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Thu, 03 Jun 2021 08:40:51 +0000
Police: how we uncovered AK- 47 production factory
By Gbenga Omokhunu, Abuja, Uja Emmanuel, Makurdi and Kolade Adeyemi, Jos A local AK-47 fabrication factory has been uncovered by the police in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State. Two suspects belived to be behind the factory were parade...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 08:37:18 +0000
Mimiko denies defection plan to APC
By Osagie Otabor, Akure Former Ondo Governor Dr. Olusegun Mimiko has denied rumour that he planned defecting to the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC). Mimiko said playing partisan politics was the least of his concerns at the moment. Mimiko, who ...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 08:24:34 +0000
Gokada eyes share of Nigeria’s $20b e-commerce market
By Lucas Ajanaku Nigeria-based last mile delivery, logistics and transportation start-up Gokada has launched a ‘Super App’ where customers can access food delivery, ecommerce, and ride hailing services in one app. According to the start-up, it ha...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 08:20:53 +0000
‘Smuggling reduced in Kwara, Kogi, others’
By Adekunle Jimoh, Ilorin Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Wednesday said smuggling of prohibited goods into the country along Kwara, Benue, Kogi and Niger states axis has reduced by 15 per cent. The service attributed this to constant sensitisation ...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 08:12:42 +0000
NAHCO, United Airlines seal handling deal
By Kelvin Osa Okunbor Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) Plc, has clinched the handling contract for United State based United Airlines for the next three years. United Airlines, having voluntarily exited the Lagos airspace since 2016, is mak...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 08:12:19 +0000
Niger community donates for abducted kids’ rescue
By Justina Asishana, Minna Head-Teacher of Tegina Islamiyya children’s school where a large number of pupils were recently abducted has said the abductors have started beating the children in captivity. Many of them can no longer walk, it was gathe...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 08:10:09 +0000
Lottery Commission seeks collaboration with FIRS
Ahead of its planned National Gaming Conference, slated for July, the Management of the National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC) has expressed its readiness to collaborate with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on all areas of mutual int...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 08:08:55 +0000
FEC approves N18b for Kano, Calabar FTZ
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N18.1 billion for the development of infrastructure at the nation’s free trade and economic zones. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced this yesterday, while addres...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 08:06:58 +0000
LCCI urges framework for policy monitoring, evaluation
By Okwy Iroegbu­-Chikezie The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has decried the lack of a strong monitoring and evaluation framework for implementing policies and programmes aimed at achieving inclusive economic growth and development. I...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 08:06:25 +0000
11 suspected Yahoo boys arrested in Lagos
By Robert Egbe The cybercrime section of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s Lagos Zonal Office has arrested 11 persons in Lagos on suspicion of internet fraud. EFCC spokesman Wilson Uwujaren said in a statement that the suspe...



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