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The Skyway Aviation Handling Company Limited (SAHCOL) has appointed Mr. Basil Agboarumi as the company’s new Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). An online statement issued by the Assistant Manager, Corporate Communications, SAHCOL, Vanessa Uansohia stated that Agboarumi’s appointment as substantive MD/CEO was announced in a letter to him having served in […]
A former minister of education and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Ibrahim Shekarau, has said that the multiple number of presidential aspirants vying for the PDP ticket in the 2019 presidential election would not lead to the party’s implosion. A press statement signed by Governor Seriake Dickson’s media aide, Francis Ottah-Agbo, noted that Mr […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) airlifted, through several shipments in August, over 500 tons of essential medicines and medical supplies to Sana’a airport, to be distributed to affected governorates including Aden and southern governorates. Life-saving cargo These shipments contain critical life-saving anti-cancer drugs to cover almost 50% of pressing needs of cancer patients for one […]
Violence in southern Tripoli, Libya has left almost 50 people dead and more than 125 others injured and in need of urgent, life-saving medical care. The situation remains volatile, and increasing number of casualties are anticipated in the coming days. Attacks on health care have also been reported, with a physiotherapy centre in Ain Zara […]
Baffled doctors were forced to invent a lasso-like tool to remove a 23-inch (60cm) dildo firmly lodged inside a man. The concerned 31-year-old, from Italy, went to hospital after he couldn’t remove the massive sex toy, which had been stuck for 24 hours. Medics in Milan were unable to get the rubber dildo out using […]
The Nigeria automotive industry has got a boost with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Volkswagen Group to develop joint vision for an automotive hub in the country. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr Okechukwu Enelamah made this known in a statement in Abuja on Monday. He signed the […]
The People’s Republic of China has identified the Abuja Light rail project as one of the successes recorded in its growing cooperation with Nigeria and the African continent. This assertion was made by Chairman, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Mr Jiang Zengwei, at a world press conference ahead at the ongoing Forum […]
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) would soon sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with United Arab Shipping Line to train 100 Nigerian cadets for free within five-years. The Director General of NIMASA, Dr Dakuku Peterside, made this known on Monday in Lagos. “The United Arab Shipping Line knows that Nigerian cadets are […]
Equity transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) resumed on Monday on a negative note with market indices dropping marginally by 0.03 per cent. The market capitalisation shed N4 billion or 0.03 per cent to close at N12.718 trillion against N12.722 trillion posted on Friday. Also, the All-Share Index, which opened at 34,848.45, lost 10.95 […]
The Board of Directors of the United Bank for Africa is pleased to announce the appointment of four new members to its board, subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN). The new board members are Mrs. Erelu Angela Adebayo, Ms. Angela Aneke, Alhaji Abdulqadir Jeli Bello and Mr. Isaac Olukayode Fasola. These […]