Customs Denies Allegation of Having ‘Northernisation’ Agenda

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) yesterday insisted that it has abided strictly by the rules governing recruitment, promotion and appointment into its management cadre. It faulted accusations that the Service was pushing a ‘northernisation’ agenda following recent appointments into the senior management level. The NCS Spokesman, Mr. Joseph Attah, in a statement, maintained that the…

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‘N94trn Unremitted To Federation Account’ — Falana-Led Coalition Writes Buhari

The interim Coordinating Committee of the Alliance on Surviving Covid-19 And Beyond (ASCAB) has written a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, debunking the claim that fuel subsidy was removed because it benefits only the rich and not the masses. The group went ahead to pulverize the lack of funds argument, listing areas where N94 trillion…

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Opinion

TRUMP AND THE AMERICAN DREAM

Sonnie Ekwowusi admires Trump for bringing back God to the White House Once upon a time, narrates a bosom friend, there lived in his village a certain mad man called Papauwa. Like most village madmen and women, this one is ill-attired. He eats from the gutter, drinks from the gutter and sleeps in the gutter.…

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TIPS

English Marriages Outside Marriage Registries and Churches Are Valid.

Daily Law Tips (Tip 663) by Onyekachi Umah, Esq., LL.M, ACIArb(UK) Introduction: There are basically two types of marriages in Nigeria; Customary marriage and English marriage. While Customary marriage (including Islamic marriage) allows polygamy, English marriage is a union between a man and a woman. English marriage (also known as Statutory Marriage, Court Marriage and…

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In good faith, FG orders DisCos to suspend electricity tariff hike

In demonstration of good faith to its agreement with the Organised Labour on its suspended strike, the Federal Government has ordered the Electricity Distribution Companies in the country to suspend the recent hike in tariff. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) handed down the order on Tuesday night. The suspension of the hike in tariff…

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Sound health

Why COVID-19 Less Deadly In Africa, By John Campbell

Thus far, COVID-19 has been far less devastating in Africa than observers had feared, including this blogger. It is true that there has been much less testing for the disease in Africa than elsewhere (perhaps one percent of the population, while the United States has conducted over one hundred million tests), and African statistics tend to…

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Developing story: FEC approves N13.08 trillion 2021 Budget

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N13.09 trillion budget estimate for 2021 fiscal year. The approval was given on Wednesday at a meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja. The budget proposal, as approved by FEC, is predicated on $379 exchange rate, oil benchmark of $40 barrel per day, oil production volume…

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Buhari inaugurates 326 Km Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri rail line for commercial operations

After more than three decades’ delay, President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday inaugurated the 326km Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri rail line for commercial operations as well as the ancillary facilities yard, at the recently named Goodluck Jonathan Railway Complex in Agbor (Owa-Oyibu), Delta State. According to a statement by Special Adviser to the President on Media on Publicity, Femi…

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