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Thu, 06 Oct 2022 08:45:54 GMT
Police Ban Weapons At Political Campaigns
[Daily Trust] Kaduna, Ilorin -- The Kaduna Police Command has warned all political parties against engaging non-state actors, the use of weapons, including Dane guns and other dangerous weapons during campaigns in the state.

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 07:26:19 GMT
Ethiopia Scrapped Visa On Arrival for Nigerians, 41 Others
[Vanguard] The government of Ethiopia has suspended Visa on arrival for Nigerians, along with travellers from 41 other countries.

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 04:32:14 GMT
Gunmen Release Remaining 23 Hostages of Nigeria Kaduna Train Attack
[Premium Times] The train departed Abuja for Kaduna before it was attacked in a Kaduna community by the terrorists.

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 04:31:40 GMT
Why Hushpuppi Should Spend At Least 11 Years in Jail - U.S. Govt
[Premium Times] The U.S. government wants Ramon Abbas, aka Hushpuppi, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to engage in money laundering in July 2021, jailed for 135 months.

Wed, 05 Oct 2022 10:32:07 GMT
Lawmakers Question Upward Review of Nigeria's Gas Project By $8 Billion
[Premium Times] EGTL project is a 120,000 bpd gas project located in Delta State.

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 06:22:53 GMT
Left to Suffer - Nigeria's Senior Citizens Suffer Due to Irregular, Outdated Pensions
[Premium Times] The Pension Reform Act 2014 provides that pensions should be increased after every five years or whenever there is an increase in the salaries of active workers.

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 04:32:09 GMT
World Teachers Day - Nigerian Govt Rewards 'Best' Teachers
[Premium Times] The winners who were drawn from different public and private primary and secondary schools across the country won cars, motorcycles, generators and other items.

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 08:52:17 GMT
Pay Our Benefits Before You Leave Office, Ekiti Teachers Tell Fayemi
[Premium Times] The teachers are owed several months of salaries and gratuities.

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 08:52:14 GMT
Abiodun Offers Employment to Widow of Worker Who Slumped During Protest
[Premium Times] The gesture was part of the activities marking the 2022 World Teachers Day.

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 08:52:09 GMT
Nigeria to Establish Six Innovation Centres
[Premium Times] The centres are aimed at establishing a framework for consultation, sharing experiences, information and practices as well as creating a conducive environment amongst scientists.

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 08:48:22 GMT
62 Years After Independence, Judiciary Still in Cage - Mike Ozekhome, SAN
[Vanguard] Chief Mike Ozekhome ,SAN, in this interview with ISE-OLUWA IGE, compares the nation's judiciary during the First, Second and Third Republics with the current Fourth Republic and concludes that though it still rates best among the three arm...

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 08:48:18 GMT
Nigeria's Future Heavily Dependent On Education - Buhari
[Vanguard] PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday Nigeria's future relied heavily on education, noting that no society could grow beyond its educational attainments.

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 08:48:15 GMT
Petrol Queues Return to Abuja As Marketers Run Out of Stock
[Vanguard] PETROL queues have returned to filling stations in Abuja after barely three months of relative calm."Checks around the city yesterday, showed that most stations were out of stock and shut to business.

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 08:48:14 GMT
Pipeline Contract - Oil Bandits Deploy New Tactics to Evade Arrest
[Vanguard] Crude oil bunkerers in Niger Delta have invented a new ploy of cutting down trees in the swampy terrains, which they used to cordon off the creeks to prevent operatives of the security company of ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, ...

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 08:48:12 GMT
2023 Budget Open to Adjustments Before Friday's Presentation - Presidency
[Vanguard] Barely 48 hours to the presentation of the 2023 Appropriation Bill to the joint sitting of the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Presidency said yesterday that proposal could still be altered tomorrow to accommodate inpu...

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 08:41:28 GMT
MC Oluomo Shifts Solidarity Walk for Tinubu/Shettima Campaign
[Vanguard] The chairman of Lagos State Parks and Management Committee, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly called MC Oluomo, has postponed indefinitely the planned Tinubu-Shettima solidarity walk scheduled for Sunday, October 9, 2022.

