October 10, 2026

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APC rebukes Amaechi for inciting youths to protest high cost of living

APC rebukes Amaechi for inciting youths to protest high cost of living

Offor Callistus October 12, 2024
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has criticised Rotimi Amaechi, the immediate past Minister of Transportation for inciting Nigerian youths to protest the current high cost of living in the country. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Felix Morka, in a statement on Friday in Abuja, described Amaechi’s comments as...
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32-year old man found dead in Ogun hotel after drinking “sniper” Dead corpse

32-year old man found dead in Ogun hotel after drinking “sniper”

Offor Callistus October 12, 2024
The Police Command in Ogun has confirmed that one Lanre Ogungbe, 32, was discovered dead in a hotel room at Soyoye in Abeokuta. the Command’s spokesperson, SP Omolola Odutola, confirmed in a statement on Friday in Abeokuta the incident occurred at 2 p.m. on Thursday. Odutola explained that a...
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2024 winners emerge, as FirstBank/JAN partnership produces 1.5m student entrepreneurs Firstbank

2024 winners emerge, as FirstBank/JAN partnership produces 1.5m student entrepreneurs

Offor Callistus October 12, 2024
FirstBank in partnership with Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN), a non-profit organisation has produced new winners in its 2024 National Company of the Year (NCOY) competition. The 2024 competition held in Lekki, Lagos on Friday comprised of 12 schools representing different states, who were finalists from an earlier contest, locking...
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SPDC JV partners sign agreement for $3.5bn Brass fertiliser, petrochemical project images 7 2024 10 12T054923.886

SPDC JV partners sign agreement for $3.5bn Brass fertiliser, petrochemical project

Offor Callistus October 12, 2024
The SPDC Joint Venture partners have signed a Gas Sales and Purchase Agreement (GSPA) for the $3.5 billion Brass Fertiliser and Petrochemical Company Limited (BFPCL) project. The SPDC JV partners, comprising NNPC Ltd, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), TotalEnergies Ltd. and Eni would supply 270 million standard cubic feet...
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World Sight Day: Taraba pupils receive free eyes screening, glasses IMG 20241011 WA0033

World Sight Day: Taraba pupils receive free eyes screening, glasses

Offor Callistus October 12, 2024
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – The Nigerian Optometrist Association, (NOA) Taraba State Chapter,  has organized schools vision screening to mark World Sight Day 2024, with the the theme: “Love Your Eyes, Vision for Children”. The event which took place at Model Primary school, Jalingo, the Taraba State’s capital created...
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Governor Yahaya commissions multiple developmental projects in Borno IMG 20241011 WA0075

Governor Yahaya commissions multiple developmental projects in Borno

Offor Callistus October 12, 2024
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chairman of the Northern Governor’s Forum and Governor of Gombe State, Mohammed Inuwa Yahaya, has commissioned 48 new classrooms at the Higher Islamic School in Briyel town, Borno State. Governor Yahaya also distributed 500 bicycles to students and pupils in Bayo LGA, along...
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FG gives approval for marketers to lift fuel from Dangote Refinery Dangote Refinery6

FG gives approval for marketers to lift fuel from Dangote Refinery

Offor Callistus October 11, 2024
The Federal Government has given approval for marketers to begin the lifting of premium motor spirit commonly known as fuel from the Dangote Refinery without going through the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). According to a Friday statement by the Minister of Finance and the Coordinating Minister of...
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Radda donates $10,000 for reconstruction of 200-year old Mosque in Niger Republic Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda

Radda donates $10,000 for reconstruction of 200-year old Mosque in Niger Republic

Offor Callistus October 11, 2024
Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda has donated the sum of $10,000 for the rebuilding of a 200 year-old mosque in Damagaram, Niger Republic. The Special Adviser on Political Matters to the governor, Alhaji Ya’u Umar Gwajo-gwaj who delivered the donation, disclosed this while addressing journalists in Katsina on Friday....
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Joint task force busts illegal alcohol factory in Onitsha images 7 2024 10 11T182911.977

Joint task force busts illegal alcohol factory in Onitsha

Offor Callistus October 11, 2024
A joint task force of Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra (OCHA) Brigade and the Presidential Task Force Against Economic Sabotage and Oil Vandalism has uncovered a syndicate engaged in production and sales of counterfeit alcoholic drinks in Onitsha. Briefing newsmen in Onitsha, on Friday, Mr Celestine Anere, Managing Director...
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Uzodinma urges governors to prioritise education in 2025 budget Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma

Uzodinma urges governors to prioritise education in 2025 budget

Offor Callistus October 11, 2024
Imo State Governor, Sen. Hope Uzodimma, has urged governors in the country to prioritise education in their budgets, and to create investment’s policies in universities. Governor Uzodimma gave the advice at the maiden convocation lecture of Federal University of Birnin Kebbi (FUBK), in Birnin Kebbi on Friday. The News...
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Niger Govt assures of timely completion of Minna-Bida road, others IMG 20241011 132422

Niger Govt assures of timely completion of Minna-Bida road, others

Offor Callistus October 11, 2024
Chairman, New Niger Development Project,  Alhaji Mustapha Abubakar-Bida, has assured of timely completion of Minna-Bida Road and other ongoing projects in the state. He gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Minna, saying the project was backed by the Islamic...
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