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Police arrest 3 suspected kidnappers in Rivers

The Rivers State Police Command has arrested three suspects over their alleged involvement in the abduction of travellers along the Port Harcourt-Owerri Road. The police also accused the three male suspects of abducting a member of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, serving in Rivers and orchestrating several armed robberies along the road. Commissioner of...
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Strengthen climate infrastructure, FG urges states, LGs

The Federal Government has urged state and local governments to invest in climate-resilient infrastructure and enhance their capacity to tackle the impacts of climate change across the country. This appeal was made on Wednesday at the 2024 Future of Health Youth Pre-Conference organised by Nigeria Health Watch in Abuja, with the theme “Amplifying Youth Voices...
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Customs roll out indigenous software to boost cargo clearance

The Nigeria Customs Service has stated that multiple failures of foreign software technology to ensure seamless cargo clearance procedures at the ports have prompted the service to develop indigenous modernisation software. The service added that the software, named ‘B’Odogwu’, was created after years of technology glitches that cost the country substantial revenue losses. The Comptroller...
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Police won’t tolerate extortion, corruption — IG

The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has reiterated the Force’s zero tolerance for extortion, impunity, and corruption from its officers. Egbetokun said this on Wednesday while speaking at the commissioning and public presentation of the Rivers State Police Command’s Complaint Response Unit office, at the command’s headquarters in Port Harcourt. Represented by the Assistant...
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Clark faults Niger Delta ministry dissolution

Elder statesman and Convener of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, Chief Edwin Clark, has expressed his dismay over the recent decision of the Federal Executive Council to scrap the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs. In a phone conversation on Wednesday, Clark described the move as unjustified and detrimental to the region’s development. President Bola Tinubu...
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Reps to consider bill advocating 50% derivation fund

The House of Representatives is set to consider a bill seeking an increase in derivation funds for states with mineral resources from not less than 13 per cent to at least 50 per cent. The bill, sponsored by the member representing Andoni/Opobo/Nkoro Federal Constituency, Rivers State, Awaji-Inombek Abiante, and eight others, aims to amend Section...
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Ekiti gov flags off construction of 1,000 units housing project

Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has launched the construction of 1,000 affordable housing units under the Ado Ekiti New Town Project. The project, in partnership with the private sector, is part of the governor’s strategy to enhance growth and development in the state. Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony, Oyebanji said, “My administration will prioritise the...
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Akwa Ibom to pay N80,000 minimum wage, says gov

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, has announced a new minimum wage package of N80,000 for public civil servants in the state. Eno also constituted an Implementation committee with a mandate to deliver its report within one month. A statement signed by the commissioner of Information and Strategy, Ini Ememobong on Wednesday, said the committee...
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Police to teach recruits sex education, others

Recruits of the Nigeria Police Force will now receive training on topics such as sex education, anti-corruption laws, harassment and gender-based crimes, the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act, and election security. Other subjects include the core principles of public relations and public speaking, cartography, map reading, human relations, report writing, the Cybercrime Act...
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