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August 14, 2024 No Responses

Obaseki Signs ₦450b Revised Supplementary Budget Into Law

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Tuesday, signed into law a revised supplementary budget of ₦450 billion. Obaseki, who signed the revised supplementary budget at the Exco Chamber, at the Government House, Benin City, said the government is appropriating about...

August 13, 2024 No Responses

DMO Offers Two FG Savings Bonds For Subscription

The Debt Management Office (DMO) has offered two Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) savings bonds for subscription at N1,000 per unit. According to a statement by the DMO on Monday, the first offer is a two-year FGN savings bond due...

August 13, 2024 No Responses

NIMC Reaffirms Commitment To Protection Of NIN Database

The Director General/Chief Executive Officer of NIMC, Engr Abisoye Coker-Odusote, has reiterated the safety and protection of data in its National Identity Database (NIDB) as the country commemorates the National Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) ...

August 13, 2024 No Responses

UBA, Four Others Face $900k Fraud Charges

United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has announced a strategic partnership with the Young Lawyers Forum (YLF) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) with the aim to propel the professional development of over 50,000 young legal practitioners across Nigeria, by...

August 13, 2024 No Responses

The Catholic Herald Holds Centenary Lecture, Awards Presentation October 5

By Neta Nwosu — NIGERIA’s oldest surviving newspaper, The Catholic Herald weekly newspaper is set to hold its Centenary Lecture and Awards presentation themed, ‘The Nigerian State: Transcending Challenges; Attaining True Nationhood.’ Slated for Oct...

August 12, 2024 No Responses

NDLEA Intercepts US, UK-Bound Cocaine Consignments

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted multi-billion-naira worth of cocaine concealed in automobiles and Ghanaian fabric, Kente. In a statement issued on Sunday by the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, 2.32 kilograms of cocaine con...

August 12, 2024 No Responses

Minister Apologises For Nigeria’s Olympics Performance

The Minister of Sports Development, John Enoh has apologised to Nigerians over the poor outing of the Nigerian team at the just-concluded 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. In a statement on Sunday, Enoh said “The Olympic Games, Paris 2024, have ended, a...

August 11, 2024 No Responses

Lagos Increases Blue Rail Line Trips To 72 Per Day

The Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line will from Monday, 12th August 2024 increase its number of trips from 54 to 72 per day. However, the current schedule for Sunday operations remained unchanged The Managing Director of Lagos Metropolitan.....

August 11, 2024 No Responses

At Erelu’s Installation, Adeleke Harps On Agric Processing, Unity Among Obas

Governor Ademola Adeleke has called on traditional rulers to deepen unity among their ranks even as he spoke on his plans for the agricultural sector. The Governor represented by the Commissioner for Agriculture, Hon Tola Faseru made the call at...

August 10, 2024 No Responses

Ogun Allocates 100 Hectares Of Land For Dockyard, Naval Base

The Ogun State Government has allocated 100 hectares of land to the Nigerian Navy to build a Forward Operating Base in the state. The State Governor, Dapo Abiodun disclosed this on Friday during a courtesy visit to the Chief of...

August 10, 2024 No Responses

Innoson Lauds Tinubu’s CNG initiative, Economic Reforms

The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company Ltd (IVM), Nnewi, Chief Dr. Innocent Ifediaso Chukwuma, CON, has commended President Bola Tinubu for his recent Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Initiative, which he said has many advant...

August 10, 2024 No Responses

Dangote To NUPRC: Enforce PIA Act On Crude Supply

Management of Dangote Petroleum Refinery has urged the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), to enforce the domestic crude supply obligation as specified in the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), insisting that refineries in Nigeria should be a...

August 9, 2024 No Responses

Photo News

L-R: Director General, National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), Mr. Oluwemimo Joseph Osanipin, the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr. Shehu Mohammed and the new Deputy Corps Marshal, Mr. Abiodun Akinlade at the National Hea...

August 9, 2024 No Responses

FG Lifts Suspension On Arik Air

A week after Arik Air’s planes were grounded, the Federal Government has lifted the suspension on the operations of the airlines. The Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection at the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Michael Achimugu, disclo...