Category: News

Delta, Rivers Corps Members To Benefit From Unity Bank’s N10m Business Grant 
June 30, 2022 No Responses

Delta, Rivers Corps Members To Benefit From Unity Bank’s N10m Business Grant 

Unity Bank’s flagship Entrepreneurial Development Initiative, Corpreneurship Challenge, is set to return for the 8th edition across 10 locations in Nigeria, including a debut in Delta and Rivers States.    The Retail lender kick-started the Corpreneurship Challenge scheme in 2019, with a launch...
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WAEC Approves 85 Venues For Coordination And Scripts Marking
June 30, 2022 No Responses

WAEC Approves 85 Venues For Coordination And Scripts Marking

Coordination and marking of the 2022 West African Senior  School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates will be carried out at 85 venues across Nigeria.  The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) made the disclosure in a statement s...
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Nigeria Targets 1.6b Litres Of Milk Per Annum
June 29, 2022 No Responses

Nigeria Targets 1.6b Litres Of Milk Per Annum

Nigeria is targeting 1.6 billion liters of milk per annum for self-sufficiency in livestock products and animal protein needs.  Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, disclosed this while inaugurating the National...
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NIWA Board Holds Inaugural meeting, Pledges To Make 10,00km Waterways Navigable
June 29, 2022 No Responses

NIWA Board Holds Inaugural meeting, Pledges To Make 10,00km Waterways Navigable

The Board of Directors, the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), has promised to make the nation’s 10,000km-waterways navigable all year round.  The Board Chairperson, Sen Binta Masi-Garba, made the promise on Tuesday during the Inaugural meeting o...
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Customs Impounds N1.3b Goods In Ogun
June 28, 2022 No Responses

Customs Impounds N1.3b Goods In Ogun

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun 1 Area Command impounded goods worth N1.3 billion between May to June around Ogun State and its environs. Briefing Journalists on Monday, the Area Comptroller, Bamidele Makinde, explained that the command generated N12.8...
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Railway Fencing: Contractors Protest Over Non-Payment Of N500m Debt
June 28, 2022 No Responses

Railway Fencing: Contractors Protest Over Non-Payment Of N500m Debt

The Abuja-Kaduna Railway Fencing Sub-Contractors Association on Monday, in Abuja protested over the non-payment of N500 million debt owed them by Deux Projects Limited since 2018.The association’s spokesman, Mr Onyeka Enechuku, said the angry contractors wer...
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How To Prevent Death From Fibroids, By Expert
June 27, 2022 No Responses

How To Prevent Death From Fibroids, By Expert

A consultant gynaecologist, Dr Stanley Egbogu, has warned women against the use of natural remedies for the removal of fibroids.  Egbogu who works at Nnamdi Azikwe Teaching Hospital, Awka, Anambra, said this in an interview with the News Agency of...
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PwC Staff To Get Pay Rise 
June 27, 2022 No Responses

PwC Staff To Get Pay Rise 

Thousands of PwC staff are to get a 9% pay rise in response to rising living costs and a competitive recruitment market, the accountancy giant has said.  The company said half of its more than 20,000 employees in the UK...
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Global Leaders Pledge $4b To Tackle Malaria, NTDs
June 25, 2022 No Responses

Global Leaders Pledge $4b To Tackle Malaria, NTDs

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — As part of measures to tackle Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), global leaders led by African Heads of State, at the historic Kigali Summit on Malaria and NTDs, have pledged $4 billion. Hosted by Pre...
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Afolabi Donates Church, Hall, Bus To Ijebu Anglican Diocese 
June 25, 2022 No Responses

Afolabi Donates Church, Hall, Bus To Ijebu Anglican Diocese 

Chairman, SIFAX Group, Dr. Taiwo Afolabi, has donated a church, vicarage, children’s hall and a bus to the Ijebu Anglican Diocese in commemoration of his 60th birthday.   The church, Samson Afolabi Anglican Church, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, would seek to ...
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AMACOG 92 Marks 30th Graduation Anniversary, Renovates MAPOLY TV Studio
June 25, 2022 No Responses

AMACOG 92 Marks 30th Graduation Anniversary, Renovates MAPOLY TV Studio

The Association of Mass Communication Graduates of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State has concluded plans to mark its 30th graduation anniversary on July 1 in the school.AMACOG 92 is an association of 1992 graduates of the then Ogun...
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Transport Ministry Canvasses Support For Port Task Team
June 25, 2022 No Responses

Transport Ministry Canvasses Support For Port Task Team

Dr Magdalene Ajani, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation, on Friday tasked agencies in the maritime sector to support the Port Standing Task Team (PSTT) to work seamlessly.  Ajani, represented by Mr Adams Ofie, Deputy Director at the Fe...
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WHO Confirms 3,200 Cases Of Monkeypox In 48 Countries Including Nigeria
June 24, 2022 No Responses

WHO Confirms 3,200 Cases Of Monkeypox In 48 Countries Including Nigeria

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that more than 3,200 Monkeypox cases have been confirmed in 48 countries including Nigeria.  “In Nigeria, the proportion of women affected is much higher than elsewhere.  “It is critical to b...
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Danbatta: Collaboration Is Key To 5G Deployment In Nigeria
June 24, 2022 No Responses

Danbatta: Collaboration Is Key To 5G Deployment In Nigeria

Industry collaboration is very essential to the successful deployment of 5G Services in Nigeria, the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has said. Danbatta, who spoke in Lagos on Thursday, ...
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