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March 10, 2025 No Responses

NDLEA Arrests Auto Spare Parts Dealer

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested an automobile spare parts dealer, Levi Ubodoeze, for attempting to export two kilograms of cocaine concealed in vehicle propellers to Angola. In a statement on Sunday, NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi said operatives launched...

March 10, 2025 No Responses

FRSC Sanctions Ondo Sector Commander

The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mallam Shehu Mohammed, has condemned the use of a worn-out tyre on one of the corps’ patrol vehicles in Ondo State. Mohammed ordered the immediate sanction of the Sector Commander, under whose...

March 9, 2025 No Responses

NSML Honours Staff, NPA Pilot, NIMASA, Others

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com – The management of NLNG Shipping and Marine Services limited (NSML), a subsidiary of Nigeria LNG Limited, has honoured staff and key stakeholders for their immense contributions to the growth of the company in 2024...

March 8, 2025 No Responses

Nigeria Set For France Business Forum In Paris

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said, Nigeria will take full advantage of the upcoming France Business Forum in Paris to highlight the significant economic progress achieved under the administration of President Tinubu...

March 8, 2025 No Responses

NADDC Boss Harps On Innovation, Local Content, Entrepreneurial skills, Others

The National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), on Thursday, at the University of Lagos, explained modalities for its 8-Seater Electric Campus Shuttle Bus Competition.The competition aims to encourage innovation, promote local content addition,...

March 7, 2025 No Responses

Edo Threatens To Sack Non-Performing Contractors

Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has threatened contractors handling ongoing projects across the state to step up and work according to specifications and agreed timelines or risk termination of their contracts. Okpebholo, who gave the charge when...

March 7, 2025 No Responses

Pope Releases Audio Message From Hospital

Pope Francis recorded and released an audio message on Thursday thanking those who have been praying for his recovery, his voice breathless as he nears three weeks in hospital with pneumonia. “I thank you from the bottom of my heart...

March 6, 2025 No Responses

FG Files Charge Against MultiChoice

The Federal Government of Nigeria through the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has filed a charge against MultiChoice Nigeria Limited and its Chief Executive Officer, John Ugbe, for allegedly violating regulatory directives and ob...

March 6, 2025 No Responses

Nigeria Joins European Bank As Shareholder

Nigeria has officially joined the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). This addition brings the total number of EBRD shareholders to 77, comprising 75 national shareholders alongside the European Union and the European Investment Bank...

March 6, 2025 No Responses

EDO Tasks Security Agencies On Illegal Revenue Collectors

The Edo State Internal Service has charged security agencies in the State to join in the fight and get rid of illegal revenue collectors. Giving the charge at a one-day security meeting with security agencies, the Executive Chairman, Oladele Bankole-Balogun...

March 5, 2025 No Responses

NDDC To Complete Rivers Kaa-Ataba Bridge This Year

The Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Governing Board, Mr. Chiedu Ebie, has assured that the Commission will complete and inaugurate the 6.2-kilometre Kaa-Ataba Road and bridges linking the Khana Local Government Area to the Andoni...

March 5, 2025 No Responses

Bus Explosion Claims 16 Lives On Abeokuta-Sagamu Expressway

Not less than sixteen passengers were burnt to death in a lone accident involving a Mazda bus along Buhari Estate on the Abeokuta-Sagamu Expressway in Ogun State. The spokesperson for the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun State, Florence...

March 4, 2025 No Responses

CNG Conversion: Lagos Trains Vehicle Inspection, Safety Officers

Following the Federal government’s directive on the need to move away from PMS to CNG, the Lagos State Government, through the Safety Commission, has organised a three-day training for Vehicle Inspection/Safety Commission Officers. Speaking at the ...

March 4, 2025 No Responses

Tinubu Approves 11 Private Universities

President Bola Tinubu has approved provisional licenses for 11 private universities in Nigeria, bringing the total number of private universities in the country to 159. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communication, Sunday Dare, in a.....