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• APC denies mass resignation of ward executives in Gombe

  25-11-2021 22:07 via pulse.ng
  
  The party says the report alleging that all the executives in the 11 wards of Yamaltu/Deba LGA have resigned their positions in solidarity with Sen. Danjuma Goje is false.The Gombe state chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied report alleging mass resignation of its ward executives in Yamaltu/Deba Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.Mr Moses Kyari, the state APC publicity secretary disclosed this when he addressed newsmen on Thursday in Gombe.Kyari was reacting to a social med
  
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• Nigeria’s Garba Umar elected as INTERPOL vice-president for Africa

  25-11-2021 22:02 via pulse.ng
  
  The AIG is expected to hold the position for the next three years.Garba Umar, an Assistant Inspector-General of Police, has been elected as the Vice-President of the International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) for Africa.Umar, who is the head of INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) in Nigeria, was elected on Thursday , November 24, 2021, at the 89th INTERPOL general assembly which was held in Istanbul, Turkey.He is expected to hold the position for the next three years.Umar’s e
  
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• President Buhari orders security agencies to be `merciless’ with highway criminals

  25-11-2021 21:24 via pulse.ng
  
  President Buhari particularly ordered the armed forces and other security agencies and intelligence organisations, not to rest on their oars.President Muhammadu Buhari has again directed security agencies to urgently address the resurgence of kidnapping and other crimes on the Abuja-Kaduna Highway and on other roads across the country.The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, said the president gave the directive while presiding over the meeting of the National Security Council, held at the Pre
  
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• Atiku says he doesn't like to celebrate birthdays

  25-11-2021 20:20 via pulse.ng
  
  Atiku says he read Bauchi governors birthday message to him with emotions.Former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday said he does not like celebrating birthdays, as he clocked 75 years. Abubakar disclosed this in Bauchi while commissioning a 4.2 kilometres Gombe Road- Maiduguri Bypass, named after him by the state governor, Mr Bala Mohammed.”Today, I read with emotions your birthday greetings to me. I don’t normally like celebrating birthdays but here you are today, ma
  
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• Osinbajo applauds Awolowo’s foresight on Zero Oil Plan

  25-11-2021 19:42 via pulse.ng
  
  According to the vice president, the plan is well structured and detailed.Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has commended Chief Segun Awolowo, the outgoing Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), over his foresight in drawing up the Zero Oil Plan.Osinbajo gave the commendation when Awolowo led an NEPC delegation on a valedictory visit to the vice president on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.The Zero Oil Plan, initiated and developed by NEPC, under Awolowo, is desi
  
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• 28 ships discharge petroleum products, other items at Lagos ports

  25-11-2021 19:36 via pulse.ng
  
  Another six ships that had arrived the ports were waiting to berth with petrol, bulk wheat, bulk sugar and bulk fertilizer. The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said 28 ships at the Lagos ports were discharging bulk wheat, general cargo, container, bulk sugar, frozen fish, bulk gypsum, petrol, base oil and bulk urea.NPA disclosed this in its publication, ‘Shipping Position’, a copy of which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Thursday.The authority also s
  
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• Atiku tackles FG, APC governors, asks them to work like PDP governors

  25-11-2021 18:28 via pulse.ng
  
  Atiku says he can’t remember any APC state governors commissioning projects.Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in 2019 elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has charged the Federal Government and governors elected on the platforms of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to emulate their PDP counterparts.The former Vice President said only states controlled by PDP governors are working based on projects that have been commissioned in those state.Atiku, while calling on the FG
  
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• Troops kill 128 bandits, arrest 64 others in 2 weeks

  25-11-2021 16:35 via pulse.ng
  
  The Defence Headquarters has said Nigerian troops eliminated more than 128 bandits and arrested 64 others in different operations across North West and North Central zones in the past two weeks.Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, disclosed this while giving updates of military operations between Nov. 11 and Nov. 25 on Thursday in Abuja.Onyeuko said the troops of Operation Hadarin Daji eliminated 118, arrested 12 criminal elements and rescued five kidnapped vict
  
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• Anambra Government slams EFCC for putting Governor Obiano on watchlist

  25-11-2021 15:37 via pulse.ng
  
  Obiano is willing to answer any EFCC probe if called upon.The Anambra State government has criticised the decision of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to put Governor Willie Obiano on a travel watchlist.The anti-graft agency wrote the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in a letter dated November 15, 2021 asking that it be notified whenever the governor travels abroad.The letter leaked to the media this week, fueling speculation that the governor is possibly being investigated f
  
