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Ekiti To Become Nation’s Food Basket, Says Fayemi

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Governor Kayode Fayemi has said his administration’s plan to focus on agriculture and rural development is to reposition Ekiti State as a food basket for the country. The governor, who said that farming remained the number one pre-occupation of Ekiti people, said his government would partner with the farmers and some private organisations to boost food production through agric business. Minister commends ongoing facilities upgrading at FMC Ebute Metta According to him, Ekiti has the capacity to become the food basket not only for the region for the country at…

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Oshiomhole admits seeing DSS

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At a meeting with editors in Lagos, Adams Oshiomhole, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) , debunked claims that he was arrested, detained and granted administrative bail by the Department of State Services (DSS), after a nine-hour marathon interrogation. Oshiomhole’s return from the United Kingdom was after he visited his wife, Iara, in the United States, and subsequently having audience with the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in the United Kingdom. The APC chairman’s sudden departure was after his reported interrogation…

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Peter Obi to El-Rufai: Stop hate speech

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Peter Obi, the Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, on Saturday urged Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, to stop making inflammatory statements capable of inciting hate among Nigerians. Obi was reacting to a statement credited to El-Rufai in his (El Rufai’s) twitter handle, where he called Obi ‘a tribal bigot.’ The governor tweeted that Obi stopped him from moving around Anambra State during the governorship election in the state in 2010. But Obi while speaking with journalists on the matter at a youth programme in Nnewi, Anambra State, on…

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Revenue Collection Hits N4.3trillion, Says FIRS

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Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, yesterday disclosed that it had recorded a remarkable performance in terms of revenue collection this year, adding that, as at October 31st, it recorded a collection of N4.3trillion. Speaking at the FIRS special day at the ongoing Lagos International Trade Fair, the Executive Chairman, Babatunde Fowler said the service had the potential to meet its assigned target at the end of the year. “We realize that this performance wouldn’t have been possible but for the present administration’s policies of expanding the nation’s tax base and…

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Arabic teacher defiles five year-old girl in Gombe

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Bilyaminu Halilu, a 26 year old Quranic teacher has been arrested by police in Gombe State, for allegedly raping a five year old girl who is his student. Halilu was a teacher at Raudatul Quranic Primary and Secondary School by-pass Gombe. The Commissioner of Police in Gombe State, Mohammed Mukaddas, told newsmen in Gombe on Friday that the suspect was arrested on November 1. According to him, the suspect took the girl to his office laid her on the table and had unlawful carnal knowledge of her. He said the…

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CPC warns consumers to Beware of contaminated beans

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In a statement released by its Director-General, Mr Babatunde Irukera, the Consumer Protection Council on Friday advised consumers to beware of contaminated beans currently being sold in some markets. It called on consumers to properly wash their beans before consumption as well as make sufficient enquiries before engaging in new purchases. The warning came on the heels of a video that had gone viral where some people were seen using sniper to preserve beans. The Council said in addition to the cooking method and making enough enquiries before purchase, consumers…

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I Have No Hands In Oshiomhole’s Travails – Amosun

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Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has denied any knowledge of the alleged grilling of the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole by the Department of State Security, DSS, in Abuja. It was reported that the nation’s police undercover had quizzed the National APC Chairman on Sunday over allegation of corruption when he was governor of Edo State as well as allegedly collecting graft during the party’s primaries to favour some aspirants. Governor Amosun and his colleague from Imo State, Rochas Okorocha were mentioned as the “behind…

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USA becomes world’s biggest crude oil producer

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According to Energy Information Administration (EIA) data released on Wednesday, the U.S. crude production has hit a whopping 11.6 million bpd, thereby making the United States the world’s biggest crude oil producer, pushing Russia and Saudi Arabia to the back seat. That’s a threefold increase from the U.S. low reached a decade ago, and a 22.2 percent rise just this year. It makes the United States the world’s biggest producer of crude. Russia pumps an average of 10.8million bpd and Saudi Arabia, about 10.5million bpd. The EIA expects output to…

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Five suspects arrested over alleged importation of military uniforms

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Five suspects have been arrested by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Onne, Rivers state, for allegedly importing military uniforms and other items. Customs Area II Comptroller, Aliyu Galadima, disclosed this yesterday when he paraded the items at Onne Port. He said the arrest and confiscation of the items was the third by the command in about five months. According to him, the first confiscated container, loaded with military wears was impounded in July along Aba-Port Harcourt Express road.Also impounded in August was a container with 4,400 army uniforms, while…

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Man arrested for stealing N14m from ATM gallery

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A 34-year-old, Emmanuel Onuma, has been arrested by the police for breaking into the Automated Teller Machine gallery of his erstwhile employer and stealing N14m. Onuma was said to have carried out the heist at the Garki, Abuja branch of the new generation bank on October 19, 2018. Parading Onuma alongside other suspects in Abuja on Wednesday, the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Operations, Federal Capital Territory Police Command, Valentine Olumese, said the ex-banker was dismissed in August for fraudulent activities. “On November 1, in furtherance of an ongoing investigation, police…

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