archiveJune 2021

The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has canvassed the need for the construction of hotels for passengers convenience at stations along the new Lagos-Ibadan railway corridors. Amaechi made call during an inspection of the new Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge railway project on Wednesday. The minister, who stressed the need for...

The Oyo State COVID-19  Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) says one person was reported with serious side effects from COVID-19 vaccination in the state. “Also, 398 others had mild symptoms such as slight headache and pain at the injection site, while 75,000 people were vaccinated against the infection in the first round...

 Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday said Nigerians would fair better staying together than break up. Obasanjo stated this in Abeokuta at his  investiture as a Fellow of the Nigerian Institution of Surveyor (NIS) organised by the Ogun chapter of the  Body of Fellows of the NIS. The elder statesman...

  The Police Command in Osun says it has arrested five suspects with human parts in Osogbo, the state capital.The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Olawale Olokode, while parading the suspects in Osogbo on Wednesday, explained that they were arrested based on intelligence policing. He said that the...

  The Association of Securities Dealing Houses of Nigeria (ASHON) says the Nigerian capital market has the capacity to survive the ongoing insecurity and macroeconomic vagaries militating against investment opportunities in the country. Chief Onyenwechukwu Ezeagu, ASHON Chairman, said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

Mr Muhammad Abdullahi, Chief of Staff to Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, says over 38 per cent of girls in Soba Local Government Area of the state get married before the age of 15. Abdullahi disclosed this in Kaduna on Wednesday, at the official launch of the 2021 State...

The Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC) says with the implementation of One-State-One-Product (OSOP) initiative by the Federal Government, it will exceed 30 billion dollars revenue generation through non-oil exports by 2025. Mrs Pauline Ndulaka, Deputy Director of NEPC said this during a one-day workshop on the Implementation of OSOP Value-Chain...

The Dangote Group says its 650,000BPD refinery project under construction in Ibeju Lekki, Lagos will be completed by end of December. Mr Edwin Devakumar, the company’s Group Executive Director, Strategy, Capital Projects and Portfolio Development, said this on Wednesday in Abuja. Devakumar while delivering a corporate keynote address at the...

  The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a draft supplementary budget of N895 billion for the year 2021. Minister of Finance, Dr Zainab Ahmed, revealed this when she briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the Council meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari, in Abuja on Wednesday. Ahmed...

Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said illicit Financial Flow (IFF) in Nigeria was perpetuated by past corrupt leaders and their foreign accomplices and multinational companies. Executive Director CISLAC, Mr Auwal Rafsanjani and EFCC Chairman, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa said this at a...