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Mr Yakubu Abdullahi, the Head of Ports Operations, Dangote Group, said that the organisation spent N1 billion to repair the road leading to Apapa Port. Abdullahi disclosed this in an interview on Saturday in Lagos. He said as a major player in the maritime sector, the company had so far spent N1 billion to make the road accessible to the port. While appealing to the Federal Government to fix all the roads that lead to the port, he said that the organisation made the gesture as part of its social…

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Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali, retd, was walked out by the Senate for not wearing complete uniform as instructed by the Senate, yesterday. He was asked to return next Wednesday in complete Customs uniform. Senators asked Ali to leave the plenary because rather than wear Customs uniform, he appeared in a white kaftan dress with white cap and black shoes to match. According to them, Ali is not a sole administrator; as Customs CG, he has to be dressed as such to appear before them because anybody…

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Following a directive by the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, Fatai Owoseni to all commercial bus drivers to collect their fares, the era of policemen entering commercial buses in Lagos state, claiming to ‘be staff ‘ in order to avoid paying their fares may be over. This directive was given during a meeting between Owoseni and members of the major transport unions: National Union of Road Transport Worker, NURTW and the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN at the command’s headquarters, Ikeja. The meeting, came on the…

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Mr. Ibrahim Magu, Senate’s rejected Acting Chirman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has accused the Department of State Services, DSS, of denying him the right to fair hearing. Mr. Magu said he was never invited by the DSS to state his own side of the story and that, based on the two petition letters submitted to the Senate by DSS against his confirmation as EFCC’s boss, the allegations against his person stands groundless. Recall that the Senate, Today, rejected for the second time, to confirm Magu as…

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Commandant of the Peace Corps of Nigeria, Mr. Dickson Akor has been charged by the Federal Government with 90-count criminal charge, over alleged recruitment scam and extortion of applicants to the tune of N1.4 billion. The Incorporated Trustees of the Corps was equally cited as a defendant in the charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/45/2017, which was filed by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation. The defendants were further charged for wearing of uniforms and other identification marks contrary to section 24 (1) of the Private Guard Companies Act Cap P30,…

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Kazeem Alimson, popularly called Alfa, at White Sands area of Isheri-Osun, Lagos, has been arrested by police following a startling revelation by a teenager of how he lured a three-year-old child to the Muslim cleric, who then killed him. The 15-year-old suspect, a primary six pupil, stated that the cleric, paid him N500 to lure the victim to a designated point, from where he was taken away to be killed. It was gathered that the victim’s mother, Chinasa Okereke, was bathing her children outside her compound on Akogun Street, Tuesday…

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Ibrahim Magu has again been rejected by the Senate Wednesday, as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s boss. This is the second time the Senate is rejecting Magu as the substantive chairman of the anti-graft agency. At the Senate’s plenary, majority of the Senators rejected the confirmation of Magu as the EFCC boss through popular vote. However, Senator Ali Ndume in a pont of Order protested the non-confirmation of Ibrahim Magu and states that Senate received two letters. He agreed that Majority will have its way but minority must have its say.…

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