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Economy National

Cash withdrawals from govt accounts to end March 1 – NFIU

By Our Correspondent Moddibo Tukur, CEO of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) has banned cash withdrawals for all federal and states accounts, effective March 1. Tukur told newsmen, on Thursday, in Abuja that it was necessary to impose the ban to curb the rate at which monies are withdrawn from public accounts.   According […]

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Law / Crime Security

Criminal Justice: IG standardises Police investigation process

The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered streamlining of all police investigative processes to prevent duplication of investigation. The order is contained in a statement issued by CSP Olumuyiwa  Adejobi, Force PPRO, e-mailed to The NewsZenith on Friday. The Police authorities discovered that investigations are duplicated via indiscriminate petitions and transfer of […]

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Foreign News TeleCom

Hackers attack Twitter, exposing data of 200m users

Over 200 million Twitter users’ names, e-mail addresses, screen names, number of followers and phone numbers have reportedly been stolen in a massive hack attack, with the data dump now posted on the dark web. The data breach, which took place as early as 2021, “will lead to more hacking, targeted phishing and doxxing,” according […]

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Economy National

DMO says alarm over national debt unnecessary

The Debt Management Office (DMO) says the alarm created around the country’s projected public debt by a segment of the media was unnecessary. The Director-General, Mrs Patience Oniha, said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Oniha was reacting to reports by a segment of the media that next government would inherit N77 trillion […]

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General Transportation

Air Peace incident: NAHCO begins investigation, suspends personnel

The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) Plc launch investigation into circumstances surrounding its equipment that damaged an Air Peace Airbus A320 Aircraft at Murtala Muhammed Airport on Wednesday. The company’s Group Executive Director, Business and Corporate Services, Dr Sola Obabori, announced this in a statement in Lagos on Thursday. The incident led to the disruption […]

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Economy National

Customs arrests 176 suspects, losses 4 officers in 2022

The Federal Operations Unit, Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Thursday, said it lost four men to smugglers in 2022 and arrested 176 suspected smugglers. The Acting Controller of the unit, Deputy Comptroller Hussein Ejibunu,  announced this at a news conference in Lagos. In the year under review, Ejibunu said the unit […]

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Law / Crime

Police neutralise terrorist attack in Katsina

The Police, on Monday, said they neutralised a suspected terrorist and repelled his group’s attack on Magamar-Jibia in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State. The state command’s spokesman, SP Gambo Isah, announced this in a statement Monday evening in Katsina. “Today Monday, Jan. 2, at about 0430 hours, terrorists in their numbers, shooting sporadically […]

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Politics

Elites are problems of democracy – Jandor

PDP governorship candidate in Lagos State, Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), says elites’ apathy to the democratic process in Nigeria had slowed down gains and dividends of democratic rules. Adediran, who is the convener of the Lagos-4-Lagos Movement, made the remarks in an interaction with newsmen in Lagos. He said that until elites get involved in the […]

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General Politics

Olajide pledges Lagos-4-Lagos airline, if elected governor

The PDP governorship candidate for Lagos State, Dr Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran (a.k.a Jandor), says he will establish an airline for the state if elected governor in the 2023 general election. Adediran told newsmen in Lagos on Thursday that the state had enough resources to establish an airline. He said that the establishment of an airline […]

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Politics

I’ll create more LCDAs in Lagos – PDP flagbearer

By Our Correspondent The PDP governorship candidate in Lagos, Olajide Adediran, says he will create more LCDAs if elected in the 2023 general elections. He said that he has no plan to cancel the existing 37 LCDAs in the state as is being rumoured in some quarters. Adediran told newsmen in Lagos on Thursday that […]

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