Billionaire Jimoh Ibrahim candidate of PDP faction

Billionaire Jimoh Ibrahim candidate of PDP faction

By Unknown   09:10:00   No comments:

— 29th August 2016

(Oluseye Ojo – IBADAN)
Group Managing Director of Energy Group Jimoh Ibrahim on Monday emerged as the gubernatorial candidate of a faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of this year’s governorship election in Ondo State.

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Lassa fever: 32 quarantined in Delta after doctor’s death

Lassa fever: 32 quarantined in Delta after doctor’s death

By Unknown   21:17:00   No comments:

— 23rd August 2016

From Paul Osuyi, Asaba
FOLLOWING the death of a medical doctor from Lassa fever, 32 persons have been quarantined in Asaba, Delta State capital.
The late doctor’s hospital in Umuaji area and another private hospital where he was treated at Bonsaac area, all in Asaba, have been shut down and fumigated.

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Customs shuts down NAHCo, Sahcol warehouses over illegal donkey skin export

Customs shuts down NAHCo, Sahcol warehouses over illegal donkey skin export

By Unknown   21:18:00   No comments:

— 17th August 2016

By Louis Iba
The Nigeria Customs Service (NSC) has ordered the closure of the  export warehouses belonging to the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (nahco aviance) and the Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCOL) over allegations of  stolen donkey skins which were to be illegally exported out of the country.  The exact value of the donkey skill could however not be ascertained as at press time.

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Reps call for establishment of Financial Services Commission

Reps call for establishment of Financial Services Commission

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16th August 2016

The House of Representatives has called for the establishment of Financial Services Commission (FSC) comprising  both monetary and fiscal authorities just as it called for the review of high interest rate.
Chairman of the House Committee on Banking and Currency, Sir Jones Onyereri, who made the appeal at the end of  their oversight visit to the Lagos office of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), said the idea behind the FSC formation is to reduce high interest rate on government securities and reduce domestic borrowing.

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Gov’s torture: Umahi orders aide to report to police

Gov’s torture: Umahi orders aide to report to police

By Unknown   00:25:00   1 comment:

— 16th August 2016

From Emmanuel Uzor, Abakaliki
The Ebonyi State Government House, Abakaliki was shaken to its foundation yesterday as a visibly angry Governor David Umahi ordered one of his aides, the Coordinator of Ngbo Central Development Centre in Ohaukwu local government Area, Offorbuike Onwe, to submit himself or be declared wanted.

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Jail break: 6 inmates re-arrested

Jail break: 6 inmates re-arrested

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— 12th August 2016

From Ikem Felix, Nsukka
Enugu State prisons Controller, Mr. Isaiah Amariri, has disclosed that prisons officials have re-arrested six inmates among the prisoners that escaped from Nsukka prisons Tuesday night.
Amariri disclosed this in Nsukka  on  Wednesday, but declined to give exact number of inmates that escaped. He explained that   investigation into the incident was ongoing.

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