By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) says it has agreed with Ekiti State Government on two-week deadline to submit technical report on the proposed “Knowledge and Technology Free Trade Zone’’. The Head of Corporate Communications, NEPZA, Dr. Martins Odeh disclosed this in a statement...
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No fewer than 8,150 persons were displaced from Galadima-Kogo and environs in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger when an aircraft bombed the area on Jan. 24. Many members of a vigilance group and their commander were killed in the blast. The area bombed had Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)...
Residents of Calabar in Cross River state have resorted to keeping vigil at Automated Teller Machine (ATM) centers in search of the new naira notes. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who monitored the situation around the metropolis, reports that the ATM points across the city have been taken...
The PDP and APC in Lagos State have disagreed over the alleged attacks on the campaign train of the PDP Governorship Candidate, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), in the Surulere Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adediran’s campaign train had been reportedly...
The new Commander, Sector 2 North East Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), Maj.-Gen. Lander Saraso has taken over the mantle leadership of the command. Saraso took over the command from Maj.-Gen. Koko Isoni on Saturday in Damaturu. He lauded the outgone Commander in the area of operations and infrastructural development,...
Barely three days to Jan. 31 deadline for old naira exchange, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has engaged 200 agents to fast track its cash swap policy in Jigawa. The CBN on Monday embarked on currency swap programme in rural communities as part of plans to phase out...
The Nigeria labour Congress(NLC) has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the payment of all withheld salaries of university workers in the country. Mr Ayuba Wabba, the NLC President, made the appeal in a resolution reached at the end of the National Administrative Council (NAC) of the congress...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Candidate in Lagos State, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran, on Friday said that he was committed to bringing a new dawn of hope and prosperity to residents of the state if elected in the forthcoming elections. Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, in company with other...
Manchester City defender Nathan Ake struck in the second half to earn his side a hard-fought 1-0 victory over visitors Arsenal in the FA Cup fourth round. The current top two teams in the 2022/2023 English Premier League (EPL) cancelled each other out in the first half on Friday....
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Senator Sandy Onor, the People’s Democratic (Party) PDP governorship candidate in Cross River State has advised the state government to shelf its planned of selling government properties “We have spoken many times against moves by the governor to embark on last minute programmes and...
Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, the immediate past governor of Osun, has described the verdict of election petition tribunal which validated his victory in the July 16, 2022 governorship election, as a collective victory for the state and the nation’s democracy. Oyetola, while speaking with newsmen in his country home, Iragbiji,...
Alhaji Aliko Dangote, President, Dangote Group, Mrs Nkechi Obi, Chief Executive Officer, Techno Oil and 25 others have bagged the Vanguard Newspaper awards under various categories. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the awards were presented at the 11th edition of the Vanguard Personality of the Year...
The US says it has disbursed more than 7.8 billion dollars through its President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to help Nigeria boost the fight against HIV/AIDS. This is contained in a statement on Saturday by the US diplomatic mission to Nigeria commemorating the 20th anniversary of “Impact...
Uruguay’s Fernando Muslera and Jose Maria Gimenez were hit with four-match bans by FIFA on Friday. While Diego Godin and Edinson Cavani were suspended for a game each after they confronted the referee following their World Cup match against Ghana. FIFA launched proceedings against the players who angrily harangued...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has released the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the conduct of a fresh Governorship Election Primary in Abia State. This followed the death of its Governorship Candidate for the 2023 general elections, Prof. Uchenna Eleazar Ikonne, on Wednesday. The party in a statement...
The Labour Party Youth chapter on Friday called for one-week holiday for students to collect their Permanent Voters Card(PVC) ahead of the 2023 general elections. The Acting Youth Leader ,Kennedy Ahanotu ,made the call while addressing newsmen in Abuja. Ahanotu also called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)...
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On the 24th of January, 2023, it was an honor for the Lagos State Government to receive the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari to commission the: All of these places are in Ibeju-Lekki axis. In the Lekki Free Zone Lagos, Nigeria, the Dangote Oil...
Residents and motorists in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its environ have continued to lament the hardship being experienced as scarcity of Premuim Motor Spirit (PMS), known as petrol worsened. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who monitored the filling stations on Friday reports that...
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has pledged to support the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State, Dr Peter Mbah and other PDP candidates in the state. Wike made the pledge on Friday in Enugu at the unveiling of the party’s governorhip candidate and other...