The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) says it has developed new standards for animal and livestock feeds value chain to support Federal Government efforts in achieving food security. Mr Osita Aboloma, Director- General, SON made this known in a statement from a Work Group meeting on Saturday in Lagos. Read Also: Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines … Read more
African Clean-Up Initiative (ACI), an NGO, on Saturday said it partnered with other NGOs to sensitise and clean up drainage in some parts of Lagos state to avoid flooding. Mr Alexander Akhigbe, Chief Environmental Officer of ACI, made this known during sensitisation and clean-up programme sponsored by Coca-cola Foundation. Read Also: Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines … Read more
Mr Muminu Badmus, Managing Director, Lagos Water Corporation (LWC), said on Saturday that successful repair of Iju water works had improved service delivery to Lagos residents. Badmus said as a result of successful repair of two clear water pumps by the LWC in-house maintenance team, substantial percentage of Millions Gallons per Day (MGD) had been … Read more
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Saturday declared that in Nigeria today, over 14 million children that should be in school were not in school, and thereby deprived of education. Obasanjo made this known in Lagos at the virtual 2020 Fellowship Graduation Ceremony of the second cohort of “Teach for Nigeria Fellows”. Read Also: Major Nigeria … Read more
A 16-year-old boy identified as Adeniyi Muhammed has been arrested by the Ogun state police command for allegedly stealing 14 used female panties. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspect was arrested following a report by one of his victims, Amudalat Opaleye, on Kano Street, Ayetoro. According to Amuda, … Read more
The Chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema has lauded the Federal Government’s decision to enforce the principle of reciprocity, stating that the move would reduce the stigmatisation of Nigerian airlines. Onyema said this in a commendation letter to the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika on Friday in Lagos. Read Also: Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines For … Read more
Accident Investigation Bureau Nigeria (AIB-N) has confirmed the incident in which King Air Jet ran into a fence at the General Aviation Terminal Apron of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. Mr Tunji Oketumbi, the General Manager, Public Affairs of AIB on Saturday said the incident occurred around 9:35 am on Friday, involving a … Read more
Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the Director General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), says an empty 40ft container has claimed two lives in an accident at Ijesha area of Lagos. Oke-Osanyintolu made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Saturday. Read Also: Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines For Today, … Read more
Firemen have rescued 12 persons trapped in a building under construction which collapsed on Friday at Kurna Rijiyar Lemon in Dala Local Government Area in Kano. Kano State Fire Service Spokesman, Malam Saidu Mohammed, said in a statement that the building collapsed at about 13:37p.m. Read Also: Coup: Jonathan Leads ECOWAS Special Envoy To Mali … Read more
The Ogun State Internal Revenue Service (OGIRS) has commenced enforcement of road taxes, with a call on motorists to be law abiding, by validating their old number plates, register their vehicles properly and renew other expired particulars as and when due. Speaking during the exercise, which was a joint effort with the Nigeria Police, Federal … Read more
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Friday said that 22 ships at the Lagos ports were discharging petroleum products and foodstuff. The NPA made this known in its publication, `Shipping Position’, a copy of which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Read Also: Turkey Reconverts Another Church Into Mosque … Read more
Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun on Friday announced plans to deliver 2,000 housing units to the people of the state soon at affordable prices. Abiodun disclosed this when he received the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Family House Fund, Mr Femi Adewole, who paid him a visit in his office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. … Read more
Gov. Dapo Abiodun Ogun on Thursday appealed to Nigerians to embrace dialogue instead of confrontation as a means of addressing the nation’s challenges. Abiodun made the appeal while addressing members of the Yoruba Appraisal Forum (YAF) who led a peaceful protest to his office at Oke-Mosan in Abeokuta. Read Also: Nigeria To Get 2bn COVID-19 … Read more
Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said that the various projects being executed by the Commission and other agencies add significant value to Nigeria’s digital transformation journey. Danbatta stated this during the 4th phase of the virtual inauguration of additional 12 digital economy projects implemented by agencies … Read more
The Ondo State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Adegboyega Adefarati, says about 40,000 youths from the state will benefit from IFAD/FGN/LIFE ND PROJECT for job creation. Adefarati said this on Thursday while declaring open a consultative meeting with the project’s incubators in Akure. Read Also: Nigeria To Get 2bn COVID-19 Vaccine Doses -FG News Agency of … Read more
Jigawa Gov. Mohammed Abubakar has blamed the high cost of food in the country on past leaders describing them as chronic importers. He said this at the virtual inauguration of 12 projects across six geopolitical zones of the country by Dr Ali Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, on Thursday in Abuja. Read Also: … Read more
Debates on revenue collections from Stamp Duties between Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and Nigerian Postal Service ( NIPOST) was brought to a close as FIRS submitted that it was backed by law to collect stamp duties. Responsibility of stamp duties collection between FIRS and NIPOST was raised at an interactive session on the 2021- … Read more
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Thursday disclosed a middle-aged man was lost his life and three other persons were injured after a trailer rammed into a shuttle bus. According to Andrew Kumapayi, Sector Commander of FRSC, the accident happened on Wednesday night around 9pm at Amansea along Awka -Enugu Expressway, Anambra. Kumapayi, who confirmed … Read more
Sen. Bola Tinubu, All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, has commiserated with President Muhammadu Buhari over the death of Malam Wada Maida, Chairman Board of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Tinubu’s condolence is contained in a statement issued by his Media aide, Mr Tunde Rahman, on Thursday in Lagos. Read Also: Delta Cult War … Read more
About nine cult-related deaths have been recorded in five days in Asaba, Delta State, in addition to three in Warri, which are alleged to be reprisals by rival cults. Two young men were said to have been killed in Asaba on Tuesday. PUNCH Metro gathered that one of the deceased, simply identified as Nnamdi, was … Read more