Four Nigerian deposit money banks lost a total of N1.77bn to fraudulent activities involving the banks’ employees and consumers in 2021. This was contained in the 2021 financial statements of the banks. The banks are Access Bank Plc, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, First Monument City Bank, and Wema Bank. The Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System, a…
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The Federal Government on Wednesday said it had identified 300 markets, shopping plazas/complexes and industrial clusters across the country for electrification under its Energising Economies Initiative. It disclosed this through the Rural Electrification Agency at a roundtable meeting with EEI private power developers at the headquarters of the REA in Abuja. The agency explained in…
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THE Senate’s Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions has summoned the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and the Sole Administrator of Niger Delta Development Commission, Mr Effiong Akwa, over non-payment of N2.2bn to contractors. The committee said it was acting on petitions filed by Akom Survey Services Limited over alleged refusal…
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Thirty-one million, one hundred and sixty thousand Nigerians live in areas without telecommunication coverage, according to the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy. The ministry revealed this in the appendix of its ‘Nigerian National Broadband Plan 2020 – 2025’ document. According to the ministry, unserved areas are locations without any service provider coverage. It…
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THE frequent distress calls by the Poultry Association of Nigeria over the high cost of feeds highlight the impact of the worsening adverse operating environment on one of the country’s most vibrant economic sub-sectors. Given its importance as a vital protein source and employer of labour, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and the…
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The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 has said the use of face masks in public places is now optional, while the decision on the final relaxation of measures will be taken after Easter. The Head of the Technical Secretariat, who also doubles as the Secretary of the PSC on COVID-19, Dr Muktar Muhammed, disclosed this…
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A coalition of Civil Society Organisations has faulted the management of COVID-19 funds which, according to it, opened opportunities for large scale corruption due to lack of transparency and accountability. The coalition also demanded that it should be involved in the monitoring of the implementation of the funds under the COVID-19 emergency support packages for…
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Barely four months into the closure of Internally Displaced Persons camps in Maiduguri and resettlement of displaced persons to their communities, about 12,000 of such returned persons have found their way back to IDP camps in Monguno town. The resettled IDPs, who were sent out of camps by the Borno State Government on the premise…
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More than half of some major roads in Anambra communities have been taken over by heaps of refuse, thereby making both human and vehicular movement almost difficult. Our correspondent, who went round some locations on Wednesday, observed that major drainage channels, especially in the Onitsha metropolis, have also been blocked as a result of indiscriminate…
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THE House of Representatives has asked the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, formerly Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, to provide details of the trans-Saharan pipeline construction project valued at $12bn. The House specifically urged the NNPC to provide information regarding the implementation, funds utilisation and status of the project, while asking the company to review the…
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Longtime Donald Trump political adviser Roger Stone is drawing upon his self-professed expertise as a group sex participant to weigh in on the debate about allegations by Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) of drug use and orgies by members of Congress.
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THE Federal Government approved N33.81bn for the award of various contracts for projects in the Ministries of Works and Housing; Industry, Trade and Investments, and Justice in Abuja on Wednesday. This includes N1.07bn for the procurement of eye-scanning lie detectors and night-vision goggles for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. The Attorney General of the…
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THE Osun State Government has threatened to launch war on illegal mining in the state. The state stated that illegal miners are destroying its environment and polluting the Osun River. According to it, it is ready to ensure that miners resisting guidance and not following its approved standards for mining get sanctioned. This was disclosed…
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