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• As IGP Decries indiscriminate use, sales of Police uniform The Nigeria Police Force has ordered the immediate and indefinite suspension of the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) Chairperson for the Edo State Police Command, Mrs. Helen Atekha Odemwingie. The Force equally decried the illegal use of police uniforms, kits …

MC Oluomo Lagos State chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), has debunked claims of a planned protest by its members of the transport union in various areas in the state. There’s been rumours about a protest by members of the union in the state in response …

A Non-Governmental Organisation, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on the Federal Government to intensify the enforcement of Graphic Health Warning policy on tobacco packs sold throughout Nigeria. CAPPA made the call at a briefing in Abuja which also had representatives of the Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance …

Power Station The Federal Government has said that the recent collapse of the national grid had been sorted out. The Minister of Power, Engineer Abubakar Aliyu, said this Wednesday while fielding questions from State House reporters after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo …

House of Reps The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, commenced investigative hearing on the N2.6tn owed the Federal Government by 77 oil companies operating in Nigeria. The House is acting on the 2019 report of the Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative. The Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, threatened that …

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), on Monday, sealed the premises of Oxford International Group, Farmforte Agro-Allied Solutions Limited/Agropartnerships and Vektr Capital Investment, for allegedly engaging in illegal investment activities. The apex capital market regulator accused the companies of carrying out capital market activities without a license. One of the companies — …

Pitan President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the renewal of the appointment of Olukayode Pitan as the managing director and chief executive officer of the Bank of Industry (BoI) for a final term of five years. In a statement issued on Tuesday by the Special Assistant on Media to the Minister …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Chairman of Dozzy Oil and Gas LTD, Sir Daniel Chukwudozie, have asked a Rivers State High Court to dismiss a suit filed by the Chairman of Ibeto Group, Chief Cletus Ibeto seeking to stop the EFCC from investigating him over an …

John Akpanudoedehe Sen. John James Akpanudoedehe, national secretary of All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) on Tuesday, said the committee as led by Mai Mala Buni is still intact and that the Yobe governor is still the acting chairman of the party. Akpanudoedehe’s remarks comes as loyalists …

Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning Nigeria’s debt service rose by 37% to $2.12 billion in 2021, up from $1.56 billion spent in 2020, data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) indicate. There was, however, a 58 per cent decline in debt service payment in the …