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September 15, 2024 No Responses

Edo 2024: Shettima, APC Govs, Others Canvass Votes For Okpebholo

The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has implored the people of Edo State to vote for the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Monday Okpebholo, in next Saturday’s governorship election. According to the VP who joined other top members of...

September 14, 2024 No Responses

Dangote Foundation Donates N1b To Maiduguri Flood Victims

Chairman of Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) and Chairman, National Committee on Flood Relief and Rehabilitation, Mr. Aliko Dangote, has donated N1Billion to help assuage the pains of the Maiduguri flood victims in Borno State. The Presidential Committee o...

September 14, 2024 No Responses

CIG Motors To Train 25 YABATECH Students In China

CIG Motors Nigeria has announced plans to sponsor 25 Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) students to China for 18-month automotive training programme. Speaking at the just concluded two-day programme aimed at equipping young Nigerians with career ...

September 14, 2024 No Responses

CNG: NADDC DG, Experts Rally Young Nigerians To Embrace Initiative

The National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) in partnership with the Office of the Special Assistant to the President on Youth Initiatives, Monitoring, and Delivery has concluded a two-day programme aimed at equipping young Nigerians with car...

September 14, 2024 No Responses

Edo 2024: NLC, TUC Endorse PDP Guber Candidate, Ighodalo

Members and leaders of the Edo State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), on Friday, threw their weight behind the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Asue Ighodalo, promising to come...

September 13, 2024 No Responses

Shippers Council Task Operators On Investment In Dockworkers’ Welfare

The Executive Secretary of Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Barr. Pius Akutah, has encouraged Nigerian seaport terminal operators to prioritize the investment in welfare of dockworkers. Akutah, who was speaking at the 2024 Dockworkers Day organized by S...

September 13, 2024 No Responses

Maritime Workers To FG: Renew Licenses For Terminal Operators

Maritime Workers under the aegis of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) have expressed their displeasure over the continuous delay in the renewal of the licenses of the terminal operators at the nation’s seaports. President, MWUN, Adewale A...

September 13, 2024 No Responses

LAGOS LAUNCHES GREENHOUSE REGISTRY

As part of measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote a sustainable environment, the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA), in collaboration with TPHG Technologies Limited, recently organised a Stakeholders’ Engagement. T...

September 12, 2024 No Responses

Food Security, Community Engagement Take Centre Stage As NWC Ends In Lagos

The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, and his Nasarawa State counterpart, Engr. Abdullahi Sule, have called on women to be involved in the ongoing efforts towards food security, family sustenance, and community development in Lagos State...

September 12, 2024 No Responses

Mpox: Nigeria Confirms Eight New Cases, Cameroon Records Two Deaths

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed eight new cases of Mpox in the country, with fresh cases recorded in Gombe, Plateau and Akwa Ibom State. Already, 67 cases have been confirmed in 23 states and...

September 12, 2024 No Responses

UN Warns Against Cholera Outbreak, Malnutrition In Borno

The United Nations has raised the alarm over the possibility of an outbreak of Cholera disease at emergency Internally Displaced Person camps in Maduguri, Borno State as a result of reported flooding in the state. A report released by the...

September 11, 2024 No Responses

EFCC To Prosecute Bank Executives

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday disclosed plans to prosecute Bank Executives soon. Speaking at the 17th annual conference of the Chartered Institute Bankers of Nigeria, the Chairman of the EFCC, Ola Olukoyede said the...

September 11, 2024 No Responses

Nigeria Confirms 55 Mpox Cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed 55 cases of Monkey-pox (Mpox) in Nigeria.The centre made this known via its official website, noting that the 55 cases were confirmed from the 935 suspected cases across 39...

September 11, 2024 No Responses

Nasarawa To Establish CNG-LNG Conversion Centres

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule has said Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) vehicle conversion centres will be established in the three senatorial zones of the state. He disclosed this at the graduation ceremony and presentati...