Category: News

Pope Francis Arrives In Canada On First Stop Of Week-Long Trip
July 25, 2022 No Responses

Pope Francis Arrives In Canada On First Stop Of Week-Long Trip

Pope Francis on Sunday arrived in Canada to apologise to residential school survivors on their lands for the Catholic Church’s operation of residential schools throughout the country.  The Pope will make three stops in the course of his five-day tour...
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Monkeypox: WHO Declares Highest Alert
July 24, 2022 No Responses

Monkeypox: WHO Declares Highest Alert

The monkeypox outbreak has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization. The classification is the highest alert that the WHO can issue and follows a worldwide upsurge in cases.  It came at the end of the...
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TinCan Customs Generates N274.32b In Six Months
July 23, 2022 No Responses

TinCan Customs Generates N274.32b In Six Months

Between January and June 2022, the TinCan Island Port Customers Command generated N274.32 billion, an increase of 27.50 per cent when compared with N229.32 billion achieved in the corresponding period of 2021.    Briefing Journalists on Friday, the comm...
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CBN Partners UNILORIN On N600m Commercial Poultry Farm 
July 22, 2022 No Responses

CBN Partners UNILORIN On N600m Commercial Poultry Farm 

The University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) in partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has inaugurated an integrated commercial poultry farm with a N600 million loan.  Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem, the Vice Chancellor of the university, who spoke at the o...
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Shippers’ Council Wades Into APMT, MWUN Dispute
July 22, 2022 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Wades Into APMT, MWUN Dispute

The management of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC)  has appealed to striking dockworkers at APM Terminal to give the Council the necessary atmosphere to resolve contending issues. Executive Secretary, NSC, Emmanuel Jime, who led the management team dur...
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Delta, Stallion Bajaj Train 250 Youths On Tricycle Repairs, Service
July 22, 2022 No Responses

Delta, Stallion Bajaj Train 250 Youths On Tricycle Repairs, Service

Delta State Government and Stallion Auto Keke Limited have commenced the training of 250 youths on repairs and servicing of Keke Bajaj Tricycles in Delta State.  The Chairman, Delta State Investments Development Agency (DIDA), Paul Nmah, who addressed the...
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FEC Approves N7.4b For Irrigation, Aviation Equipment 
July 21, 2022 No Responses

FEC Approves N7.4b For Irrigation, Aviation Equipment 

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a contract worth N6 billion as augmentation for the Chochi irrigation project in Adamawa as well as N1.4billion for procurement of aviation equipment.  Ministers of Water Resources, Sulieman Adamu, and Aviation...
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Danbatta Elected Into Nigerian Academy Of Engineering Council
July 21, 2022 No Responses

Danbatta Elected Into Nigerian Academy Of Engineering Council

The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has been elected to the Governing Council of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering (NAE), a step which signposts his outstandi...
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Transport Ministry, Shippers’ Council To Sensitise Stakeholders
July 20, 2022 No Responses

Transport Ministry, Shippers’ Council To Sensitise Stakeholders

The Federal Ministry of Transport (FMOT) is collaborating with the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) to organize a sensitization programme on some functions of the council.  A statement issued by Rakiya Dhikru-Yagboyaju, Head, Public Relations, NSC, expl...
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OPINION: BOBOYE OYEYEMI: THE LAST MAN STANDING BOWS GRACEFULLY OUT OF FRSC 
July 19, 2022 No Responses

OPINION: BOBOYE OYEYEMI: THE LAST MAN STANDING BOWS GRACEFULLY OUT OF FRSC 

By ACM Bisi Kazeem, fsi  — When he was appointed as the first internally groomed Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) by former President Goodluck Jonathan on 23rd July 2014, the emergence of Dr Boboye Olayemi Oyeyemi...
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 St Maria Goretti Old Girls Urge Edo State Govt To Return School To Catholic Mission
July 19, 2022 No Responses

 St Maria Goretti Old Girls Urge Edo State Govt To Return School To Catholic Mission

The Class of 1982 of Saint Maria Goretti Girls Grammar School Benin City has pleaded with the Edo State Government to consider returning the School to the Catholic Mission to enhance the education of the girl child.  The old students,...
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Group Tasks FG On Incentives For Manufacturers
July 18, 2022 No Responses

Group Tasks FG On Incentives For Manufacturers

The National Union of Chemical, Footwear, Rubber, Leather and Non-Metallic Employees (NUCFRLANMPE) has tasked the Federal Government with incentives to cushion the effects of the harsh economy on manufacturers.  Mr Babatunde Olatunji, the President of NUCFRLA...
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Yola Catholic Diocese Ordains Six New Priests 
July 18, 2022 No Responses

Yola Catholic Diocese Ordains Six New Priests 

The Catholic Bishop of yola Diocese, Most Reverend Stephen Dami Mamza has ordained six new priests in the Catholic Diocese of Yola.  The ordination ceremony which took place at saint Theresa’s Cathedral, jimeta was attended by Bishop of Archdiocese ...
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STOAN Congratulate New Transportation Minister
July 18, 2022 No Responses

STOAN Congratulate New Transportation Minister

The Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN) on Sunday congratulated the new Minister of Transportation, Mr Mu’azu Sambo, on his appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari.  The Chairman of STOAN, Princess Vicky Haastrup, in a statement ...
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