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August 24, 2022 No Responses

Buhari Endorses 10-Year Football Development Masterplan

President Muhammadu Buhari has described football as the number one sport in Nigeria and a national asset. According to the president, his administration will resist any attempt to undermine its development. Buhari stated this when he received the 10-year Football...

August 24, 2022 No Responses

FRSC Declares ‘Rotational’ Number Plate Illegal

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has ordered an immediate investigation into the case of a video circulating on social media which displayed a vehicle with rotational number plates. A statement issued by the Corps Public Education Officer, Mr Bisi Kazeem....

August 23, 2022 No Responses

FG Rolls Out Rotavirus Vaccine To Protect Millions Of Children

The Federal Government has rolled out a rotavirus vaccine to protect millions of children against the deadliest form of diarrheal disease The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, ...

August 23, 2022 No Responses

Onyema Rewards 11-Year-Old African Club Championship Gold Medalist With Free Flights, N1m

In his characteristic way of supporting Nigerian sports and athletes, the Chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, has rewarded Stephanie Ogechukwu Onusiriuka, an 11-year-old Nigerian gymnast who recently clinched a Gold Medal at the Junior Olympics Level of the A...

August 23, 2022 No Responses

Lagos, NPA, Dangote Group Collaborate On Tin-Can-Mile 2 Road Construction

The Special Adviser to the Lagos State Government on Transportation, Mr Sola Giwa, on Monday said the state government had intensified efforts to remove bottlenecks hindering the completion of the Tin-Can Island-Mile 2 road. Giwa said this at a round...

August 23, 2022 No Responses

Maritime University, NDA Sign Research, Manpower Development MoU

The Nigerian Maritime University (NMU) Okerenkoko in Delta, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Kaduna on research and manpower development. The MoU was signed by the Vice Chancellor of NMU, Prof. Emmanuel Adi...

August 22, 2022 No Responses

353 Inmates On Death Row In Lagos

The Lagos State Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service ( NCoS ) on Sunday said it had no fewer than 353 inmates currently on death row at its Kirikiri Custodial Centre. The spokesman of the command, Mr Rotimi Oladokun, confirmed...

August 22, 2022 No Responses

Lekki Deep-Sea Port To Lift Nigeria’s Economy, Create 112,000 Jobs, Says Minister

Minister of Transportation, Alhaji Muazu Sambo, on Sunday said that the Lekki Deep-Sea Port project would create 112,000 jobs for Nigerians upon its completion. Sambo gave the declaration on Sunday while speaking to newsmen in Jalingo. He said that the...

August 21, 2022 No Responses

Ecobank Reiterates Support For Creative Industry

The Managing Director and Regional Executive, Ecobank Nigeria Limited, Bolaji Lawal has assured that the Bank will continue to provide a platform for harnessing and powering the creative industry in Nigeria. The Managing Director made this pledge at the Photog...

August 20, 2022 No Responses

AFRIMA Fetes Jurors At Annual Patrons‘ Dinner

It was an exciting blend of glitz, glam and euphoria as the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) hosted its annual patron’s dinner with the jury members on Wednesday, in Lagos, Nigeria. The event, which feted stakeholders in Africa’s creative economy,...

August 19, 2022 No Responses

Kwara Customs Area Command Gets New Comptroller

Newly posted Area Comptroller of Customs, Kwara Area Command, Mr Aliyu Bello, on Thursday assumed duty in Ilorin, Kwara State. Bello, who was deployed from Zone A Headquarters, took over the mantle of leadership from Comptroller Hussaini Ahmed. A...

August 18, 2022 No Responses

Test Run Of Lagos Blue Line Rail Project Begins December

The test run of the Lagos Blue Rail Line train service project is to commence December 2022. Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu said this in Marina on Wednesday at the launch of the last track beam (T-beam) for the blue line...

August 18, 2022 No Responses

Electricity Workers Suspend Strike

The leadership of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has suspended the ongoing strike by two weeks. Mr Godfrey Abah, the Chairman, FCT chapter of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) said this in an interview with the...

August 18, 2022 No Responses

LNG: Germany Secures Supply Via Chartered FSRUs

Germany has formally confirmed its intention to have liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in Brunsbüttel and Wilhelmshaven ready at the turn of the year 2022/2023. According to World Maritime News, on 16 August, 2022, Robert Habeck, Vice-Chancello...