Tag: Control
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Drug abuse, trafficking in Nigeria under control – Marwa
The problem of drug abuse and trafficking in Nigeria is “on its way to being under control”, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, has said. Marwa told the Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York that with the support from the Federal Government, foreign…
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Baga town not under Boko Haram’s control – Army
The Nigerian Army on Friday said Boko Haram terrorists had not taken over Baga town in Borno State, contrary to reports in some sections of the media. “Baga town is not in the hands of the Boko Haram. They contested it (taking the over the border town) but they lost the contest,’’ Maj.-Gen. Lamidi Adeosun,…
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30 dead as ‘sleeping driver’ loses control of vehicle
Thirty people died when a bus skidded off the road into a ditch in Cameroon’s centre region, authorities said on Friday. “We understand the driver had fallen asleep,’’ regional governor Naseri Paul Bea told the state broadcaster CRTV. Two children under the age of two “miraculously’’ survived the crash, he added. The Yaounde-Bafoussam highway, where…
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CBN can’t stop inflation – Omisakin
Dr. Olusegun Omisakin, the Head of Research, Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), says rising inflation rate in the country has gone beyond the control of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Omisakin made the observation in an interview with the newsmen on Monday in Lagos. Recall that the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics…
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We must do away with commodities which we neither determine nor control their prices – Onu
The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu has said the country can no longer sustain its economy on commodities that it does not have powers to determine or control its prices. A statement by Mr Taye Akinyemi, the Deputy Director, Press of the ministry on Tuesday in Abuja quoted Ono as saying this…