Tag: Suleja
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SAD! Six protesters reportedly sent to early graves by police in Suleja
No fewer than six people have been reportedly k!lled while some sustained injuries in the ongoing nationwide protest in Suleja, Niger State. The victims were said to have been killed while security operatives were struggling to dislodge a group of protesters who mounted barricade on a section of Abuja-Kaduna highway. Some policemen who were around…
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REVEALED! Suleja prisons built over a century ago with mud as Senate explains why inmates fled
…hails Interior Minister, Tunji-Ojo’s efforts in revamping prisons Nigerian Senate, on Tuesday, explained the root cause of the reported jailbreak in Suleja Medium Security Custodial Centre two weeks ago. According to Senator Adams Oshiomhole, Chairman, Senate Committee on Interior, who briefed Journalists shortly after a closed door session with the Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi…
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For Telecoms, the taste of half bread – By Okoh Aihe
Two evils remain insidiously inimical to any industry. They are very much alive in the telecommunications industry, like Prometheus unchained, ready to do damage any time. They are multiple taxation and regulatory capture. For any business, the knowledge of the existence of this twin evil remains the beginning of wisdom, and the planting of a…
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Suleja gets 80mt N100m domestic gas plant
A private company, Eegoja gas, on Sunday inaugurated a 80 metric tons N100 million modern domestic gas plant in Kwankwashe, Suleja Local Government Area of Niger state. Mr Paul Ekele, the Chief Executive Officer of company, said that the plant would the economy of the area as well as create employment for the people. He…
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Suleja depot fire won’t affect supply of petroleum products – NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says a fire outbreak at its Suleja depot in Niger will not affect steady supply of petroleum products in and around the Federal Capital Territory. The corporation said this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr Ndu Ughamadu. The…
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Fire outbreak at NNPC depot, Suleja
The Niger State Fire Service has confirmed an early morning fire outbreak at the NNPC depot in Suleja. Mr. Mohammad Kwale, the officer in charge of the service in Suleja, told NAN on Sunday that the outbreak affected the loading section in the depot. ”The outbreak started around 4:30am when we were called. By 5:00am…