Lagos State Government and the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) Tuesday unveiled plans to put an end to hoodlums’ activities and conduct, which they said, often endanger security of lives along the rail corridor in the state. Managing Director of the corporation, Mr. Adeseyi Sijuwade, disclosed the plans after a meeting with officials of the state government led by the Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Kayode Opeifa, at the state secretariat, Alausa.
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There was public outrage on Tuesday over the massacre of no fewer than 185 people during a clash on Saturday between the militant Islamic sect, Boko Haram and the Multinational Joint Task Force in Baga, Borno State. The condemnation came from the National Assembly, the Northern Elders Forum, the Action Congress of Nigeria, the Congress for Progressive Change and Spain.
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The Presidency and the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party are in a dilemma on how to produce a candidate that would win the May election of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum. This is because a majority of the governors are aware that the constitution of the NGF allows for a second term for both the offices of the chairman and vice-chairman.
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A bill seeking to stop the Nigeria Police, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) and other security agencies from harassing people who use vehicles with factory fitted tinted glasses will go through second reading on the floor of the Senate tomorrow. The sponsor of the bill, Senator Ita Enang (Akwa Ibom North East), said initiating the bill had become imperative in view of the incessant harassment of motorists who use tinted glasses, saying if the security agencies do not want Nigerians to use vehicles with tinted glasses, the best they can do is to completely prohibit the entry of such vehicles into the country.
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Worried by the unhygienic way butchers in Kano State handle the processing of meat, the state government in an effort to reverse the trend, has organised training for the butchers just as it plans to construct an ultra modern abattoir for their use, reports Ibrahim Shuaibu Last week, the butchers, who had successfully undergone training in Kano, filed out for a handshake with Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso. They had excitement written all over their faces. It was the first time the government had included them in a training programme. But much more, the government had given out a free start-up capital of N88 million to 4,400 butchers in the state.
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The implementation of accurate metering policy by the Weights and Measures Department of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment will save the country about N755bn monthly. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, stated this on Monday in Abuja during the inauguration of the legal metrology web portal.
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The Federal Government has asked for partnership between Nigeria and Brazil with respect to agricultural development in the country. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, made the call to Brazilian investors and farmers to invest in Nigeria’s agriculture sector during a tour of agro-ventures in the Latin American country.
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The Federal Government has pre-qualified about 20 international and indigenous petroleum products suppliers to import petrol into the country. This is to ensure that only credible and professional suppliers engage in fuel import in the country. The Executive Secretary, Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, Mr. Reginald Stanley, who said this during an interactive session with journalists in Lagos on Monday, noted that the list of 20 products suppliers was compiled following a very stringent process.
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Minister of Trade and investment Mr. Olusegun Aganga has said the growth of the manufacturing sector in Nigeria is on course and helping the country to its current impressive Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth average of about 6.5 percent. Aganga who gave the hint in Magboro, Ogun State, during the inauguration of WEMPCO Steel Company’s new 700,000 metric tonnes per annum capacity Cold Steel Rolling Mill, explained that the ongoing improvement in the growth of the nation’s manufacturing sector is particularly commendable in the face of declining manufacturing sector in most countries of the world.
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Over 30 houses and shops were Monday razed in Omitowoju area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, in a late afternoon inferno caused by a petrol-laden tanker which fell on a road side. THISDAY learnt that the fully loaded tanker was trying to link Inalende road towards the Mokola round about area of the city when the driver lost control falling on its side while its 33,000 litres content which spilled on the gutter immediately sparked fire.
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