The Consulate-General of Nigeria in New York has taken custody of three Benin and Ife artifacts from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) in New York. The Director-General, National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM), Prof. Abba Tijjani, received the artifacts from the museum in company of the Consul-General of Nigeria in New York, Ambassador […]
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No fewer than 425 petrol stations were shut down across 20 Local Government Areas, LGAs, in Lagos State by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, in the last 10 months of 2021. This is coming even as the authority urged motorists and other fuel users not to engage in panic buying of […]
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Senate disagrees with FG over N5,000 transport grant Grant to cost N2.4trn annually, FG caps implementation to 1yr Its open invitation for civil unrest — NLC TUC shocked, insist negotiations ongoing The Senate, Trade Union Congress, TUC, and experts yesterday disagreed with the Federal Government’s plan to remove fuel subsidy next year and replace it […]
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Former President Dr Goodluck Jonathan, will this weekend host the University of Port Harcourt alumni set of 1981. Jonathan, an alumnus and a pioneer graduating student of the federal institution will alongside his former schools mates will participate in reunion activities scheduled for Thursday, November 25 to Saturday 27, 2021 in Yenagoa the Bayelsa State […]
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The oil spill The Senate has asked the Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited to accelerate environmental action on remediating Ogboinbiri community affected by crude oil spill in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State within the next 90 days. However, it hailed the oil company for providing some monetary compensation to the affected community […]
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Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde Oyo State Government has said it is leaving no stone unturned in providing a conducive business environment for businesses to thrive in the State, with the provision of credit facilities for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Graduate loan scheme and other technical supports. This disclosure was made by the Commissioner […]
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A health worker administer the AstraZeneca COVID-19 to a man during the flag-off of COVID-19 Mass Vaccination by the Nigerian government in Abuja, Nigeria, on November 19, 2021. (Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP) • Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Kano, Kaduna top list of states with vaccinated persons • Lawyers divided over legality of forced vaccination […]
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Site of crude oil spill, in Basambri, Bayelsa State …yesterday Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, yesterday, assessed the oil spill site of Aiteo Eastern Exploration Company in Basambri, Bayelsa State. The minister, was joined on the inspection by Gbenga Komolafe, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), the […]
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Photo by Benson Ibeabuchi / AFP A new research by Standard Chartered has projected that global exports will almost double from $17.4tn to $29.7tn over the next decade, with Nigeria topping the volume for Africa. At 9.7 per cent yearly growth rate, the report sees Nigeria’s export volume peaking at $112 billion by 2030. The […]
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Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, yesterday, said the electoral body would ensure implementation of direct primary as passed by the National Assembly as soon as it is assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari. The INEC boss, at an interactive meeting with senior journalists in Lagos, said he had the […]
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