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The controversy over the actual salary and allowances of federal lawmakers refused to be laid to rest despite Tuesday’s clarification by the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) following the claim by Senator Abdurrahman Kawu Sumaila (NNPP – Kano South) that he earns N21 million in allowances every month apart from monthly salary of…
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The African Energy Chamber (AEC) has said that the withdrawal of Western financial support from Africa’s oil and gas sector, coupled with delays in key projects due to lack of investment, threatens to undermine the continent’s energy development and economic progress. The AEC, which lamented that while similar projects receive support in Europe, Africa’s high-cost…
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• Destroys 27 sites, seizes 100,000 litres of stolen crude Troops of the Nigerian Army’s 6 Division, Port Harcourt, in a series of operations, have dealt a blow to illegal refining syndicates in the Niger Delta, destroying 27 newly established sites and confiscating over 100,000 litres of stolen crude. Acting Deputy Director of 6 Division…
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• Motorists decry slow pace of reconstruction • NSCDC partners FRSC to curb overspeeding No fewer than 18 persons have died in three separate road crashes within five days on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The spokesperson for the Ogun State sector of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mrs Florence Okpe, confirmed yesterday that the accidents,…
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Speaker, House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, yesterday, withdrew the controversial Counter Subversion Bill meant to tackle perceived threats to national security. The bill, sponsored by Abbas, had scaled through the first reading and proceeded to the second in the lower chamber. While the contents of the bill went viral on social media, many Nigerians condemned…
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