Category: News

REDTV’s TMC Emerges ‘Web Series Of The Year 2020’
April 26, 2021 No Responses

REDTV’s TMC Emerges ‘Web Series Of The Year 2020’

The Men’s Club (TMC), Africa’s highly anticipated online series powered by the United Bank for Africa’s Lifestyle and Entertainment channel, REDTV, has emerged the winner of Gage’s Awards’ Web Series of the Year 2020.  Following a thorough audit by the...
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Zamfara Bans Sale Of Petroleum Products
April 25, 2021 No Responses

Zamfara Bans Sale Of Petroleum Products

Zamfara Government has banned the sale of petroleum products in areas that recorded recent upsurge of banditry in the state.  This is contained in a statement signed by the Commissioner of Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara, issued in Gusau on Saturday.&n...
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India Hospitals Send SOS As Covid Toll Surges
April 25, 2021 No Responses

India Hospitals Send SOS As Covid Toll Surges

Indian hospitals say their patients are dying because of a shortage of oxygen as Covid case numbers and deaths set new records for a third day running. India has recorded nearly a million infections in three days, with 346,786 new...
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Guild Of Editors Inaugurates 2021 Convention Committee
April 25, 2021 No Responses

Guild Of Editors Inaugurates 2021 Convention Committee

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGEDITORS) has inaugurated a seven-man Local Organising Committee (LOC) for its forthcoming Annual General Meeting (AGM), scheduled for May 27, in Kano.  NGEDITORS is a non-governmental, non-partisan, not-for-profit organisa...
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Minister Unveils NCC’s Emergency Communication Centres In Enugu, Ogun
April 24, 2021 No Responses

Minister Unveils NCC’s Emergency Communication Centres In Enugu, Ogun

The Emergency Communication Centres (NCC) established by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in both Ogun and Enugu states have been commissioned by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami.   The two N...
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Commonwealth Unveils Benchmarks To Help Countries Fight Corruption
April 23, 2021 No Responses

Commonwealth Unveils Benchmarks To Help Countries Fight Corruption

A landmark set of measures to support international efforts in tackling corruption has been launched by the Commonwealth Secretariat.  The Commonwealth Anti-Corruption Benchmarks are designed to help governments and public sector organisations a...
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Kano/Jigawa Customs Command Generates N7.6b, Impounds 716 Bags Of Rice, Others
April 23, 2021 No Responses

Kano/Jigawa Customs Command Generates N7.6b, Impounds 716 Bags Of Rice, Others

For the 2021 first quarter (Q1), the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kano/Jigawa Area Command, generated a total of N7.658 billion revenue .  The Customs Area Comptroller, Mr Suleiman Pai-Umar, who disclosed this on Thursday in Kano explained that N2....
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NCC Arrests Five Suspects Over Fraudulently-registered SIM Cards
April 23, 2021 No Responses

NCC Arrests Five Suspects Over Fraudulently-registered SIM Cards

As part of its routine enforcement activities to sanitise the industry of criminal elements, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has arrested no fewer than five suspected individuals for allegedly engaging in fraudulently registering and selling Subsc...
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NPA Appoints 4 GMs, 8 AGMs
April 22, 2021 No Responses

NPA Appoints 4 GMs, 8 AGMs

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has announced the appointment of four new General Managers (GM) and eight Assistant General Managers(AGM).  A statement issued by Assistant General Manager, Corporate & Strategic Communications, I. S. Nasiru exp...
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Customs Generates N38.8b At Onne In Q1
April 22, 2021 No Responses

Customs Generates N38.8b At Onne In Q1

The Nigeria Customs Service (NIS), Area II Command, Onne Port, Rivers, generated over N38.8 billion in revenue in the first quarter of 2021.  The command’s Comptroller, Auwal Mohammed, disclosed the figures in a statement issued by the command’s spoke...
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Senate Approves Buhari’s $1.5b, €995m External Loan Requests
April 22, 2021 No Responses

Senate Approves Buhari’s $1.5b, €995m External Loan Requests

The Senate on Wednesday approved $1.5billion and €995million external loan requests From President Mohammadu Buhari.  The approval was sequel to the consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts presented by its Chairman...
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Nigeria Targets 60,000 Tractors, Explains Agric Mechanisation Agenda
April 21, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria Targets 60,000 Tractors, Explains Agric Mechanisation Agenda

The Federal Government is targeting about 60, 000 tractors to drive its Agriculture Mechanisation Programme, Nigerian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Nanono, said on Tuesday.   Nanono disclosed this when participants of...
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FG Trains Rice Farmers, Distributes Seedlings In Edo
April 21, 2021 No Responses

FG Trains Rice Farmers, Distributes Seedlings In Edo

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FEMARD) has trained 40 rice farmers in the rice value chain in Edo State as part of measures to boost production.  The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the ministry also...
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Customs Strike Force Intercepts 513 Bags Of Foreign Rice
April 21, 2021 No Responses

Customs Strike Force Intercepts 513 Bags Of Foreign Rice

The Nigeria Customs Service, Zone B Strike Force Team  has intercepted 513 bags of 50kg foreign rice from smugglers.  The Coordinator of the Team, DC Oseni Olorukooba, while briefing newsmen on Tuesday in Ilorin, explained that the seizures with...
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