Category: News

Shell Donates Subsea Training Facilities To Uniport
September 27, 2021 No Responses

Shell Donates Subsea Training Facilities To Uniport

The Nigeria deep-water arm of global energy giant, Shell, has donated multimillion naira laboratory equipment and software packages to the Offshore Technology Institute of the University of Port Harcourt as part of the company’s Nigerian content human capital development programme...
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How To Bridge Infrastructure Gap Through Capital Market, By SEC
September 27, 2021 No Responses

How To Bridge Infrastructure Gap Through Capital Market, By SEC

The Securities and Exchange Commission has again affirmed that the capital market has the potentials to bridge the infrastructure gap in the country as well as aid economic development.  This was stated by Executive Commissioner Operations of the SEC, Mr....
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FG Converts National Blood Service To Commission
September 26, 2021 No Responses

FG Converts National Blood Service To Commission

The Federal Government has established the National Blood Service Commission (NBSC) to replace the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) to coordinate, regulate and ensure the provision of safe, quality blood transfusion services.  A statement issued ...
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Lagos, Edo Top List As Nigeria Records 210 New COVID-19 Cases
September 26, 2021 No Responses

Lagos, Edo Top List As Nigeria Records 210 New COVID-19 Cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded two more COVID-19-related deaths with 210 additional cases in the last 24 hours.  NCDC, in its latest update on Sunday morning, explained that the cases were reported in 12 states and the...
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Catholic Archbishops Urge Govt To Restore Peace, Alleviate Poverty, Improve Lives
September 26, 2021 No Responses

Catholic Archbishops Urge Govt To Restore Peace, Alleviate Poverty, Improve Lives

The Catholic Archbishops of Abuja have has urged government and the law enforcement agencies to do all that is necessary to tackle national insecurity and restore lasting peace in the country.  This is contained in a communique issued on Saturday...
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Buhari Lauds America’s Support For Nigeria’s Fight Against Terrorism
September 25, 2021 No Responses

Buhari Lauds America’s Support For Nigeria’s Fight Against Terrorism

President Muhammadu Buhari says the support by the United States of America has made a great difference in Nigeria’s efforts to stamp out terrorism within its borders.  The President’s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in a statement late Friday, said that....
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Amaechi: Ethnicity, Bane Of Nigeria’s Development
September 25, 2021 No Responses

Amaechi: Ethnicity, Bane Of Nigeria’s Development

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that ethnicity is a big challenge to development in Nigeria.  Amaechi, in a statement on Friday, said rail projects around the country were built for the growth of the economy rather than ethn...
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FG, States, LGs Share N696.9b
September 24, 2021 No Responses

FG, States, LGs Share N696.9b

The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared N696.965 billion as federation allocation for August.  This is contained in a statement issued on Thursday by Mr Oshundun Olajide, Deputy Director (Information), Ministry of Finance, Budget an...
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UNILAG, Three Others Get £1.9m Research Grant
September 24, 2021 No Responses

UNILAG, Three Others Get £1.9m Research Grant

The University of Lagos (UNILAG), two other Universities in Africa and one in the United Kingdom, have been awarded a research grant worth £1.9m by the United Kingdom Research Institute (UKRI).  The grant, which is for a three-year research project (2021-2...
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Norway Blames Rising Cost Of Stockfish In Nigeria On Forex Ban
September 24, 2021 No Responses

Norway Blames Rising Cost Of Stockfish In Nigeria On Forex Ban

Norway Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Knut Lein,  on Friday,  blamed the rising cost of stockfish in Nigeria on the inclusion of stockfish on forex banned list.  The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)&nbs...
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Sokoto Catholic Diocese Ordains Five Priests
September 24, 2021 No Responses

Sokoto Catholic Diocese Ordains Five Priests

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev. Bishop Matthew Kukah, on Thursday, ordained five new priests.  The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the newly ordained priests are Rev. Charles Adigwe, Rev. Bulus Bala, Rev. Akor Solomon, Rev....
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Customs Impound 707 Bags Of Rice, 231 Cartons Of Milk, Others In Kano
September 24, 2021 No Responses

Customs Impound 707 Bags Of Rice, 231 Cartons Of Milk, Others In Kano

Between July and this month, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kano/Jigawa Command,  seized 707 bags of smuggled rice and other items with Duty Paid Value of N41.3 million.   The Command’s Comptroller, Mr Suleiman Umar, made the disclosure on Thursday i...
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Nigeria To Deploy 5G Network In 2022
September 24, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria To Deploy 5G Network In 2022

The Five Generation (5G) network will be deployed in Nigeria in January 2022,  and will aid surveillance against vandalism of public assets, Minister of Communication and Digital Economy,  Mr Isa Pantami, has said   The minister disclo...
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Access Bank, Firm Donate Hand Washing Facilities To 20 Schools
September 24, 2021 No Responses

Access Bank, Firm Donate Hand Washing Facilities To 20 Schools

Access Bank Plc and Xploit Consulting Limited, on Thursday, donated handwashing facilities to 10 schools in two Local Government Areas of Nasarawa state as part of measures to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state. Dr Tayo...
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