The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), on Friday destroyed substandard tyres, cement and cables worth N8.7million in Kaduna. Mr Kazeem Muhammed-Yahya, the State Coordinator of SON disclosed this while destroying the products in Gonin Gora area of kaduna. “What you…
Bandits have killed 35 persons after an assault on five communities of Faru district located in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Gudan-Baushi, Gidan-Adamu,Gudan-Maidawa, Tsauni, and Wari communities woke up to the marauders’ invasion in the late hours of Thursday…
Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia on Friday awarded scholarships to seven students of Cor Mariae Comprehensive Secondary School, Umungasi, in Aba for welcoming him to the area. Ikpeazu who disclosed this during the inauguration of the reconstructed Immaculate Heart Avenue,…
The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja on Friday ordered the Federal Government to pay journalist Agba Jalingo N30m as compensation for ill-treatment and torture while in detention in Cross River State. In a judgment, the court said the journalist…
The Federal Government has reopened commercial flights at Osubi Airport in Delta. Speaking at reopening ceremony on Friday at Osubi Airport in Okpe Local Government Area, the Airport Manager, Mr Wilson Egwato, said that the routes would be expanded soonest.…
Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) said that the launch of the Pan-African Payments and Settlements System (PAPSS) would save the continent an estimated five billion dollars annually. Mr Wamkele Mene, AfCFTA Secretary General, who revealed this at the 2nd edition…
The Nigeria Customs Service, Area II Command, Onne Port, Rivers, generated N78.17 billion revenue between January and June 2021, an official said. Mr Auwal Mohammed, the command’s Comptroller, disclosed this in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, Mr Ifeoma Ojekwu,…
The Nigerian stock market on Friday lost N248 billion within six hours of trading due to profit taking on Airtel Africa. The market capitalisation which opened at N20.043 trillion dipped N248 billion or 1.24 per cent to close at N19.795…
The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States has made an order consolidating all the four cases brought before it by different applicants against the Federal Republic of Nigeria over the ban of the microblogging…
Africa has just lived through its most devastating week of the pandemic, but the worst is yet to come as the third wave gathers pace on the continent, the World Health Organization said Thursday. “Africa has just marked the continent’s…
