Transcorp Hotels Plc (“Transcorp Hotels” or the “Company”), the listed hospitality subsidiary of Transnational Corporation Plc (“Transcorp Group”), has released its audited 2023 full-year results, showing outstanding performance and setting new revenue and profit records. In its full year audited results filed with the Nigerian Exchange (NGX), Transcorp...
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The National Examination Council (NECO) says it is ready for the 2024 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) slated for April 20, and urged parents of candidates to maintain decorum during the examination. Mr Azeez Sani, the acting Director, Directorate of Information and Digital Communication of NCEE, disclosed this...
Has Nigeria learnt any lessons from the Okuama massacre? Will the incident repeat itself or offer profound lessons against future experience? In the journey of life, no individual or nation or country is immune from occurrences thrown up by circumstance, which, may be pleasant or painful. Lessons learnt...
North Korea has fired a ballistic missile, the South Korean military said on Tuesday. North Korea launched what appeared to be an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) from the Pyongyang area at about 6:53 a.m. on Monday, towards the East Sea. It is also known as the Sea of...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), on Tuesday in Abuja called on the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to retract its Easter message and offer public apology. The National Director, National Issues and Social Welfare, CAN , Commodore Abimbola Ayuba (rtd), in a statement said that FIRS’ Easter...
By OJOMA PETER, Lokoja – The lawmaker representing Kogi Central senatorial district, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has distributed six trucks of grains to her constituents to cushion the effects of the economic hardship ravaging the country. The six trucks of grains contain 7,200 bags of rice, beans, and millet...
Police operatives in Katsina have rescued 28 girls abducted at Kasai village in the Batsari Local Government area of the state. A statement by Abubakar Aliyu, spokesman of the Police Command in the state, indicated that the children were abducted while fetching firewood in the outskirts of the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. T. A. Lagbaja has reiterated his commitment and determination to transform the Nigerian Army into a well-trained, equipped and highly motivated force towards achieving its constitutional responsibilities. The COAS stated this on Monday in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The acting General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division Nigerian Army Maimalari Cantonment Maiduguri, Brigadier General Abubakar G. I. Haruna has commended troops of Operation Hadin Kai JTF North East Theater Command for their sacrifices and efforts in the counter insurgency fight in Borno...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has approved the appointment of the Chairman, 2 permanent commissioners and 3 non-commissioned members for Borno State House of Assembly Service Commission. According to the statement released by the Secretary to the Borno State Government, Hon. Bukar Tijani,...
A British national was among the seven aid workers killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza, the World Central Kitchen (WCK) charity has said. Seven aid workers from the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland, dual citizens of the U.S. and Canada, and Palestine were killed while travelling...
Senator Diket Plang (APC/Plateau Central), has said that the National Assembly did not pad the 2024 budget. Plang, a member of the Senate appropriation committee, who stated this on Monday in Jos while interacting with newsmen, said that the National Assembly passed a budget of N28.77 trillion naira....
Chevron is chartering its first hybrid electric bunker tanker, a vessel that fuels other ships, from V-Bunkers, the Singaporean bunker arm of energy and commodities company Vitol. According to Chevron, the tanker, owned and operated by V-bunkers, arrived at Singapore facilities last summer and will provide maritime customers in...
The Nigerian Army has said a minor explosion occurred in a farmland near the Mammy Market within the Ikeja Cantonment in Lagos on Monday. The Director, Army’s Public Relations, Maj.-Gen Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the explosion was suspected to have...
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, Operation Delta Safe, says its troops on Monday rescued nine kidnap victims abducted by armed gunmen on March 29 along Ugheli-Patani axis of the East-West road. Rear Admiral John Okeke, Commander of the joint military force deployed to Niger...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – The Zamfara State Government has denied taking a N14.2 billion loan as indicated in a report by the Debt Management Office (DMO). The Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Media and Publicity, Sulaiman Idris, who debunked the report in a statement on...
By AUDU LIBERTY OSENI – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), saddled with the responsibility of managing and harnessing Nigeria’s oil and gas, in what appears an attitude to a disregard for accountability that has helped undermine its country’s extractive sector, has refused to disclose contract deals, and has...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, lawmaker representing Kogi Central senatorial district, on Monday, organised an Iftar event for Muslim constituents in her hometown of Ihima, Okehi LGA, as part of the ongoing Ramadan fasting. The Iftar is an evening meal after sunset that breaks the daily...
The Tiv Traditional Council(TTC), on Monday brokered peace between Gov Hyacinth Alia and Sen. George Akume, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. The hitherto close political allies had been enmeshed in a cold war over the political leadership of the North Central state. The conflict hit...