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Winifred Bosa The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has raised alarm regarding a new deadly psychoactive substance which has made its way into various parts of Nigeria. According to an article by the Special Assistant to the Chairman/Chief Executive of the NDLEA, Mahmud Isa Yola, the substance called Akuskura is of different varieties, and […]
US actress and activist Jane Fonda announced Friday that she has cancer, and has begun chemotherapy in her battle against the disease. The 84-year-old Oscar winner, a prominent supporter of the Democratic Party, vowed to fight the “very treatable” illness. “I’ve been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and have started chemo treatments,” she wrote on her […]
Winifred Bosa The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has described the prolonged Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike as “educational terrorism and economic sabotage”. The association , in a statement made available to journalists by the NANS President, Sunday Asefon, pointed out that the prolonged strike is not in the best interest of the […]
According to the Federal Government, the export ban on Nigerian beans from the United States of America and the European Union still remains, but it hopes that it will be lifted in the near future. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammad Abubakar, disclosed this during the Standing Inter-Ministerial Technical Committee (SIMTC) briefing on […]
The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) has announced the appointment of Mr. Sola Obadimu as its Director General effective 1st September 2022. Before this appointment, he was the Director-General with the Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce (NACC). With a rich background in management of Membership-based institutions generally and Chambers of […]
Insurers Committee said it has concluded plans to give the Nigerian insurance industry a strategic document that will codify the long-term aspiration of the industry. The decision was taken during the Insurers Committee meeting which took place in Lagos today. Briefing journalists after the meeting, the Vice-Chairman, Publicity Sub-Committee, Mr. Segun Omosehin, said all the […]
The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has released the Prudential and Market Conduct Guidelines to drive growth in the insurance industry. The Vice-Chairman, Publicity and Communications Sub-Committee, Insurers Committee, Mr. Segun Omosehin, made the disclosure while briefing journalists on the outcome of the Insurers Committee meeting which took place in Lagos yesterday. Although the details of […]
The National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS) has described the deep-water operations of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) as best in class. The Group General Manager of NAPIMS, the investment arm of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPC), Mr. Bala Wunti, gave this commendation when he led his leadership team […]
The National Insurance Commission on Thursday said that it secured the approval of the Federal Executive Council for its planned purchase of a property in Abuja. The Commission said this while responding to media reports that the deal did not go through the laid down procurement procedures as set out in the Public Procurement Act. […]
Winifred Bosa Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has tasked the Nigeria Police Force to fish out and prosecute some Cross Rivers youths who allegedly attacked and tortured two Catholic sisters to death over witchcraft allegations. HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, in a statement condemned the killing of the […]