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Makurdi—The Middle Belt Forum, MBF, has urged President Bola Tinubu to rethink his economic policies, saying that the dual policies of removal of petrol subsidy and floating of the Naira have impoverished the masses and placed an enormous burden on Nigerians. The National President of MBF, Dr. Bitrus Pogu who spoke weekend in Makurdi said:…
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A 27-Year-Old Driver, Aliyu Mohammed, from Bida, Bida Local Government Area of Niger State, was arrested in Minna for allegedly stealing his boss’ Toyota Highlander with registration number LSR 102 GU from Lekki, Lagos. Niger State Police Command Public Relations Officer SP Wasiu Abiodun disclosed that Mohammed was caught following a tip-off. He explained that…
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Nigeria’s crude oil export earnings slumped to $12.1 billion in Q2, 2024 as against $12.4 billion in the preceding Q1, reflecting the decline in domestic crude oil production to 1.27 million barrels per day in Q2, 2024 from 1.33 million bpd previously. Data from the Economic Report for the period released by the Central Bank…
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A Yet-To-Be-Identified male adult suspected to be a thief was on Sunday found lying unconscious after being knocked down by a hit-and-run driver in the Abule Egba area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the incident happened on Friday morning. Our correspondent gathered that the suspect had broken into an apartment in the community…
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A woman in Adamawa State has been killed by a young man she allegedly caught stealing her maize. The man, 20-year-old Abubakar Abdu, has been arrested for allegedly stabbing the woman, 30-year-old Azumi Abubakar, to death. The Adamawa State Police Command, which arrested the man, said in a press statement on Monday that Police operatives,…
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has stopped importing refined petroleum products and is now off-taking fuel from the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and other local refineries. NNPC’s Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari, disclosed this on Monday at the ongoing conference of the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists, which was held in Lagos and themed…
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PhD student could not write his name properly – National teachers DG Kaduna -The Director General of the National Teachers Institute (NTI), Professor Garba Maitafsir, has said that as a lecturer at the University, he came across a PhD Student who could not write his name properly. He said that the falling standard of education…
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Morale appears to be surging among border authorities after the election of President-elect Donald Trump, who made border security one of the pillars of his campaign, after nearly four years of relaxed immigration policies that saw record numbers of migrants enter the United States. In addition to strengthening the southern border, Trump has promised to…
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Adata review for the second quarter debt portfolio of the country released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown that the debt owed by every Nigerian on the average stood at N619,501. According to the data published by the Debt Management Office, Nigeria’s public debt stood at N134.297 trillion as of the second…