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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday, reiterated the importance of transportation in the economic development of the country. Osinbajo, represented by the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi said this at the 3rd Annual National Transport Summit of the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria (CIoTA) in Abuja. The theme of the event […]
The families of eight minors have been thrown into mourning after their corpses were recovered from a Honda Sport Utility Vehicle parked on Adelayo Street, in the Jah-Michael area, Badagry Expressway, Lagos State. It was gathered that the vehicle was parked in front of a house where the victims entered it. The kids were […]
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday in Abuja said that a lot of the security challenges being experienced in Nigeria would be resolved in due course. “This country will be stronger and greater,” Osinbajo said. He was responding to remarks made by members of the Muhammadu Buhari/Osinbajo Dynamic Support Group, who visited him. “We must […]
MTN Nigeria on Tuesday announced a public offer of 575 million shares at N169 per share with effect from Dec.1. The offer closes on Dec. 14. Its Chief Executive Officer, Mr Karl Toriola, told newsmen in Abuja that the “Retail Offer’’ which is to be delivered via a digital platform is the first in […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the State Visit of President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa to Nigeria as successful despite the scare generated by the new Omicron COVID-19 variant. At a joint news conference with the visiting South African leader, Buhari said new Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) between Nigeria and South Africa in diverse […]
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has complained that Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, was operating against the law establishing it to the displeasure and detriment of member states for two years running. The governor frowned at the unacceptable situation and urged the Federal Government to constitute a substantive board for the commission without […]
The Canadian government has banned travellers from Nigeria and nine other African countries over concerns about the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant. The country earlier announced a ban on South Africa, Eswatini, Lesotho, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Namibia. In a statement on Tuesday, it said it was expanding the travel ban to Egypt, […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday has announced that Nigeria has now reported three cases of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus. A statement signed by the Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, partly reads, “The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control conducts case and genomic surveillance for inbound international travellers arriving in the […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), says it is monitoring emerging evidence on Omicron variant and its implication, to inform Nigeria’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Director General, NCDC, Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday in Abuja. NAN reports that […]
The Nigerian team, after their opening 71-79 loss to Cape Verde on Friday when the window one of matches began, had gone on to beat Mali 72-70 on Saturday. The resurgence saw them taking control of the group on Sunday with an overwhelming defeat of the East Africans. The FIBA world-ranked 23 team took […]
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