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Cross River Govt Decries N34m Federal Allocation For March

Cross River Govt Decries N34m Federal Allocation For March   The Cross River State Government received only about 15 per cent of its statutory allocation from the Federation Account in March. Figures released show that out of the state’s gross allocation of N2.22bn, only N34.9m was received...

N42bn Fraud: Obiano Granted Bail, Yet to Fulfill Conditions – EFCC Boss

Obiano Granted Bail, Yet to Fulfill Conditions - EFCC Boss By Abdulrahman Abdulraheem The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, on Monday said the Commission has granted former Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, bail. He however added that the EFCC is...

Complainant to Spend Two Years in Jail for Misleading EFCC

Complainant to Spend Two Years in Jail for Misleading EFCC Justice Agatha A. Okeke of the Federal High Court, Uyo on Thursday, convicted and sentenced one Idongesit Samuel Eyibio to two years imprisonment without the option of a fine. Eyibio was charged to court by the...

Shettima, Zulum Distribute Food Items to over 60,000 Gamboru IDPs

By Lawan Bukar Maigana The Senator representing Borno Central at the National Assembly, Kashim Shettima, alongside the Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has visited Gamboru town in the state by road to distribute cash and food items to resettled internally displaced persons. Shettima...

Menace of Illegal Tax Collectors: Yahaya Bello to the Rescue

Tax collection is supposed to be one of the major revenue sources of an entity and its proceeds are supposed to be meant for the general good and welfare of all. However, like everything else that seems to be abused in Nigeria, multiplicity of...

Navy Recovers 3m Litres of Crude Oil, Arrests 13 Pipeline Vandals

Troops of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder have arrested 13 persons suspected to be pipeline vandals and recovered about three million litres of crude oil and diesel in a major operation in Rivers. The Base Operations Officer, NNS Pathfinder, Port Harcourt, Cdr. Umar...