Day: October 8, 2020

Customs: Suspect nabbed with 5,342 ATM Cards faces EFCC

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Sanusi Abdullahi Labaran, a suspect who was arrested Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Area Command in Kano State while attempting to smuggle 5,342 Automated Teller Machine Cards (ATM) out of the country, has been handed to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for further investigation. The NCS Area Comptroller, Kano and Jigawa State Command, Nasiru Ahmed, who handed over the suspect to the EFCC in Kano, disclosed that the suspect was apprehended at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport by Customs officers as he attempted to board an Ethiopian Airline…

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FG: Third Mainland Bridge to be shut down totally for three days

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In a bid to carry out special repair works on the 11.8km Third Mainland Bridge, the Federal Government has announced a total shutdown of the platform for three days from midnight on Friday to midnight on Sunday. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola, said in a statement that the construction had reached a stage where there should not be any form of movement or vibration on the bridge for concrete casting, hence the closure. “The first total closure of the section of the bridge between Adekunle…

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BBN: Student Association faults Gov. Abiodun over gifts to Laycon

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Barely 24 hours after the Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun gave N5m cash gift and three bedroom bungalow to the winner of the Big Brother Naija show, Olamilekan Moshood Agbelesebioba a.k.a LAYCON, the governor has been receiving negative comments from people within and outside the state. The latest condemnation is from the Ogun State chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS). In a statement issued by its chairman, Bamgbose Tomiwa, he faulted the governor’s gestures, describing it as “height of irresponsibility and recklessness.” Abiodun had on Tuesday…

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