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August 24, 2026 No Responses

Tinubu Renews Tenure Of NTA, NAN Chief Executives

By ebosele@hotmail.com President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has renewed the tenure of the Director-General of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Abdulhamid Salihu Dembos, and the Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Ali Mohammed Ali, for another three-year term.The...

October 2, 2024 No Responses

FG Signs N122b Equity Participation Agreement With Six Gas Firms

The Federal Government has signed a N122 billion project equity participation agreement with six gas infrastructure companies aimed at transforming the midstream gas value chain across the country. This was disclosed by the Minister of State for Petroleum Reso...

January 16, 2024 No Responses

JAMB Okays 747 CBT Centres For 2024 UTME Registration, Examination

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has certified 747 Computer Based Test (CBT) Centres for the 2024 UTME exercise scheduled to begin on Monday. The board made this known in a Bulletin issued by the Board’s Public Communication Advisor(PAC),....

January 9, 2024 No Responses

Minister Of Interior Reacts To Alleged N438m ‘Consultancy Fees’

The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has denied reports that his company is involved in the contract allegations linked with the ministry of humanitarian affairs. An online Newspaper had reported that a company allegedly owned by Tunji-Ojo alleg...

April 20, 2023 No Responses

NPA Retiree Jailed 14 Years For N24.3m Fraud

An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday sentenced a retired staff of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Nasiru Ogara, to 14 years’ imprisonment for engaging in N24.3 million waste bin and vehicle documents fraud. Justice Mojisola Dada, while deliverin...

March 6, 2023 No Responses

INEC Seeks Permission To Reconfigure BVAS

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is to approach Appeal Court on Monday for an order to allow it to reconfigure its Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for the March 11 state elections. A credible source in the commission hinted...

October 6, 2022 No Responses

NGX Lists Geregu Power On Main Board

The Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) on Wednesday listed Geregu Power Plc on its main board with 2.5 billion ordinary shares at N100 per share under the utilities sector and electric power generation sub-sector of NGX. The News Agency of Nigeria...

August 22, 2022 No Responses

100 MSMEs Secure Export Certifications

Over 100 Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises (MSME) have received export certifications to qualify them for the export of their products, the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), disclosed on Sunday in Jos, Plateau State. The Executive Director of NEP...

July 24, 2022 No Responses

Gunmen Abduct Owner Of Titilayo Hospital In Oyo

Suspected gunmen have abducted the owner of a private clinic, Titilayo Hospital in Gbede, Surulere Local Government Area of Oyo State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered on Saturday that the man, simply identified as “Baba Rasheed”, who owns.....

July 23, 2022 No Responses

2023: 15 Parties Jostle For Lagos Governorship Seat

Fifteen out of 18 political parties in Nigeria are jostling for the governorship seat of Lagos State, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN reports that this is contained in details of candidates and political parties contesting the number...

April 9, 2022 No Responses

CBN To Begin Payment Of N65 Rebate To Exporters

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is to begin payment of N65 rebate to exporters who sold their goods through the importers and exporters (I&E) window, at the end of the first quarter. CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, said this shortly...

February 4, 2022 No Responses

Okomu Oil Suspends Operations

The Okomu Oil Palm Company in Edo State has suspended operations in the aftermath of what the management described as a “terrorist attack“ on Tuesday. “For now, we are forced to shut down our operations to save lives from possible...

February 1, 2022 No Responses

AMES-Edo Dry Port Begins Trial Export

The Atlantique Marine and Engineering Services (AMES)-Edo Inland Dry Port has concluded arrangement to commence trial exports from its domestic export warehouse this month (February). A member of the port’s Management Board, Mr Isaac Ebewele, tol...

January 31, 2022 No Responses

E-invoicing: Manufacturers Seek 90 Days Extension

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to extend the implementation of the E-invoice and E-evaluator initiatives by 90 days to accommodate inputs of the stakeholders. Mr Segun Ajayi-Kadir, Director...