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…

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 announced…

Adeleke: Ile Ife Deserves Flyovers, Dualized Roads, Others
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has decried the low physical and infrastructure development of Ile Ife, the cradle of Yoruba people, declaring that the source of Yoruba race deserves total upgrade in terms of flyovers, dualised roads and upgraded facilities…

CNG: NADDC Harps On Specialized Training For Auto Technicians
Specialized Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) training is aimed at ensuring capacity building and skills upgrade for technicians and youths to enable them cope in the ever dynamic automotive industry.This was declared by the Director General, National Automotive Design and Development…

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 top-notch states in…

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 Communications Officer…

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 Abubakar Umar…

Dangote Refinery Faults NNPCL On N898 Per Litre Price
Our attention has been drawn to a statement attributed to NNPCL spokesperson, Mr. Olufemi Soneye, that we sell our PMS at N898 per litre to the NNPCL.This statement is both misleading and mischievous, deliberately aimed at undermining the milestone achievement…

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 Sunday, 15th September 2024. The Special…

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 Benin City,…

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…

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 on Flood Relief…

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 prospects in the automotive sector,…

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 career prospects in…