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The Benin Division of the National Industrial Court of Nigeriahas finally laid to rest the controversy surrounding the unionthat can collect revenues and levies from tipper drivers in EdoState.The suit instituted in 2018 had the Incorporated Trustees ofEdo Tipper Drivers Association as claimant and the Edo StateGovernment, Governor Godwin Obaseki, the AttorneyGeneral of Edo State and Union of Tipper and QuarryEmployers of Nige...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission hasobtained an order to retrieve all the documents it tendered asexhibits in the 4.6billion naira money laundering trial of aformer Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode.The EFCC obtained the order from Justice Daniel Osiagor ofthe Federal High Court in Lagos to enable it re-file thecharges before the Abuja division of the court.The decision to take the case from Lagos to Abuja...

The Federal Government said an estimated 55 million casesof malaria and nearly 90,000 malaria deaths occur each yearin Nigeria.The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire revealed this at apress briefing.Dr Ehanire, who was represented by the PermanentSecretary of the ministry, Mamman Mamuda, said despiteefforts by the government and its partners to combat theeffects of malaria in the country, the country still accoun...

The Federal Government has declared that it hadcommenced the disconnection of some power firms from thenational grid as a result of their non-adherence to theElectricity Market Rules.Although it did not name the affected power plants, thegovernment explained that the Nigeria Electricity SupplyIndustry was governed by rules, which were absolutelynecessary for the viability and sustainability of the sector.These rules...

The Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, ClemAgba, has said that about 60 Federal Government projectsare sited in Edo State under the Economic Sustainability Plan.The minister stated this while commissioning some completedprojects and inspecting others in the Edo-North SenatorialDistrict of Edo.Some of the projects completed and inaugurated by theminister include 1.5kilometer Mogbe-Edegbe Road,4.5kilomet...

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC)has spent 1.1 billion dollars on the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano(AKK) gas pipeline project, delivering 70 per cent of the trunkwelding.The Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Ltd, Mele Kyari,stated this while inspecting a section of the project at AhokoGbagyi village in Kogi State.Kyari said the project is being funded solely by NNPC,assuring that gas would begin to f...

Tottenham's players have offered to refund fans who made the trip to St James' Park to see their side lose 6-1 to Newcastle United on Sunday. Spurs' hopes of qualifying for the Champions League took a blow as they were swept aside by top-four rivals Newcastle. Newcastle were 5-0 up after just 21 minutes, the second-earliest a side has done so in Premier League history, after Manchester City against Watford in September 2019. The fallout to the defeat saw act...

Two additional Chibok schoolgirls, who have been in captivitysince 2014, have been rescued, following massive troopsoperations in parts of Sambisa forest.A security officer at the 7 Division, Maimalari Cantonment,who is not authorized to talk to the press, confirmed thedevelopment.This comes as troops of 21 Armored Brigade, OperationHadin Kai, Bama, repelled an attack by ISWAP terrorists inthe outskirts of the town ...