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How to shield police from abuse- security expert
December 8, 2019
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IGP Adamu. By our Correspondent. A security expert and founder of GPIL Security Solution Ltd, Peter Okewu on Thursday advocated the amendment of the Police Act to boost the police’s independence. He said this will stimulate greater efficiency and protect the police from political abuse. Okewu told journalists that one of the reasons why the police appear incompetent is because of interference by politicians. According to him, when the police get to the scene of an incident and begin…

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Back to the gutters: DSS invasion of the sacred precints of a law court
December 7, 2019
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Chief Ozekhome, (SAN). OPINION By Mike Ozekhome Today, 6th November, 2019, the DSS, the nation’s secret Service in the mould of FBI or CIA, danced naked in the streets, when it invaded a court of Law in an attempt  to arrest Omoyele Sowore, accused of treasonable felony over his “Revolution Now” mantra. Recall that the DSS had finally bowed to a 24 hour ultimatum issued by Justice  Ijeoma Ojukwu, to release Sowore and pay him N100,000 damages. It was…

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Senator Nwaoboshi frets as Orji Uzor Kalu enters prison
December 6, 2019
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NIDA awards: Stakeholders to explore creative infrastructure funding
December 4, 2019
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Lanre Alabi, Coordinator of NIDA Awards. By our Correspondent. Stakeholders comprising policy makers, corporate experts, venture capitals, development agencies, private sector operators and others will gather in Lagos on Thursday, 5th December to explore creative and enduring options to infrastructure funding in Nigeria. According to the coordinator and a chief strategist, Mr, Lanre Alabi, former Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Chief Earnest Ndukwe, will chair the NIDA Award Nite and lead other discussants including the…

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South East govs pledge support to Air Peace boss, Onyema, over money laundering indictment in US
December 4, 2019
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Allen Onyema, Air Peace chairman. By Charles Onyekwere, Abakaliki.South East governors have pledged their support to the Air Peace boss,  Allen Onyema, following his indictment by the United States Department of Justice for allegedly laundering $20m.Onyema was accused by the US authorities for allegedly laundering over $20 million from Nigeria through United States bank accounts in a scheme involving false documents for the purchase of airplanesIn a statement signed by South-East governors of David Umahi, Ebonyi, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Enugu,…

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Why Buhari must swear in new board of NDDC now
December 3, 2019
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President Buhari. OPINION By Ndimele Ajuri The Senate resolution on the leadership crisis bedeviling the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) offers the country hope of a new beginning for the beleaguered agency. At its sittings last week Senate President Ahmed Lawan, while directing the committee on NDDC to scrutinize the commission’s budget, insisted that the budget must not be defended by the interim management committee (IMC) set up by the Niger Delta Affairs minister, Godswill Akpabio. In his words:…

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Man to spend two years in prison custody for theft of EEDC cables
December 1, 2019
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By Charles Onyekwere, AbakalikiA Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state presided over by Justice Choebe Ayua has sentenced a twenty-eight year old Christopher Achi to two years imprisonment for tampering and removal of Electic cable, property belonging to Enugu Electricity Distribution (EEDC).The convict, was arrested at Ihenu Uburu Community, Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi state, an offence punishable under section 1(10) miscellaneous offences Act Cap M17 LFN 2004. The development was made known to journalists on…

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N12.9b debt: AMCON explains status of Victory Park Estate, Lekki, Lagos
November 27, 2019
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By Editor. 26/11/19 The Asset Management Company of Nigeria, (AMCON), has clarified the status of the widely publicised controversial estate located in a high brow area of Lekki, Lagos, Victory Park, saying: “AMCON took over possession of the property in issue on June 25, 2019 by the execution of the judgment of the Federal High Court. On the day of the execution of the order of court, the occupier of Block B, Plot 1 in the estate was present…

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Diezani, others’, criminal charges not yet over, says EFCC
November 27, 2019
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Ex-petroleum minister, Diezani Allison-Madueke. By our Correspondent. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released a statement disclaiming the purported report that is making the rounds that it has dropped all criminal charges against the former minister of petroleum, Diezani Allison-Madueke and others indicted for money laundering. In a statement released today, November 27, 2019, and signed by its head of media and publicity, Wilson Uwajeren,, the agency said: “The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,…

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Union risks sanctions, as it flouts ministry, NLC directives
November 26, 2019
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Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige. By Editor. 25/11/19 A factional union in the agriculture sector of the Nigerian economy, Agriculture and Allied Employees Union of Nigeria (AAEUN), is courting the wrath of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, and the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), after their directives for an amicable resolution of the dispute between it and another faction, Agriculture and Allied Workers Union, (AAWUN), are being flatly disobeyed by it, thereby making it difficult…

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