The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), yesterday, reiterated its determination to end the decades-long importation of petrol and other fuels into the country in 2024. Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO)of NNPCL, Mele Kyari, disclosed this in Abuja at the unveiling of two books, “Dynamics of Petroleum Products Marketing,” and ...
The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, Service Chiefs led by the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, and some governors from the Northern states, last night, held a closed-door meeting to discuss the rising insecurity in the country.Although the agenda of the meeting was not officially disclosed, it was ...
There were multiple major submarine cable cuts in the Red Sea, yesterday, which resulted in service disruptions in Nigeria and some African countries, including Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, and Liberia, as well as some parts of South Africa. The damage disrupted internet services in the affected countries.The affected submarine cable came ...
A former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, will spend Christmas holiday with his family as he has been released from custody at the Kuje Correctional Centre after he met his bail conditions. According to the Public Relations Officer of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Abubakar Umar, ...
The Senate, yesterday, confirmed the appointment of 11 new justices of the Supreme Court appointed by President Bola Tinubu to fill vacancies at the apex court.With the confirmation of the 11 justices, the Supreme Court now has the full complement of 21 justices on its bench, as required by law.The ...
More than N203 billion has been released so far by the federal government, through the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (BHCPF), to fix facilities in 8, 800 primary healthcare centres out of the over 40,000 of such centres in the country. This leaves a gap of about 32,000 facilities that are ...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said it has put in place additional measures to curb the incidence of unbranded cereals and other food items of industrial sizes.The food materials, it said, enter into the open markets from the warehouses of food manufacturing companies ...
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), yesterday, said that it would conduct computer-based WASSCE for private candidates. WAEC, in a statement issued by its Public Affairs Department and signed by the Ag. Head Public Affairs WAEC, Moyosola F. Adesina, Yaba, Lagos, said that the registration for the examination would commence ...
Saudi Arabia has cancelled the visa of all the 264 passengers airlifted by Nigeria’s major carrier, Air Peace, on arrival in Jeddah from Kano and insisted that the airline should return them back to Nigeria. It later allowed 87 passengers to remain and insisted 177 should follow the Air Peace ...
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki; Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Alaghodaro Economic Summit Limited/Gte, Dr. Asue Ighodalo, and the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, and other guests at the 2023 Alaghodaro Investment Summit have posited that Edo State has the potential ...
