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EFCC TASKFORCE ARRESTS 34 SUSPECTED CURRENCY SPECULATORS IN ABUJA. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 EFCC Taskforce Arrests 34 Suspected Currency Speculators in Abuja Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, attached to the Taskforce on Currency mutilation, Dollarization of the Economy and Forex Malpractice, have arrested 34 suspected currency speculators  for alleged foreign exchange fraud. They were arrested on Friday, April 26, 2024 in a sting operation following credible intelligence about illegal sales of dollars at the Wuse Zone 4 area of the Federal Capital Territory Abuja.   The suspects are :Usman Mohammed, Abdullahi Nasir, Abubakar Saleh, Mohammed Kabir Ibrahim, Abubakar Ghadafi, Muktar Usman, Umar Abubakar Abba, Yakubu Sani, Aminu Abubakar, Muhammed Suleman Abara, Yusuf Tahir, Usman Lawal, Usman Lawal, Usman Umar, Amina Garba Rola, Muhammed Aliyu, Murtala Haruna, Sani Mohammed, Umar Farouk, Muhammed Sagiuru, Aminu Salisu, Lawal Bello, Munzali Hashim, Jamilu Suleiman, Mustapha Umar, Mubarak Tanimu, Adamu Garba, Mohammed Usman, Bello Musa, Saleh Moha
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BILL TO UPGRADE FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC OKO, ORUMBA-NORTH, ANAMBRA TO FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY OKO PASSES FIRST READING ON THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE TODAY-SEN. IFEANYI UBA.{PHOTOS}.#PRESS RELEASE.

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      Today, being Wednesday, December 11, 2019, I sponsored a Bill for the upgrade of the Federal Polytechnic Oko, Orumba-North to Federal University of Technology Oko. Undoubtedly, the existence of a sound and robust educational sector in any country is anchored on the availability of viable academic institutions and well tr ained teachers to impart requisite knowledge. Hence, the need to establish more institutions in our academic sector to continually produce more qualified and globally competitive youths as obtainable in other developed countries all over the world. The primary objective of this university is to produce qualified graduates with capabilities not only to understand the technological needs of Nigeria as a nation but also to exploit existing technological infrastructure and improve on them to develop new ones. The university will be supervised by the Federal Ministry of Education through the National University Commission (NUC) which shall be responsible for a
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ALLEGED N12BN FRAUD: EFCC PRESENTS MORE WITNESSES,DOCUMENTS AGAINST MAINA AND HIS SON.{PHOTOS}.

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          The trial of Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, Pensions Reform Task Team, and his son, Faisal continued on December 11, 2019 before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja as the EFCC presented more witnesses against them. Testifying as the second prosecution witness, PW2, against Maina, Fatima Abdulahi, a civil servant residing in Kaduna, acknowledged that Maina was her older brother. Under examination, she narrated how in August 2019, she went to an Automated Transfer Machine, ATM to withdraw from her Access-Diamond Bank account, but was unable to achieve her aim.
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GRETA THUNBERG NAMED 'PERSON OF THE YEAR' BY TIME MAGAZINE TODAY.{PHOTOS}.

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      Greta Thunberg   sits in silence in the cabin of the boat that will take her   across the Atlantic Ocean . Inside, there’s a cow skull hanging on the wall, a faded globe, a child’s yellow raincoat. Outside, it’s a tempest: rain pelts the boat, ice coats the decks, and the sea batters the vessel that will take this slight girl, her father and a few companions from Virginia to Portugal. For a moment, it’s as if Thunberg were the eye of a hurricane, a pool of resolve at the center of swirling chaos. In here, she speaks quietly. Out there, the entire natural world seems to amplify her small voice, screaming along with her. “We can’t just continue living as if there was no tomorrow, because there is a tomorrow,” she says, tugging on the sleeve of her blue sweatshirt. “That is all we are saying.” It’s a simple truth, delivered by a teenage girl in a fateful moment. The sailboat,  La Vagabonde,  will shepherd Thunberg to the Port of Lisbon, and from there she will travel to
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