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Fidelia Okafor A vessel MT JAZI loaded with 1. 5 million of contaminated petroleum product has been seized by the management of Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR). The product was being discharged at the Nakem Jetty, Kirikiri, Lagos. Mr. Mordecai Ladan, Director, DPR who disclosed this in Lagos said the vessel was intercepted on Feb […]
Fidelia Okafor The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has set up a committee to commence the immediate review of the nation’s Aeronautical Information Procedure (AIP). Capt. Fola Akinkuotu NAMA’s managing director said in a statement issued in Lagos that the AIP review became necessary following the ongoing certification of Nigerian international airports by the International […]
Fidelia Okafor The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Saleh Dunoma has said that management will continue its commitment to human capacity development in order to meet the highest standards of professionalism and best industry practices, as well as continue to train and develop capacity of its members of staff, in […]
An 11-month-old child having his arm cirmeasured at a health centre at the Banki IDP camp in Borno state, northeast Nigeria. Photo: UNICEF/Esiebo Winifred Bosa The United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF has warned Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, of imminent risk of death of almost 1.4 million due to severe acute malnutrition this year. […]
Dr Aliyu Ibrahim, the Chairman, Kaduna Polytechnic Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP), on Tuesday said his office had been under the mango tree for more than 18 years. Ibrahim told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna that he did not have an office for the past 18 years due […]
Winifred Bosa. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says it is hopeful that polio will be eradicated from Nigeria this year. Dr Mairo Mandara, Country Representative of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, says the eradication of polio in Nigeria will be the foundation’s greatest achievement, as she commended the efforts being undertaken to ensure all […]
Winifred Bosa. The presidency on Tuesday explained why President Muhammadu Buhari requested for longer period to rest in the United Kingdom. A four-paragraph statement sent out by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, quoted the President as saying results of the series of medical checkups he carried out in the cause of […]
Amaka Obiefuna. The Central Bank of Nigeria on Monday modified its foreign exchange policy with the reduction of the tenor of its forward sales from the current maximum cycle of 180 days to 60 days from the date of transaction. The apex bank said this in a statement issued by the Acting Director of Communications, […]
Amaka Obiefuna. A former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Monday accused Abia State government of withholding his pension and other entitlements for eight years. Kalu, who was reacting to a recent story in the media that 108 former governors are currently receiving pensions from their various […]
Fidelia Okafor. Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger State has inaugurated a seven-man committee to ascertain how the 12 local governments used N4.4 billion bailout fund meant for the payment of salary arrears. The committee, headed by Mr Daniel Clifford, a former Permanent Secretary, is particularly expected to find out why the local government authority were […]