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Demonstrators hold protest outside UK high commission in Abuja over $9.6bn asset seizure

DEMONSTRATORS have protested outside Britain's high commission in Abuja expressing their displeasure at a recent high court judgement in London that authorised London firm Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) to seize Nigerian assets worth $9.6bn.

 

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Government unveils ambitious sugar production plans aiming for 1.7m tonnes as it seeks to save $56m import bill

GOVERNMENT ministers have announced an ambitious sugar production programme aimed at producing 1.7m tonnes annually as part of a plan to reduce overseas purchases and save $56m currently being spent on imports.

 

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Security experts accuse police of colluding with criminals operating along Ore-Benin Expressway

SECURITY experts have accused policemen deployed along the Benin-Ore Expressway of conniving with hoodlums including Fulani cattle herdsmen to attack motorists and passengers travelling on the road.

 

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Southwest governors agree to engage the services of vigilantes to tackle Fulani herdsmen menace

GOVERNORS of the six states in the southwest geo-political zone have agreed to engage the services of local vigilante groups to tackle growing insecurity in a bid to arrest the ongoing scourge of Fulani cattle herdsmen running riot across the region.

 

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About three Nigerians confirmed dead as xenophobic attacks continue across South Africa

AT least three Nigerians have been reported dead in South Africa following the latest spate of pogroms that have seen xenophobic mobs attack Nigerian-owned businesses and homes in Johannesburg.

 

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Nigerians need to subordinate consumption to accumulation for the economy to grow

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Most Nigerians remain of the misinformed view that their country is immensely wealthy and the only problem hampering growth is corruption. President Buhari is the physical symbol of this manner of thinking, which is why fighting corruption appears to be the only coherent policy he came up with during his first tenure. However, figures do not lie and it has been proven that this argument cannot stand up to scrutiny

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Environmentalists urge federal government to clamp down on hunting of wildlife and bush meat

ENVIRONMENTALISTS have urged the federal government to clamp down on the indiscriminate hunting of bush meat by stopping local hunters from driving the nation’s wild animals into extinction.

 

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Lagos State Police Command recovers weapons within church premises in Badagry

MEN of the Lagos State Police Command have recovered a cache of arms in a church premises in Badagry after arresting an armed robbery suspect and following him and his team to the place of worship.

 

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Iwobi scores first Premier League goal for his new side Everton as they beat Wolves 3-2

SUPER Eagles playmaker Alex Iwobi has scored his first goal for his new club Everton in the English Premier league after netting in the 12th minute today when the Toffees beat visiting Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-2 at Goodison Park.

 

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Ohaneze Ndigbo president says local criminals are masquerading as Fulani herdsmen to commit crimes

OHANEZE Ndigbo president Chief Nnia Nwodo has called on community leaders across the southeast geo-political zone to fish out miscreants who are hiding under the pretext of being Fulani cattle herdsmen to carry out heinous crimes like kidnapping and murder.

 

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