Metro Archives — Page 13 of 13

October 9, 2019 No Responses

Accident Claims Five lives In Jos

Road accident involving an articulated vehicle and a Volkswagen Sharon bus at Hawan Kibo area of Plateau has left five persons dead.According to Andrew Bala, Public Education Officer of the Plateau Command of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), the crash...

October 2, 2019 No Responses

Dickson, Others For GOCOP Annual Conference

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State will be the Chief Guest of Honour at the 3rd annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) holding at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos State on October 4, 2019.A statement on Tuesday...

September 29, 2019 No Responses

Photo News

Senator Florence Ita-Giwa leading Cultural Troup At The Banana Island Festival On Saturday In Lagos…Photo Credit: Moses Ebosele,ebosele@hotmail.com

September 27, 2019 No Responses

2020: Obiano Presents N137.1b Budget Proposal

Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State on Thursday presented a budget proposal of N137.1 billion for 2020 to the State House of Assembly for approval.Mr Obiano, who tagged the budget “Accelerating Infrastructural Development and Youth Entrepreneurship’’...

August 25, 2019 No Responses

Dr. Olukoya: God Gave Me The MFM Vision As A Tenant In One-Room Apartment

God gave me the vision to start Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) when I was living in a one-bed room apartment, founder of the church, Dr. Daniel Kolawole Olukoya, has said.‎Olukoya, who is now General Overseer, MFM Ministries ...

August 21, 2019 No Responses

FRSC Argungu Returns N416,000 To Accident Victims.

The Argungu Unit Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (frsc) has returned the sum of four hundred and sixteen thousand naira to victims of road crash that occurred on Saturday 17 August 2019 by 0905 hrs along bye pass...

August 19, 2019 No Responses

FRSC Officials, Five Others Arrested For Extortion

A Joint Inter-Agency Team led by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested 37 officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) for allegedly extorting money from motorists on Nigerian highways.The Team, compri...

July 19, 2019 No Responses

Panel Probes 120 Doctors Over Alleged Misconduct

The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) has inducted 412 foreign trained Nigerian doctors to practice medicine in the country and warned them against ethical misconduct.The induction was held at NAF Conference Centre on Thursday in Abuja, consisting o...

June 16, 2019 No Responses

Elumelu To Empower 1,000 Northern Youths

Founder of Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony Elumelu, has pledged to empower 1000 young entrepreneurs in northern Nigeria.Speaking on Saturday at Bayero University Kano (BUK), while receiving Doctor of Business Administration, Honoris Causa from the universi...

June 15, 2019 No Responses

Apapa Gridlock: Presidential Taskforce Gets Extension

The Federal Government has extended by two weeks, the time given the Presidential Taskforce on the Apapa traffic gridlock to resolve the matter following a request for extension by members of the taskforce and other stakeholders.Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, S...

May 24, 2019 No Responses

Continental Tyre Mobilises Support For SOS Children’s Village

Continental is extending its support to the disaster relief efforts in Mozambique following the devastation and destruction caused by Cyclone Idai by donating funds to SOS Children’s Village.Continental Tyre South Africa (CTSA) has donated R25 000, while...

May 24, 2019 No Responses

NIMASA Donates Relief Materials To Delta IDPs

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has reiterated the Federal and State government’s concern about providing adequate succour aimed at alleviating the sufferings of the Internally Dis...

February 28, 2018 No Responses

Fishing Community In Lagos Laments Dredging, Sand Filling At Oworonsoki

Ongoing dredging work at Oworonsoki, Lagos is causing a lot of mud to settle around the Agoegun fishing community in Bariga and this has caused the fishes in the lagoon in the axis, to migrate into the Ocean. “If we...