The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said 17 ships at the Lagos ports were discharging general cargo, bulk wheat, petrol, frozen fish, container bulk sugar, automobile gasoline and base oil. It said it was expecting 24 others laden with petroleum products,…
The Edo Internal Revenue Service (EIRS), has assured that vehicles number plates would be available in the state by the first week of February. Mr Courage Eboigbe, Head, Corporate Communication, EIRS, gave the assurance in an interview with newsmen in…
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), on Thursday, destroyed over 6,000 expired and substandard imported tyres confiscated in Port Harcourt, Rivers. Supervising the destruction in Enugu, Mr Obinna Manafa, the Director, Inspectorate and Compliance Directorate of SON, said that the…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja met with the leadership of Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs led by its President-General, Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar. Reports state that the agenda of the meeting which went into closed…
Mr Ahmed Baba-Yahaya, Nasarawa State Commissioner for Health, says government had intensified the training of health workers to curtail the spread of Covid-19 in the state. The commissioner, who disclosed this on Thursday, in Lafia, at the opening of a…
The Chairman, Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Mr Abdullahi Candido, on Thursday presented a budget of N10.087 billion for 2021. Candido said at the ceremony in Abuja that the figure represented an increase of 10.94 per cent over the 2020…
A Non-Governmental Organisation(NGO), Food Hygiene Initiative of Nigeria (FHIN), has called on Nigerians to ensure proper handling and hygienic food consumption to promote food safety and healthy living in the country. The Director-General of the organisation, Dr Jonah Karimu, made…
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) in Oyo, on Thursday took sensitisation campaign on COVID-19 to some public primary and secondary schools in Ibadan. Reports state that the Oyo state director of NOA, Mr Moshood Olaleye, led other staff of the…
Dr Isa Pantami, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has assured Nigerians and the international community that citizens’ and the country’s data are 99 per cent secure. Pantami spoke on Thursday in Abuja at the National Data Privacy Day…
The Women’s Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative (WRAPA), a civil society organisation, has advocated for a strengthened system to help protect women and girls from all forms of violence, especially sexual assualt. The Director of Programmes and Administration of WRAPA,…
