Femi Asu Thirty-two refinery project licences issued to private investors in the country have become invalid in the past three years, according to the Department of Petroleum Resources.The DPR said on Monday that the number of valid refinery project licences stood at 23 as of March 2021, down from 44 in April 2018. An analysis […]
Continue ReadingIkechukwu Oyinbo The Senate Public Accounts Committee has summoned the management of the NICON Insurance Plc, AIICO Insurance and other insurance companies over their alleged failure to remit N17.4bn pension fund to the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate.The Senate hinged the summon on the 2016 report of the Auditor-General for the Federation which unraveled the alleged […]
Continue ReadingDeji Lambo The Lagos State Police Command has dismissed Sergeant Eze Aiwansoba for shooting his girlfriend, Joy Ndubueze, in the mouth in an apparent attempt to kill her on Salvation Road, Opebi, in the Ikeja area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement on Monday that following […]
Continue ReadingEbenezer Bajela Edo State Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu on Monday entered the history books as the country’s first major political office holder to win a football gold medal at the National Sports Festival, after leading Team Edo to a 3-2 win over Team Lagos in the final of the men’s football event of the 20th […]
Continue ReadingAfeez Hanafi The Lagos State Government has taken over the welfare of Mary Daniel, the 26-year-old amputee single mother who hawked table water in traffic in the Oshodi area of the state to earn a living.This is just as donations by good samaritans from within and outside the country keep pouring into Daniel’s bank account […]
Continue ReadingRabat – According to Hamariweb, Ramadan 2021 is likely to commence on April 13 in Saudi Arabia. During Ramadan, which lasts 29 to 30 days, Muslims fast every day from Al-Fajr (sunrise prayer) until Al-Maghrib (sunset prayer) and refrain from smoking, drinking, and sexual activity. It is also an opportunity for Muslims to strengthen their […]
Continue ReadingOlalekan Adetayo, Abuja THE Senior Special Assistant to the President on Administration and Women Affairs (Office of the First Lady), Dr Hajo Sani, has given an insight into why the wife of the President, Aisha, did not react publicly to “the other room” comment made by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in 2016.Sani […]
Continue ReadingDaud Olatunji, Abeokuta Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday broke his silence over the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election presumably won by late business mogul, Moshood Kashimawo Abiola.Obasanjo, who described Abiola as his school mate at the Baptist Boys High School, Abeokuta, lamented that the cancellation of June 12 election had robbed […]
Continue ReadingPDP releases candidates’ list for South-West congress Sunday Aborisade, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party has released the list of candidates cleared by its screening committee for the April 12 South-West Zonal Congress expected to produce the party’s executive in the region.A document, signed by the National Organisation Secretary of the party, Col. Austin Akobundu, and […]
Continue ReadingTunde Oyekola, IlorinThe Kwara State Government on Sunday recalled students of the 10 mission schools affected by the hijab crisis in the state since February from the second term holiday, directing them to start third term academic programme from today, Monday April 12,2021. A statement by Mrs Kemi Adeosun, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education and […]
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