Day: 14 November 2021

Marwa seeks removal of option of fine from NDLEA act

Jide Ige

Chairman/ Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has said that the removal of the clause that allows for the option of fine for drug offenders from the Agency’s Act currently undergoing amendment in the National Assembly will strengthen the deterrence effect of court prosecution and conviction. Marwa said this while defending the 2022 NDLEA budget proposal before the Senate Committee on Drugs and Narcotics chaired by Senator Hezekiah Dimka. The NDLEA boss who had earlier visited the Chief Judge…

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Thugs lay siege on Agbaakin, kidnap men, rape housewives

Jide Ige

About 50 masked persons, armed with different weapons including guns, cutlasses, and axes have reportedly attacked residents and business owners in Agbaakin community, close to Mowe, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. City Round gathered that during the two-day raid, the hoodlums destroyed property in the community, attacked passersby and broke into homes and shops to dispossess the occupants of their valuables. According to the aggrieved members of the community, the armed men also took advantage of the tension created during the attacks to rape housewives…

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House ownership made easy as Fashola launches portal

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

Nigerians can now apply for houses built under the current Federal Government’s National Housing Programme (NHP) in 34 states of the country following the launch, Friday of the portal by the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN through which interested members of the public could apply for an allocation. The formal launch of the portal, https:// nhp.worksandhousing.gov.ng, which took place at the Conference Room of the Ministry in Mabushi, Abuja, throws open the door for Nigerians to apply online to buy the available 5,000 plus housing units, ranging from 1,…

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