President Muhammadu Buhari has flagged off the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) train 7 project, charging for its timely completion so as to enable the commencement of the Train 8 project. The President gave the charge on Tuesday at the virtual groundbreaking ceremony of the project in Bonny Island, Rivers State. He urged the Board…
The Nigerian Army on Monday denied that soldiers have been embarking on a revenge mission against innocent people in Ohafia local government of Abia state following alleged killing of a soldier. Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, Director, Army Public Relations who made this known in a statement in Abuja stated that no soldier was killed. The…
An Uber driver and two other traffickers have been arrested by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, with different quantities of cocaine at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport MMIA, Lagos. The Uber driver named Lawal Tunde Rasheed was arrested at the SAHCO export shed of MMIA on Tuesday 8th June, 2021…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested Abayomi Kamaldeen Alaka (a.k.a Awise), leader of a deadly syndicate of juju scammers over an alleged N250m fraud. The leader and members of his syndicate have been operating from a shrine in Ashipa Town, near Abeokuta in Ogun State. According to a statement by the Head…
After months of speculations, Dangote Urea fertilizer is now finally on sales nationwide and it currently pushes out a minimum of 120 trucks per day across the country. Group Executive Director, (Strategy, Capital Projects & Portfolio Development) Dangote Industries Limited, Devakumar Edwin, revealed to the press over the weekend that the Plant which has the…
The Federal Government has declared Monday, 14th June, 2021 as public holiday to mark this year’s Democracy Day celebration as it warned against agitations capable of threatening the Unity of the country. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated Nigerians on this occasion and…
Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has performed the groundbreaking of the first privately owned Inland Terminal LPG Storage Facility in the country. The facility sited within the Ore Industrial Hub by Alles Charis will gulp over N5.5Billion with over 300 jobs to be created initially. When the first phase is completed within the…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) may nationalise ailing Unity Bank Plc over its troubled and unhealthy state, in its bid to save depositors and shareholders’ funds. This follows the apex bank’s target examination which shows that the lender is in grave financial condition with its capital adequacy ratio (CAR) and non-performing loans ratio (NPL)…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has denied claims made by Justin Gbagir, Chairman Makurdi Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, that he was assaulted and brutalized by operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Office of the Commission on June 8, 2021, leading to his being hospitalized at BUSTH. A statement by the anti-graft…
President Buhari on Thursday inaugurated the commercial operations of Lagos-Ibadan railway project at the Mobolaji Johnson Railway Station, Ebute Metta, Lagos. In a statement by Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, the President at the inauguration, described the feat “as another milestone in the drive of this Administration to revitalize the railway system and establish it as…