Category: NEWS

132 companies bid for NNPC’s crude sales contract
May 2, 2019 No Responses

132 companies bid for NNPC’s crude sales contract

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Thursday opened 2019 Direct Sale of Crude Oil and Direct Purchase (DSDP) to its local and international business partners, and potential off-takers and suppliers with 132 organisations indicating interest. Group Managing Director of...
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Cambridge University to investigate links to African slave trade
April 30, 2019 No Responses

Cambridge University to investigate links to African slave trade

One of Britain’s top universities announced a two-year inquiry into its links to the African slave trade on Tuesday, promising to uncover how the institution may have gained from slavery and the exploitation of labour. Scholars at the University of...
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Breaking: Five Feared Killed in Ogun Train Accident
April 30, 2019 No Responses

Breaking: Five Feared Killed in Ogun Train Accident

A train has crushed five people after a tricycle veered into its tracks in Ogun State on Tuesday morning. The incident occurred at Toyin, a suburb between Agbado Crossing and Iju Ishaga Station. The Ogun-bound passenger train killed all on...
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Senate: Int’l-passport Will Not Be Produced Outside Nigeria
April 29, 2019 No Responses

Senate: Int’l-passport Will Not Be Produced Outside Nigeria

The Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions has reiterated its commitment towards ensuring that international passports are locally produced in Nigeria. The Chairman of the committee, Sen. Rafiu Ibrahim made this known when offi...
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JAMB Assures Results to be Released This Week
April 29, 2019 No Responses

JAMB Assures Results to be Released This Week

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Monday said that it has yet to release results of the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) but would do so within the week. JAMB’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dr Fabian...
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FG declares Wednesday May 1, public holiday to mark Workers’ Day
April 29, 2019 No Responses

FG declares Wednesday May 1, public holiday to mark Workers’ Day

The Federal Government has declared Wednesday,  May 1, as public holiday to celebrate the 2019 Workers’ Day. The Minister of Interior, Lt.-  Gen. (Rted) Abdulrahman Dambazau, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated Niger...
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NiMet predicts cloudy, sunny, dust hazy atmosphere for Monday
April 28, 2019 No Responses

NiMet predicts cloudy, sunny, dust hazy atmosphere for Monday

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy to partly cloudy, sunny and dust hazy weather conditions with widespread thunderstorms over most parts of the country on Monday. NiMet’s Weather Outlook on Sunday in Abuja predicted partly cloud...
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PUBLISHER TRAINS FRENCH TEACHERS IN LAGOS
April 26, 2019 No Responses

PUBLISHER TRAINS FRENCH TEACHERS IN LAGOS

Teaching of French language needs to improve, SchoolstoreNg Ltd has said. This has informed the collaborative efforts of SchoolstoreNg Ltd, a School supplies and Education Company and French publisher Hachette Livre to train teachers from different schools in ...
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Nigeria Accounts for 32% cent of Global Malaria Deaths — LAPO
April 25, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria Accounts for 32% cent of Global Malaria Deaths — LAPO

An NGO, the Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO), says Nigeria accounts for 32 per cent of the global estimate of 655,000 Malaria deaths annually. LAPO also said that  97 per cent of the Nigeria population was at risk of the...
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Police Officers Trained on Response to Sexual Assault
April 23, 2019 No Responses

Police Officers Trained on Response to Sexual Assault

The Nigeria Police Force has been trained on how to respond to sexual abuse cases with sensitivity of purpose and a in timely fashion. An NGO, Women at Risk International Foundation (WARIF) in partnership with ACT Foundation recently trained about...
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