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 08:30:46 GMT
Edo - APC, PDP At Loggerheads Over Obaseki's Repossession of 1,229 Hectares of Land
[Leadership] On September 28th Governor Godwin Obaseki led administration declared a 24 hour curfew in parts of Benin City, specifically in Irhirhi-Arogba -Obazagbon Ogheghe areas. According to a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Governm...

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 08:30:44 GMT
Kaduna Train Attack - After 6 Months in Captivity, Remaining 23 Victims Regain Freedom
[Leadership] There is relief in affected families and across Nigeria after terrorists yesterday released the remaining 23 passengers on the Abuja-Kaduna train abducted on March 28, 2022.

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 08:22:40 GMT
Flood Alert - Relocate to Safe Grounds, Lagos Tells Residents
[Vanguard] Lagos -- The Lagos State Government yesterday, alerted residents of the state, especially those residing on the banks of Ogun River to relocate upland.

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 06:57:51 GMT
2023 - APC Governors, NWC Meet Over Party's Campaign
[Premium Times] The governors say the list of the members of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) is still being harmonised.

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 06:22:50 GMT
Train Attack - Buhari Credits His Govt for Releasing Victims Kidnapped Six Months Ago
[Premium Times] The remaining 23 hostages of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack were released by the terrorists on Wednesday.

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 06:13:19 GMT
2023 Budget Proposal May Be Adjusted Before Friday's Presentation to National Assembly - Presidency
[This Day] The Presidency yesterday disclosed that the 2023 budget proposal was still open to alteration to accommodate inputs that may have been inadvertently omitted before its presentation by President Muhammadu Buhari to a joint session of the Na...

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 06:13:17 GMT
In Katsina, Female Vigilantes Wage War Against Bandits
[This Day] Francis Sardauna writes that the female members of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria in Katsina State are lending immense support to the ongoing war against bandits in the state

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 06:13:15 GMT
Despite Pressure From World Powers, Opec Announces 2m Barrels Production Cut
[This Day] The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its oil-exporting allies known as OPEC+ yesterday announced a two million barrel per day cut in oil production.

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 06:13:12 GMT
WTO Cuts 2023 Global Trade Forecast Amid Looming Recession
[This Day] The World Trade Organisation (WTO) yesterday projected a slowdown in global trade growth in 2023 as sharply higher energy, food prices and rising interest costs curb import demand.

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 06:13:06 GMT
Nigerians Owe Our Military Debt of Gratitude As Remaining 23 Train Victims Are Freed - Buhari
[This Day] President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, said the entire nation owed the military and other sister security agencies a debt of gratitude for walking the talk, as he basked in the euphoria of the safe release of the remaining 23 kidnapped Abu...

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 05:59:28 GMT
Group Urges IOCs, Govt to Restore Niger Delta Environment
[This Day] International oil companies (IOCs) operating in the Niger Delta region have been urged to restore the devastated environment before their divestment to offshore.

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 05:59:26 GMT
2023 - APC NWC, Govs Fail to Agree On Campaign Commencement Date
[This Day] A meeting between the All Progressives Congress (APC) governors and the national leadership of the party, led by the national chairman, Senator Abdulahi Adamu, yesterday, failed to reach a compromise on the commencement date for the 2023 e...

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 05:59:24 GMT
MTEF/FSP- Senate Rejects N1.7trn Subsidy Proposal
[Leadership] The Senate yesterday rejected a report by its Committee on Finance to reduce N3.6 trillion proposed for subsidy in the 2023 budget by the executive to N1.7trillion.

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 05:59:21 GMT
World Teachers Day - 2 Years After, Govt Yet to Implement Teachers' New Salary Package
[Daily Trust] President Muhammadu Buhari's administration is yet to implement the newly proposed teachers' salary two years after it was announced in 2020 at an event to mark the World Teachers Day.



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