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Customs roll out indigenous software to boost cargo clearance

23.10.2024
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

23.10.2024
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

23.10.2024
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

23.10.2024
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

23.10.2024
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

23.10.2024
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

23.10.2024
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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Kebbi gov approves N75,000 as minimum wage

23.10.2024
Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State on Wednesday approved 75,000 naira as a new minimum wage for the state civil servants. Confirming the development, the chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress in the state, Murtala Usman, stated this while speaking with our correspondents. “Mr Governor has shown that he is with the workers in the...
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Three kidnappers arrested on Port Harcourt-Owerri highway

23.10.2024
Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have apprehended three notorious kidnappers who have been terrorising travellers and motorists along the Port Harcourt-Owerri highway. The suspects are said to be behind a series of armed robberies and abductions in the area, including the recent kidnapping of a National Youth Service Corps member. The Rivers State...
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