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February 10, 2025 No Responses

Energy Expert To Tinubu: End Petrol Import, Prioritise Local Refining

Energy expert, Dan Kunle has warned that the continued importation of petrol and diesel by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited and certain marketers, despite the Dangote Petroleum Refinery’s capacity to meet domestic demand, is a disservice to the...

February 10, 2025 No Responses

Atiku Cautions Against Misappropriation Of $1.07b Health Budget

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has warned that snakes, termites, monkeys, rodents and other mysterious animals must not be allowed to swallow the $1.07 billion earmarked for the health sector in the 2025 budget proposal. In a statement on Sunday,...

February 10, 2025 No Responses

Frequent Sex Doesn’t Reduce Prostate Cancer Risk, Says Expert

The Assistant Chief Medical Officer and General Practitioner at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti, Dr Sam Adegboye, has debunked the claim that frequent sexual activity reduces the risk of prostate cancer in men. The Physician debunked the claim in a...

February 10, 2025 No Responses

GOCOP, Zenith Bank Legal Adviser Pay Tribute To Sundiata Post CEO’s Father, High Chief Amuchie

The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) and Mr. Mike Osilama, Legal Adviser, Zenith Bank Plc, have paid tribute to High Chief Emmanuel Ikonne Amuchie, the late father of Dr Max Amuchie, Chief Executive Officer of Sundiata Post Media Ltd...

February 9, 2025 No Responses

Lagos, Summa Group Sign Lekki-Epe Int’l Airport MoU

Lagos State government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with construction company Summa Group for the development and construction of an international airport around the Lekki-Epe axis. This was disclosed by the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu...

February 9, 2025 No Responses

NIWA: GMs, Area Managers Sign Performance Bond

As part of efforts to enhance safety on Nigeria’s waterways, General Managers (GMs) and Area Managers of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) have signed a performance bond with the Managing Director, Mr. Bola Oyebamiji, “reinforcing a strict com...

February 9, 2025 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Implore Stakeholders On Challenges

To successfully tackle factors associated with rising operational cost in the shipping industry and the need to further stimulate Nigeria’s economic growth, the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) recently convened a high-level meeting with industr...

February 8, 2025 No Responses

NNPCL: No Explosion At Warri Refinery

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has described as false report of an explosion at the Warri refinery. According to NNPCL, Warri refinery is currently loading eight trucks of diesel and kerosene per day. A statement issued by the...

February 8, 2025 No Responses

Eno Lauds Niger Delta Sports Festival, Partners NDDC

The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has applauded the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, for initiating the Niger Delta Sports Festival billed to take place between April 1 to 9, 2025, in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital....

February 7, 2025 No Responses

Senate Probes Oil Spill In Rivers

The Senate has directed an urgent investigation into the cause of a recent fire outbreak and oil spill from Manifold Well 8/ Bug 008 in OML 18, Buguma area of Rivers State. This followed a motion raised by Senator Harry...

February 7, 2025 No Responses

Edo Assets Verification Report

The summary of the findings of the Committee which is contained in its over 3,900 page report are as follows; 1. On Radisson Hotel:Committee found that while Edo state has Committed over N19bn (N2bn for land purchase and N17bn raised...

February 6, 2025 No Responses

Tinubu Mourns 17 Zamfara Pupils

President Bola Tinubu has sent heartfelt condolences to parents, guardians, and families who lost loved ones in a fire outbreak that stretched into an Islamic school in Kaura Namoda, Zamfara State, on Tuesday night. No fewer than 17 children lost.....

February 5, 2025 No Responses

FG To Raise N758b Bond

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Tuesday gave an approval to the Debt Management Office to raise N758 billion bond to clear the backlog of pension liabilities for all categories of pensioners. FEC also approved a 30 million Euro long-term...

February 5, 2025 No Responses

Lagos Reaffirms Commitment To Human Capital Development

Lagos State Government has reiterated its commitment to invest in human capital development as part of measures to enhance governance and service delivery. The Commissioner for Establishments and Training, Mr. Afolabi Ayantayo, made this assertion on Tuesday a...