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President Bola Tinubu has asked Qatari captains of industry to report any Nigerian official who demands any form of bribe before allowing them to do business in the country. He insisted that Nigeria would no longer be held back by its past dotted with bureaucratic bottlenecks and corruption that stifled the ease of doing […]
A former Minister of Power, Prof Barth Nnaji, has said the newly inaugurated 181 megawatts power plant in Aba, Abia State can be reproduced in Lagos and other states of the country. Nnaji, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Geometric Power Limited, the owner of the Aba power plant, in an interview with Sunrise […]
The Nigeria Customs Service Area Controller, Oyo/Osun Area Command, Dr Ben Oramalugo, said the command intercepted fake pharmaceuticals comprising Augmentin tablets, Ampiclox and Amoxycillin capsules concealed in 53 sacks with a Duty Paid Value of N1,739,000,000.00. The Oyo/Osun Customs Controller said that during the period covering February 1 through 27, 2024, the command collected the […]
Nigeria’s Lagos State opened a second light-rail line to ease gridlock in the nation’s commercial hub and most populous city that’s notorious for traffic jams. President Bola Tinubu on Thursday inaugurated the 37-kilometer (23-mile) Red Line, which stretches from the northern suburb of Agbado down to the coastal area of Oyingbo, near the city’s central business district […]
Public Relation Officer of the Nigeria Police Force, Muyiwa Adejobi, has said the security situation in the country is getting better. He stated this in Ibadan during the presentation of awards to the overall winner of the boxing and archery competitions in the 14th Biennial Nigeria Police Game, BIPOGA 2024. Adejobi told newsmen in Ibadan […]
President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, appealed for patience from Nigerians over the current economic hardship in the country, giving the assurance that there was light at the end of the tunnel. The President said he was fully aware and took responsibility for the difficulties Nigerians had been subjected to on account of government policies. He […]
The Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress, Ogun State, Hammed Ademola-Benco, on Wednesday, said that there is no going back on the proposed N1m minimum wage for workers. Ademola-Benco stated this while addressing journalists in Abeokuta, the state capital as the union ended the two-day protest called to demand that the Federal Government address the challenges of […]
The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) has recovered an additional corpse from the scene of the boat mishap at Ikorodu. Mrs Wuraola Alake, Head, Public Affairs Unit, Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), said in an update on the accident on Tuesday in Lagos, that the submerged boat had also been recovered. She also shed more […]
The Kaduna State Government has confirmed five deaths following Lassa fever outbreak in the state. The confirmation is in a report on the outbreak of the disease made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by the state’s Commissioner for Health, Hajiya Umma Ahmed, on Tuesday in Kaduna. She stated that an initial six […]
The Chairman of Nigerian Labour Congress, Sokoto State chapter, Comrade Abdullahi Jungle, has appealed to the government to as a matter of urgency implement wage awards to the state civil servants. Jungle while addressing newsmen shortly after embarking on the national protest declared by the national secretariat of the union, further called for distribution of […]
