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The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN, has urged the federal government to make them industry-friendly by getting its policies right. MAN had stated that the only guarantee for a competitive intra-African trade is a clement enviroment and this can attract needed investment. MAN President, Mr Mansur Ahmed, while speaking at the 2020 edition of the MAN […]
The Chief Executive Officer of the Lagos State Aids Control Agency (LSACA), Dr Monsurat Adeleke has called on all residents of Lagos State, especially Adolescents and Young Persons (AYP) between the ages of 15-24 years to access free HIV Testing Services (HTS) so that they can determine their HIV status. Dr. Adeleke gave the charge […]
The Scio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the federal government to “disclose within 7 days of the receipt and/or publication of our Freedom of Information requests the exact amount of public funds stolen by a former military head of state, Sani Abacha and details of spending of about $5 billion recovered loot since the return […]
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has confirmed that troops deployed to fight terrorism in the North East (NE) do not attack or raze down villages, communities or settlements, rather they launch offensive on terrorists camps, enclaves and hide outs. This they maintained in a statement issued by Brigadier General , Onyema Nwachukwu , Acting Director Defence Information, to counter yet another falsified […]
Ikeja Electric (IE) Plc says it is targeting total revenue of N170 billion in 2020 with the implementation of the increment in various classes of electricity tariffs. The electricity Distribution Company (Disco) says it intends to create a new tariff class called Bilateral for customers it had signed the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) under a […]
Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has described the prosecution of Omoyele Sowore as a waste of time and the nation’s resources. Soyinka, who spoke during an interview session with Plus TV Africa, also slammed Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, saying he had committed a lot of blunders in his administration. Speaking on the ongoing prosecution of […]
Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has said that the Presidency has no power to stop any peaceful protest by aggrieved Nigerians who are calling for the replacement of the service chiefs. Mr Falana, while responding to a statement credited to a presidential spokesperson, Mr Garba Shehu, on Sunday, said Nigerians have the fundamental […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned latest rounds of attacks and killings between bandits and residents in Damkal and Tsanwa villages in Batsari local government area of Katsina state. He warned that no one has the right to take laws into their hands and if local communities catch bandits, they should be handed over to law […]