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COURT JAILS TWO NINE YEARS IN GOMBE
COURT JAILS TWO NINE YEARS IN GOMBE Justice Abdulhamid Yakubu of the Gombe State High Court, sitting in Gombe, on Monday, May 13, 2024 convicted and sentenced the duo of Abdulwahab. A. Magaji and Salihu Musa to nine years imprisonment for employment fraud and intent to defraud. Magaji faced a one-count charge of employment…
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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NOT CONSIDERING ANY FOREIGN MILITARY BASE
PRESS STATEMENT The Federal Government is aware of false alarms being raised in some quarters alleging discussions between the Federal Government of Nigeria and some foreign countries on the siting of foreign military bases in the country. We urge the general public to totally disregard this falsehood. The Federal Government is not in any such…
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OKPE UNION 94TH ANNIVERSARY BEGINS IN LAGOS
PROFESSOR IGHO NATUFE, DR. SAMUEL ENAJITE ENAJERO SPEAK ON INFRASTRUCTURE, CORRUPTION AND SECURITY IKORODU MONARCH, KEY GOVT OFFICIALS CONFIRM ATTENDANCE SAPELE PORT, ELECTRICITY, BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE TOP AGENDA The Okpe Union will on Saturday, May 18, 2024, bring together around 1000 notable leaders and intelligentsia from across the world. …
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SERAP sues NNPC over failure to account for ‘missing $2.04bn, N164bn oil revenues’
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited over the “failure to account for and explain the whereabouts of the alleged missing USD$2.04 billion and N164 billion oil revenues.” The suit followed the allegations documented in the recently published…
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BODO-BONNY ROAD PROJECT: BEHIND THE NEWS FROM THE STAKEHOLDERS MEETING: COMMUNITY AND PEACE COMMITTEE MEMBERS FAVOUR JULIUS BERGER TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT
Minister of Works, Engr. Dave Umahi and the Managing Director of Foremost engineering construction company, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, Dr. Lars Richter have both committed to ensuring the completion of the critical Bodo-Bonny Road, BBR project by year end. This is coming just as the minister suggested an additional N20billion augmentation fee…
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Why Julius Berger is preferred contractor – LASG
Company gets contract to rehabilitate 10-storey General Hospital building in Lagos Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi has explained why leading engineering construction company, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc is preferred contractor for relevant jobs in the state. Speaking during the kick off of the rehabilitation of the…
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Ikorodu Monarch, top government officials, others to grace Okpe Union 94th anniversary
Prominent Okpe leaders and intelligentsia will on Thursday, May 16, 2024, meet in Lagos. ‘’We are very excited because 94 years is a long time for an organization to remain relevant and we are very glad that our branches and affiliates continue to respond with stronger cohesion and a renewed determination’’ a statement…
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Sapele Port, Electricity, security, better quality of life top agenda as Okpe leaders meet in Lagos
A conference of Okpe leaders in different parts of the world will take place in Lagos on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. ‘’About 300 delegates from Okpe Union branches in Asia, North and South America, Africa, Europe and Australia will attend the Okpe Union General Assembly at Okpe House, 65 Moshalashi Street, Obalende.. …
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Dr. Samuel Enajite Enajero guest speaker at Okpe Union 94th anniversary
Internationally noted Economist Samuel Enajite Enajero, who wrote the book ‘’Collective Institutions in Industrialized Nations: Economic Lessons for Sub-Saharan Africa”, a book that compares the economics of sub-Saharan Africa with other countries, particularly in Europe and Asia, where collective institutions exist to usher in economic development and social prosperity will be the guest speaker…
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Prof Igho Natufe to deliver Okpe Union Address about Nigeria
A high quality Nigerian political scientist, Professor Igho Natufe, will on Thursday, May 16, 2024, speak on infrastructure, governance, corruption and security in Nigeria. The Nigerian-born Sovietologist and a specialist in International Relations and Soviet/ Russian Foreign Policy is due to speak at about 3; 00pm at the Okpe Union House, Lagos. …