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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...

January 28, 2023 No Responses

Court Dissolves 15-Year-Old Marriage Over Alleged Money Ritual

A middle-aged housewife, Mrs Olawumi Olasemo on Friday prayed a Mapo Grade ‘A’ Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve her union to estranged husband, Wale Olasemo on grounds of attempted money ritual and domestic violence. Olawumi, told the court that...

January 28, 2023 No Responses

Stock Market Closes Week With N52b Decline

The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) closed negative due to buy-interests and sell-offs in large and small capitalised stocks. Also, the market capitalisation dropped by N52 billion to close at N28.681 trillion as against N28.733 trillion posted at the previous...

January 28, 2023 No Responses

CNS Flags-Off Obangame Express With Nine Ships, Two Helicopters, Others

The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Awwal Gambo, on Friday flagged-off the 13th Obangame Express with nine ships, two helicopters, maritime awareness domain assets and elements of the Special Boat Services (SBS). Gambo flagged-off the maritime exer...

January 28, 2023 No Responses

Ecobank Ellevate Partners Ananse Africa, MasterCard Foundation, Train Fashion Entrepreneurs

Ecobank Ellevate has partnered Ananse Africa and MasterCard Foundation to train fashion entrepreneurs and creatives in Nigeria. A statement sent to City Business News explained that Ecobank Ellevate is a proprietary service offering designed for bu...

January 28, 2023 No Responses

FIFA Bans Four Uruguay Players

Uruguay’s Fernando Muslera and Jose Maria Gimenez were hit with four-match bans by FIFA on Friday. While Diego Godin and Edinson Cavani were suspended for a game each after they confronted the referee following their World Cup match against Ghana.&nbsp...