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September 17, 2024 No Responses

Nigeria Creates Disaster Relief Fund For Flood Victims

President Bola Tinubu on Monday announced a disaster relief fund in Maiduguri, Borno State, to assist Nigerian citizens impacted by floods and other disasters. He said the relief fund is already expedient as the climate becomes more unpredictable and many...

September 17, 2024 No Responses

Stop Filming Accident Scenes, Chi-Nwaoha, Celebrity Marshal Leader, Advises Nigerians

The National Head, Celebrity Special Marshals Unit of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Julie Chi-Nwaoha has appealed to all state chapters of the Celebrity Special Marshals of the FRSC to help use their status to change the attitude of...

September 17, 2024 No Responses

Okonjo-Iweala Seeks Second Term As WTO DG

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the first woman and first African to head the World Trade Organization, will seek a second four-year term when her mandate expires next August, her spokesman said Monday. “We can confirm that Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has officially announ...

September 16, 2024 No Responses

Edo 2024: The Case For Continuity And Sustainability

By Marcel Okeke — By virtually all performance indices, the Godwin Obaseki-led administration in Edo State has done exceptionally well in nearly eight years. Indeed, without equivocation, the ‘Heartbeat of the Nation’ has joined the league of...

September 16, 2024 No Responses

NNPC Replies Dangote Refinery, Restates N898 Per Litre Transaction

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), on Monday morning insisted that it bought Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as Petro from Dangote refinery at N898 per litre. In a statement issued on Monday morning, Chief Corporate Communi...

September 16, 2024 No Responses

Nigeria Declares 281 Inmates Missing

The Nigerian Correctional Service has declared 281 inmates missing in the medium correctional centre in Maiduguri after the evacuation of inmates by officers of the service with support from sister security agencies. A statement by the service spokesman Abubak...

September 15, 2024 No Responses

Dangote Refinery: Lagos Pledges Effective Traffic Management

The Lagos State Government has pledged comprehensive traffic management strategies as part of measures to guarantee uninterrupted traffic flow along the Lekki-Ajah corridor, given Dangote Refinery’s commencement of the distribution of refined petrol from...

September 15, 2024 No Responses

Edo 2024: Atiku, PDP Govs, Damagun, Others Rally Support For Ighodalo

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar; Vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general election, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa; Acting National Chairman of the PDP, Iliya Damagum and Governors of the PDP, on Saturday, stormed Beni...

September 15, 2024 No Responses

Edo 2024: Shettima, APC Govs, Others Canvass Votes For Okpebholo

The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has implored the people of Edo State to vote for the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Monday Okpebholo, in next Saturday’s governorship election. According to the VP who joined other top members of...

September 14, 2024 No Responses

Dangote Foundation Donates N1b To Maiduguri Flood Victims

Chairman of Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) and Chairman, National Committee on Flood Relief and Rehabilitation, Mr. Aliko Dangote, has donated N1Billion to help assuage the pains of the Maiduguri flood victims in Borno State. The Presidential Committee o...

September 14, 2024 No Responses

CIG Motors To Train 25 YABATECH Students In China

CIG Motors Nigeria has announced plans to sponsor 25 Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) students to China for 18-month automotive training programme. Speaking at the just concluded two-day programme aimed at equipping young Nigerians with career ...

September 14, 2024 No Responses

CNG: NADDC DG, Experts Rally Young Nigerians To Embrace Initiative

The National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) in partnership with the Office of the Special Assistant to the President on Youth Initiatives, Monitoring, and Delivery has concluded a two-day programme aimed at equipping young Nigerians with car...

September 14, 2024 No Responses

Edo 2024: NLC, TUC Endorse PDP Guber Candidate, Ighodalo

Members and leaders of the Edo State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), on Friday, threw their weight behind the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Asue Ighodalo, promising to come...

September 13, 2024 No Responses

Shippers Council Task Operators On Investment In Dockworkers’ Welfare

The Executive Secretary of Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Barr. Pius Akutah, has encouraged Nigerian seaport terminal operators to prioritize the investment in welfare of dockworkers. Akutah, who was speaking at the 2024 Dockworkers Day organized by S...