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October 18, 2019 No Responses

Adulterated Palm Oil: EFCC Hands Over 26 Suspects To NAFDAC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Gombe Zonal Office, has arrested 26 suspects for allegedly adulterating palm oil, and handed them over to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC).Mr Michael Wetkas, the Head of...

October 18, 2019 No Responses

Oyo To Spend N8b On Iwo Road Interchange Expansion

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has disclosed that about N8 billion will be spent on the expansion of Iwo-Road interchange in Ibadan, the state capital.Makinde, who made this known on Friday, when he visited Adogba Central Mosque at Iwo-Road,...

October 18, 2019 No Responses

Thirty Blind Students Benefit From SIFAX ICT Training

Thirty blind students have benefitted from a digital/ICT skill training programme sponsored by SIFAX Group. The training was done in conjunction with the Initiative for National Growth Africa, a non-governmental organization that caters for the less privileged...

October 18, 2019 No Responses

NPA Photo News

The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman (Middle), receives a portrait from Pilot Nkopuyo Abraham (2nd left), Pilot Abiodun Ogunpitan (left), Pilot Otobing Ekam (2nd right) and Pilot Jumbo Hope (right) during a worki...

October 17, 2019 No Responses

Buhari Orders Probe Of NDDC

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a forensic audit of the operations of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from 2001 to 2019.The president gave the directive when he received governors of the states in the Niger Delta area, led by...

October 17, 2019 No Responses

Daewoo Secures $762m Contract For Five Containerships

South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has received a contract for the construction of five large containerships.Signed on October 14, the contract is worth KRW 903.9 billion (about USD 762 million), DSME said in a stock e...

October 17, 2019 No Responses

W Initiative Explains Agenda For Health Month

The W Initiative, a flagship women empowerment programme from Access Bank Plc, has announced plans for its 2019 W Health Month aimed at improving community awareness on health issues that affect women and their families by bridging knowledge gap, providing...

October 17, 2019 No Responses

Alleged Extortion: 70 FRSC Personnel To Face Prosecution

No fewer than 70 officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) have been arrested for alleged extortion during patrol and in the corps facilities, the Corps Marshal, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi has said.Oyeyemi disclosed this on Thursday during a strategic...

October 17, 2019 No Responses

Enugu Airport: Buhari Approves N10b For Rehabilitation

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of N10billion Special Intervention Fund for immediate repairs and upgrade of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu.Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Spokesman in a statement, said this was the high po...

October 17, 2019 No Responses

Photo News

Left to Right: Acting Director General Securities and Exchange commission, SEC, Ms. Mary Uduk and Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Hajia Zainab Ahmed at the on-going World Bank/International Monetary Fund Meeting in Washington DC, Thursday.

October 17, 2019 No Responses

Toyota Unveils Electric Mini Car

Toyota on Thursday unveiled a special mini car. The development is coming after its success with hybrid technology.Indeed, the logical assumption was that Toyota would jump in with both feet into development of battery-electric cars.At first it seemed th...

October 16, 2019 No Responses

Lagos Port Records Highest Incidents As Global Piracy Declines

The first nine months of this year saw fewer incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships than the corresponding period of 2018, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said in its latest report.However, the Gulf of Guinea remained a high...

October 16, 2019 No Responses

CBN: N500, N1000 Denominations Most Commonly Counterfeited Banknotes

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday, said that a total of 119,663 pieces of counterfeit notes with a nominal value of N98.82 million was recorded in 2018.The bank said this in the Currency Operations 2018 Annual Report, posted...

October 16, 2019 No Responses

Delta Proposes N389b Budget For 2020

The Delta State Government has proposed a N389 billion budget for the 2020 fiscal year.The State’s Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Wednesday in Asaba.Aniagwu said that the budget approval was par...