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‘She demanded sex from me’ – Man claims after raping 7-year-old girl

by Oge Okonkwo A 21-year-old man,  Chukwuka Agbeze has been arrested by officials of the  Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in Ebonyi State over the alleged rape of a 7-year-old girl. The…

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Terrible: Christian mob kill and burn Muslims in CAR (WATCH)

by Adeola Balogun The violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) continues to escalate as legislators begin the process to elect an interim president. An angry mob of Christians has…

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Terrible: This is exactly what a 2-year-old should NEVER do (WATCH)

by Tutu Akinlabi A video being circulated online has continued to cause outrage as it shows a boy of about 2 -years-old uttering extremely vulgar words. The young child, who's…

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Tragic: Pregnant woman, 10 others burnt to death as bus goes up in flames in Delta

by Oke Efagene A  pregnant woman and 10 others were killed yesterday in Effurun, Delta State, when a Delta City 14-passenger commercial bus caught fire. However, 4 people including the…

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Gospel singer, Busola Oke involved in car accident (See Photo)

by Akan Ido Gospel singer, Busola Oke was a few days ago involved in a vehicle accident while on her way from Ibadan, the Oyo state capital to Lagos. Oke…

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EFCC releases detained Jigawa Government officials

  The 19 Jigawa State top government officials arrested by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and State Security Service (SSS) have been released. The Nation gathered that their…

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Opinion: Another election, another blunder by INEC!

by Levi Obijiofor Would Jega accept responsibility for the botched governorship election in Anambra State? No, he won’t. It is just not his style. He is too perfect to be…

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Where the bribes are: This map shows Nigeria & Argentina are the world’s top bribe-taking countries (LOOK)

by Oge Okonkwo According to a study by Google, the map above shows the nations in the world where public officials are most likely to accept bribes. The colours ranging…

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