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• Troops kill over 90 terrorists in 2 weeks

  25-11-2021 14:15 via pulse.ng
  
  The Defence Headquarters says troops of Operation Hadin Kai, have in the last two weeks eliminated more than 90 Boko Haram and Islamic States West Africa Province(ISWAP) terrorists in North East.Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, the Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, disclosed this when he give an update on military operations from Nov. 11 to Nov. 25 on Thursday in Abuja.Onyeuko also disclosed that unconfirmed number of terrorists were eliminated in offensive air strikes by the Air Component o
  
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• NDLEA intercepts cocaine worth N2.7bn at Abuja airport

  25-11-2021 14:02 via pulse.ng
  
  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 9.30 kilograms of cocaine worth over N2.7 billion at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Abuja.The NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said a 32-year-old drug trafficker based in Liberia, Maduabuchi Chinedu, was arrested with the consignment.Babafemi said the suspect who hailed from Obaha Okigwe village, Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo state, lived in Liberia where he worked as a m
  
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• Nigeria budgets N190 billion for national census next year

  25-11-2021 11:55 via pulse.ng
  
  The budget has been presented to the Appropriation Committee.Over 15 years after its last national census, Nigeria might finally be ready to conduct a new one next year.The Senate Committee on National Population and National Identity announced on Wednesday, November 24, 2021 that over N190 billion has been budgeted for the exercise in the 2022 appropriation bill.The chairman of the committee, Senator Alhaji Yau, said the allocation has been presented to the Appropriation Committee."We're waitin
  
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• Taliban government moves to prohibit female actors from TVs in Afghanistan

  25-11-2021 10:59 via pulse.ng
  
  The Taliban government through its ministry has prohibited TV networks from showing female acts.The Taliban government in laying ground rules for TV networks in Afghanistan has prohibited the organizations from broadcasting programs that it considers to be immoral. One of the guidelines that are part of its “religious guidelines” stipulates that the TV networks should not show soap operas or even dramas that feature female actors. In issuing the guideline, the conservative Taliban go
  
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• COVID-19: NCDC registers 141 additional infections

  25-11-2021 10:34 via pulse.ng
  
  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said it registered 141 additional COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, with no fatalities recorded for four consecutive days.The NCDC said this in an update on its website on Thursday morning.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 114 infections recordedon Wednesday represented an increase from 52 recordedon Tuesday.The public health institution said the additional infections were recorded across 11 states of the federation and the Federal Ca
  
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• Reps block bill that would allow Nigerians sue government failure

  25-11-2021 10:24 via pulse.ng
  
  Lawmakers warned that passing the amendment bill would cause all manner of problems.An amendment bill whose passage would have empowered Nigerians to sue the government for failing to provide basic welfare has been rejected by the House of Representatives.The bill was blocked from being passed for a second reading after its sponsor, Sergius Ogun, led deliberations on it during plenary on Wednesday, November 24, 2021.The bill sought to alter Section 6 of the constitution to allow the judiciary en
  
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• Climate Clock World appoints SDG advocate Chuks Anyaduba as Director for Projects & Partnerships, Climate Clock Nigeria

  25-11-2021 10:07 via pulse.ng
  
  Leading International Climate Change Organisation, Climate Clock Newyork, USA has appointed Sustainable Development Goals Advocate Chuks Anyaduba as Country Director for Projects & Partnerships. In a letter signed by Climate Clock Co-Founder and CEO, Andrew Boyd and Gan Golan, reads thus: ‘We are honored by your participation as an influencer, connector and producer and we appreciate your willingness to serve in such an essential role at such a decisive moment in history’Climate
  
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• NLC kicks against FG's plan to increase petrol price to N340

  25-11-2021 09:20 via pulse.ng
  
  The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Federal Government to consider options to help the country embrace developmental governance and accountable leadership, while rejecting the planned petroleum price increase.NLC President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, made the call in a statement he issued to newsmen in Abuja, entitled: ”Nigerian workers refused to take the bait’’.According to him, the Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Malam Mele
  
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• Zamfara orders closure of filling station, bakery house for aiding bandits

  25-11-2021 08:58 via pulse.ng
  
  The Zamfara State Taskforce Committee on Compliance to Gov. Bello Matawalle’s Executive Order on insecurity on Wednesday ordered the closure of a filling station and bakery in Gusau and Tsafe local government areas of the state.Chairman of Committee, Abubakar Dauran, gave the order shortly after security forces arrested four suspects for alleged supplying bread and petrol to bandits.Dauran, also the Special Adviser to Matawalle on Security Matters, said that the filling station, located in
  
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