Three policewomen beaten, stripped by suspects

Female police officers who went to effect the arrest of a tenant on the invitation of a landlady at Oregbeni quarters, were beaten and stripped naked by tenants.

THREE female police officers from Oregbeni Police Station, Ikpoba Hill, Benin, who went to effect the arrest of a tenant on the invitation of a landlady at Oregbeni quarters, were yesterday beaten and stripped naked by tenants.

Chat212 gathered that the affected police officers are currently receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital in the state capital.

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Looking For Jobs... AOS Orwell Is Recruiting

Career At AOS Orwell

AOS Orwell, an integrated indigenous oilfield services company in Nigeria offering well construction and engineering services to the oil and gas sector, has the below vacancy for suitably qualified persons to join its team as:

►Job Title: Control Systems Engineer
►Ref No: PMD/CSEIII
►Area: Process Management (control sytems and instrumentation)
►Location: Port Harcourt/Nigeria

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FG releases N2.7bn to Michael Okpara varsity

►FEDERAL Government has released N2.7 billion to Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, as part of the university’s NEEDS assessment requirement to upgrade the university’s programmes.

►Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Hilary Edoga, who announced this yesterday at a briefing ahead of the university’s 6th convocation, said the total amount for the institution’s NEEDS assessment was N5.4 billion, of which half had been released.

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Africa Nations Cup 2015 final lineup for next year's will be Schedule Wednesday

Africa Nations Cup 2015 final lineup for next year's Africa Cup of Nations finals will be determined on Wednesday.

Africa Nations Cup 2015 will be Schedule for the final round

The final slate of Africa Cup of Nations qualifying games take place on Wednesday, and there is still yet much to play for. Though 10 teams -- including hosts Equatorial Guinea -- have already booked their place at next year's finals, there are still six slots to be filled.

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Job Vacancy, AOS Orwell Is Currently Recruiting... Lead Engineer Projects

Employer: AOS Orwell

Our Company, AOS Orwell, an integrated indigenous oilfield services company in Nigeria offering well construction and engineering services to the oil and gas sector, has the below vacancy for suitably qualified persons to join its team as:

Job Title: Lead Engineer Projects
Ref. PMD/LEP
Location: Rivers/Nigeria

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Govs call for withdrawal of $2bn from Excess Crude Account

For the fourth month running, statutory revenue available for distribution between the three tiers of government dropped as the total revenue for October stood at N593.34 billion. The amount is about N10.192 billion lower than the N603.529 billion shared in September.

This is just as governors of the 36 states of the federation called for the withdrawal of $2 billion, or about N320 billion from Nigeria’s $4.11 billion Excess Crude Account to be used for the completion of projects and for provision of security across the country ahead of the 2015 general elections.

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