Sealed Obajana cement plant Kogi State Government has again debunked claims by the Dangote Group that Obajana Cement Factory is owned 100 per cent by the conglomerate, insisting that there was no valid acquisition. In a statement issued by the Information Commissioner, Kingsley Fanwo, in Lokoja on Friday, government claimed that Dangote Group was distorting […]
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The Federal Government said it spent about 100 million US dollars in feeding 10 million Nigerian children under the National School Feeding Programme. This was part of efforts to eliminate the scourge of child labour in the country. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment said this when he received the US Ambassador to […]
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President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Ayuba Waba. Photo/Facebook/NLCHQ The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has picketed Alibert Production (Furniture) Limited, Abuja, over the reported sack of 200 workers. Its President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, said this when he led the workers to picket the firm’s factory in Idu on Friday in Abuja. The picketing was in commemoration […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari during the presentation of the 2023 budget to the joint session of the National Assembly in Abuja… yesterday. Photo: Philip Ojisua; Infographics: Olakunle Olaniyi Capital Expenditure To Gulp N5.35tn, Debt Service N6.31tn Pegs Oil Benchmark At $70, Exchange Rate At N435.57 Per Dollar Says Public Debt Stock Rose From N39.6tn In Dec. […]
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Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has signed a legal instrument into law, stripping a former governor of the state, Sir Celestine Omehia of his ex-governor status. He signed the instrument as an executive action following the resolution of the state House of Assembly, on the matter. With the signing, the recognition that accorded Omehia the […]
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A Bowen University Professor of Environmental Microbiology, Olatunde Samuel Dahunsi has emerged as the first Nigerian scientist to win the Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship in the 2022/2023 cohort of 50 fellows. Dahunsi, a Research Professor at Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State, is one of the three Africans selected as Fellows in the 2022/2023 cohort and the […]
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Delta State Government, yesterday, said the multi-billion naira contract for the construction of Ayakoromo bridge in Burutu Local Government Area of the state had been terminated due to poor performance by the contractor. Commissioner for Works (Highways and Urban Roads), Mr. Noel Omodon, told journalists in Asaba that the decision was taken at the State […]
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The newly appointed Presidential Campaign Director of Strategic Communication in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Ayobami Dele Momodu, Publisher of Ovation Media Group, yesterday, urged Nigerian youths not to despair or lose hope in the nation, saying the PDP’s presidential candidate for 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, would win the presidential poll. “In Atiku is […]
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A-teacher-guiding-a-child-on-how-to-use-a-laptop;-Photo-Alamy With the increasing rate of moral decadence and indiscipline among children, an author, Dola Nancy Bankole, has equipped parents with strategies to raise wholesome children. Contained in her new book, entitled, ‘The S.E.E.D Strategy; Revolutionise your Child’s Future with These Proven Tips and Parental Pointers’, she said parenting strategy and the prevalent digital era […]
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Says move will discourage new investments, potential investors Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has condemned Wednesday’s invasion of Dangote Cement Plant by the Kogi State Vigilante Service (KSV), saying the action will discourage new investments in the state. Its President, Mansur Ahmed, at a press conference to herald the association’s 50th Annual General Meeting (AGM), […]
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