Tag: One Year
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Police arrest fleeing suspect in Imo Zenith Bank robbery one year after
The Imo State Police Command on Friday arrested the last member of the armed robbery gang that invaded a branch of Zenith Bank in the state. Recall that the armed robbery gang (numbering about four) killed two policemen and wounded another. The suspect was identified as Chinonso Gift Onwuegbuchulam, aka, Ogolo, from Obazu Mbieri in…
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Special Report: Despite economic recession, Senate, Reps lavish N7.4bn on official vehicles in one year
By Olaotan Falade Despite the prevailing national economic woes and the escalated sufferings of the average Nigerian, the National Assembly (Senate and House of Representatives) have spent a total of N7,434,000,000 on official vehicles from 2016 to 2017, TheNewsGuru.com authoritatively reports. While the Senate took delivery of 36 exotic Sports Utility Vehicles, SUV, valued at…
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Nigeria’s External reserves dip by $4bn in one year
Statistics obtained from the website of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, reveals that despite the astronomical fall in the value of the Naira against the United States dollar and other major foreign currencies in 2016, the apex bank spent a whopping $4bn from the nation’s external reserves to stabilize the ailing Naira in one…