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Month: August 2018

Ministry of Mines and Steel Development recieves N15bn intervention fund

Nigeria’s Ministry of Mines and Steel Development says it has been able to access N15 billion from the N30 billion mining intervention fund. The Minister of State, Mines and Steel Development, Abubakar Bwari, made this known on Tuesday in Abuja, the nation’s capital. He said with the release of the fund, the Ministry would award […]

PENCOM Warns Retirees Against Inducement To Get Pension

The National Pension Commission (PENCOM) has warned pension payment administration beneficiaries against giving any form of inducement in an effort to get their payments effected. As statement from PENCOM says “the Management and staff of the Commission do not receive money or other forms of gratification to facilitate payment of retirement benefits, issuance of Compliance […]

SPDC progresses clean-up in Aghoro, Odimodi

The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) says it has recovered over 95 percent of spilled oil from the recent spill incidents  on  sections of the Trans Ramos Pipeline (TRP) in Aghoro community, Bayelsa State, and in Odimodi community in Delta State. The pipeline, which has remained shut-in since the incidents, supplies crude to the […]

FIWON decries harassment, extortion by security personnel in Borno

The Federation of Informal Workers’ Organization of Nigeria, (FIWON), has decried increasing harassment, intimidation and extortion of its members by security personnel in Borno state. Gbenga Komolafe, General Secretary, FIWON, stated this while speaking to news men on a sideline workshop organised by Solidarity Centre, an NGO in Maiduguri on Sunday. Komolafe according to PRNigeria […]

LASG Closes Third Mainland Bridge For Four days

The Lagos State Government has announced that the Third Mainland Bridge will be temporarily shut for four day . From midnight of August 23 to midnight of August 26, 2018 This is to allow investigative Maintenance Test to be carried out on the Bridge disclosed the Lagos State Deputy Director, Public Affairs Ministry Of Works and Infrastructure, Sina […]

Police didn’t pressure our reporter to implicate Saraki — PREMIUM TIMES

The management of PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday said the Nigerian Police did not pressure its reporter, Samuel Ogundipe, to implicate the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, during his detention. The newspaper also said in a statement by its Editor-in-Chief, Musikilu Mojeed, that its reporter was never tortured while in detention. The medium was reacting to claims […]

France: 840 bridges are at risk of collapse, audit warns government

About 840 bridges across France are at risk of collapsing, an audit commissioned by the government has warned. The audit found a third of the country’s 12,000 state-maintained bridges need repairs. It said 7% – or about 840 – bridges are so badly damaged they are at “risk of collapse” in coming years and may […]

Natural Ways To Prevent Prostate Cancer

There is no single best way to prevent prostate cancer, but several natural methods can help.  These include maintaining a healthful weight, exercising, and eating plenty of fruits and vegetables. After skin cancer, prostate cancer is the type most common among American men, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). For the […]

NUT Edo gives 21-day ultimatum to the government to fund education

Edo state chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has issued a 21-day ultimatum to the state government to provide adequate funding for education. The ultimatum is contained in a nine-point communiqué, issued in Benin on Sunday, August 19. The document was signed by the chairman of the NUT in the state, Pius Okhueleigbe, […]

Bomb that killed 40 children in Yemen was supplied by the US

The bomb used by the Saudi-led coalition in a devastating attack on a school bus in Yemen was sold as part of a US State Department-sanctioned arms deal with Saudi Arabia, munitions experts told CNN. Working with local Yemeni journalists and munitions experts, CNN has established that the weapon that left dozens of children dead […]

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