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January 31, 2023 No Responses

UBA Appoints Abiola Bawuah As First Female CEO For Africa Operations

The Board of Directors ,United Bank for Africa (UBA)Plc on Monday announced the appointment of Mrs. Abiola Bawuah as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of UBA Africa. UBA in a statement explained that Bawuah will also join the Group Board as an Executive Director, overseeing the Group’s...

January 31, 2023 No Responses

Nigeria Woos Landlocked Countries As Buhari Unveils Dala Inland Dryport

President Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned the Dala Inland Dryport, in Dala Local Government Area of Kano State. The inauguration of the Port form part of President Buhari’s visit to Kano State on Monday. The President, who arrived a...

January 30, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Bursts Trans-Border Cartel

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), have dismantled a trans-border drug cartel and arrested five leaders of the syndicates operating in parts of the world. A statement issued on Sunday by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDL...

January 30, 2023 No Responses

NMA Seeks Pragmatic Collaboration To Eliminate Leprosy

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called for pragmatic collaboration among stakeholders toward eliminating leprosy in 120 countries by 2030. The NMA President, Dr Uche Ojinmah, made the call in a statement by Dr Sebastine Oiwoh, the Chairman, Na...

January 30, 2023 No Responses

Lassa Fever: Ondo Records 106 Cases, Eight Deaths

Ondo State Government, on Sunday, confirmed 106 cases of Lassa Fever and eight deaths. Special Adviser to the governor on Health, Prof. Francis Faduyile, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Faduyile said the.....

January 30, 2023 No Responses

FRSC Boss Recommends Construction Of Barricades On Ojuelegba Bridge

The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dauda Biu has expressed concern over recurring container crashes on Ojuelegba bridge in Lagos and called for barricades to stop articulated vehicles from using the bridge. Biu said this in a statement....

January 30, 2023 No Responses

Buhari Congratulates Osinbajo’s Father-In-Law, Pa Soyode At 80

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday congratulated Chief Olutayo Soyode, father-in-law of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, on his 80th birthday. The vice-president, alongside his wife, Dolapo on Sunday, graced the Thanksgiving Service and luncheon held in c...

January 29, 2023 No Responses

NEPZA Begins Technical Study Of Proposed Ekiti Free Trade Zone

Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) has agreed with Ekiti State Government on two-week deadline to submit technical report on the proposed “Knowledge and Technology Free Trade Zone’’. A statement issued on Saturday by Dr Martins...

January 29, 2023 No Responses

Lassa Fever: Edo Records 115 Cases, 13 Deaths

Edo State has confirmed eight more cases of Lassa fever, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 115. The Edo State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akoria Obehi, who disclosed this to journalists in Benin City, said...

January 29, 2023 No Responses

Sanwo-Olu, FRSC Boss, Others To Grace NAJA Award

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dauda Biu, will be special guests at the forthcoming Nigeria auto industry award scheduled to hold at the Oriental Hotel in Victoria Island,...

January 29, 2023 No Responses

NPA Boss Bags Vanguard Public Sector Icon Award

The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello-Koko has been honoured as the Public Sector Icon of the year 2022 by Vanguard newspaper. Bello-Koko was honoured for his contributions to the Nigerian economy through various far-reaching ...

January 28, 2023 No Responses

Fuel Scarcity Worsens, Bites Harder In FCT

Residents and motorists in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its environ have continued to lament the hardship being experienced as scarcity of Premuim Motor Spirit (PMS), known as petrol worsened. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN...

January 28, 2023 No Responses

Tincan Customs Command Generates N574.3b In 2022

Between January and December, 2022, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Tincan Island Port Command, generated a revenue of N574.3 billion. The Customs Area Controller (CAC), Tincan Island Port Command, Comptroller Olakunle Oloyede, disclosed this at a new...

January 28, 2023 No Responses

Buhari To Commission Dala Inland Dry Port On Monday

President Muhammadu Buhari will commission the Dala International Inland Dry Port on Monday, January 31, 2023. A statement issued by the Managing Director, Dala Inland Dry Port, Ahmad Rabiu on Friday explained that all was set for the commissioning of...