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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Area Command on Monday, decorated 135 newly promoted men and officers of the command. Speaking shortly after the ceremony, held at the ECOWAS Joint Border Command Post in Seme-krake, Comptroller Kayode Kolade, the Command Area Controller charged the newly promoted officers to continue striving for excellence. According to him,…
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Unknown gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, have reportedly abducted a man, his wife, son, and two others in the Chikakore community, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The gunmen struck in the Chikakore area of Kubwa at around 12:00 a.m. on Monday morning. The kidnappers, numbering dozens and heavily armed, stormed the…
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The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, has urged British investors to explore opportunities in Nigeria’s mining sector. Alake made the call when he received the British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Jonny Baxter, on Monday in his office in Abuja. He stated that Nigeria welcomed the UK’s support for capacity building,…
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The Lagos State Government and the Federal Ministry of Finance Incorporated have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to kickstart exploratory work on the development of the Green Line rail project. This was disclosed by the Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, at a Citizen/Media Stakeholders forum organized recently by the…
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Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, on Monday revealed that the explosion at a mining site in Sabon Pegi, Mashegun Local Government Area of Niger State on Sunday was caused by the illegal stockpiling of explosives. Alake dispatched officials of the Federal Mines Office in the state to the blast site for an…
