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August 12, 2024 No Responses

NDLEA Intercepts US, UK-Bound Cocaine Consignments

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted multi-billion-naira worth of cocaine concealed in automobiles and Ghanaian fabric, Kente. In a statement issued on Sunday by the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, 2.32 kilograms of cocaine concealed in Ghanaian traditional...

August 12, 2024 No Responses

Minister Apologises For Nigeria’s Olympics Performance

The Minister of Sports Development, John Enoh has apologised to Nigerians over the poor outing of the Nigerian team at the just-concluded 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. In a statement on Sunday, Enoh said “The Olympic Games, Paris 2024, have ended, a...

August 11, 2024 No Responses

Lagos Increases Blue Rail Line Trips To 72 Per Day

The Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line will from Monday, 12th August 2024 increase its number of trips from 54 to 72 per day. However, the current schedule for Sunday operations remained unchanged The Managing Director of Lagos Metropolitan.....

August 11, 2024 No Responses

At Erelu’s Installation, Adeleke Harps On Agric Processing, Unity Among Obas

Governor Ademola Adeleke has called on traditional rulers to deepen unity among their ranks even as he spoke on his plans for the agricultural sector. The Governor represented by the Commissioner for Agriculture, Hon Tola Faseru made the call at...

August 10, 2024 No Responses

Ogun Allocates 100 Hectares Of Land For Dockyard, Naval Base

The Ogun State Government has allocated 100 hectares of land to the Nigerian Navy to build a Forward Operating Base in the state. The State Governor, Dapo Abiodun disclosed this on Friday during a courtesy visit to the Chief of...

August 10, 2024 No Responses

Innoson Lauds Tinubu’s CNG initiative, Economic Reforms

The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company Ltd (IVM), Nnewi, Chief Dr. Innocent Ifediaso Chukwuma, CON, has commended President Bola Tinubu for his recent Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Initiative, which he said has many advant...

August 10, 2024 No Responses

Dangote To NUPRC: Enforce PIA Act On Crude Supply

Management of Dangote Petroleum Refinery has urged the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), to enforce the domestic crude supply obligation as specified in the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), insisting that refineries in Nigeria should be a...

August 9, 2024 No Responses

Photo News

L-R: Director General, National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), Mr. Oluwemimo Joseph Osanipin, the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr. Shehu Mohammed and the new Deputy Corps Marshal, Mr. Abiodun Akinlade at the National Hea...

August 9, 2024 No Responses

FG Lifts Suspension On Arik Air

A week after Arik Air’s planes were grounded, the Federal Government has lifted the suspension on the operations of the airlines. The Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection at the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Michael Achimugu, disclo...

August 9, 2024 No Responses

Shippers Council, NRC Seal MoU On Cargo Evacuation From Seaports

As part of measures to facilitate cheaper and efficient carriage of cargoes from the seaports to the hinterlands across the country, the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) and the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) have sealed a Memorandum of Understanding (Mo...

August 8, 2024 No Responses

Ports & Cargo Boss Receives NSC Team, Laments Concession Renewal Delay

The Managing Director, Ports & Cargo Handling Services Limited, a subsidiary of SIFAX Group, Mr. John Jenkins, has raised concerns over the delay of port concession renewal in Nigeria.Port & Cargo terminal is one of the port operators waiting on...

August 8, 2024 No Responses

USA Defeats D’Tigress In Olympic Quarter-Final

Nigeria’s D’Tigress suffered a 74-88 quarter-final defeat to the U.S. women’s basketball team at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Wednesday night. Nigeria, who have made physical play a trademark, looked anything but intimidated by the powerhouse Americans as ...

August 8, 2024 No Responses

Obaseki Mourns Emeritus Archbishop Ekpu

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has mourned the passing of Emeritus Archbishop of Benin City Archdiocese, Archbishop Patrick Ebosele Ekpu, describing him as a great ambassador of the Catholic faith. In a statement, the governor said: “I am d...

August 7, 2024 No Responses

CBN Approves Merger Of Unity, Providus Banks

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved the merger between Unity Bank Plc and Providus Bank Limited. In a statement on Tuesday, CBN through its acting Director of Corporate Communications, Hakama Sidi-Ali, explained that the move is designed to...