Author: Aaron ossai
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‘No Suspicious Items in 2018 Budget’
By Joseph INOKOTONG The Ministry of Budget and National Planning said there are no suspicious items in the 2018 Budget as speculated by a few commentators. The commentators have made observations and allegations that tend to suggest that some line items and projects in the budget are suspicious, but the Ministry explained that the items…
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Edo Police Command Parades Manufacturer Of IEDs
By Ikhili Monday Ebalu, Benin City Edo State Commissioner of Police, CP Johnson Kokumo on Wednesday, paraded a gang of criminal suspects who specialized in manufacturing bombs in Okpilla, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State. The police also recovered some Improvised Explosive Devices from the suspects. Parading the suspect at the state police…
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No Sanctuary For Killers – Dogara
By Aaron Ossai Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has said there are no sanctuaries anywhere in the country for killers and other hardened criminals who feed on the blood of people, adding that the solution to the mindless killings and bloodletting lies in the ability to shun buck passing, while the…
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2018: KWIRS Proposes N38b Revenue Target
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The people of Kwara state, because of the tax they pay, now put the state government on its toes and have stopped being complacent. The Executive Chairman of the Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KWIRS), Muritala Awodun, who stated this on Tuesday in Ilorin, the state capital, while briefing journalists on…
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For the Records
Being the contribution by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, to the plenary debate on the Report Senate Ad-Hoc Committee on Security Situations in Benue State (January 16, 2018) Distinguished colleagues, the killings going on in Nigeria are assuming alarming proportions and very disturbing. It is taking the dimension of football competition…
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Averting The Debacle AT NIA
By Muhammad Ado Fili The intelligence cycle and indeed many Nigerians were apprehensive that the efficiency and efficacy of the National Intelligence Agency NIA may be drastically eroded with the unceremonious sack of its erstwhile Director General, Ambassador Ayo Oke. Described as one of the finest brains in the cycle, Oke was sacrificed for failing…
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Dogara seeks improved funding, welfare of armed forces
By Aaron Ossai Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has saluted the courage and sacrifice of men of the Nigerian Armed Forces, saying their effort at maintaining the territorial integrity of Nigeria and security of lives and property will never go unrecognised. In a message to commemorate the 2018 Armed Forces Remembrance…
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Edo PDP Cautions EDSIEC on Free, Fair Election
By Ikhili Monday EBALU, Benin city The Edo State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, on Monday expressed doubt on the possibility of Edo State Independent Electoral Commission(EDSIEC) to conduct a free, fair and credible local government election following the inclusion of an alleged card carrying member of the ruling All Progressives Congress as a member…
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Auto Crash Claims 16 lives In Niger
BY MAIRIGA Juliana, Minna Less than a month after 13 people lost their lives along the Bida-Minna road due to what citizens attribute to deplorable conditions of the intra-state roads in Niger state, another accident has occurred on the same road on, claiming about 16 lives. The most recent accident, according to eye witness account…
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5 Killed as Two Islamic Sects Clash In Niger
BY MAIRIGA Juliana, Minna Palpable fear now grips Nigerlites, Minna the state capital in particular as no fewer than five people are feared dead and scores of others injured when crisis erupted between two Islamic sects in Munya local government area of the state last weekend. Those injured in the clash were said to have…