The management of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals has reacted to a statement by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), claiming to have facilitated 29 million crude oil barrels to the 650,000bpd Dangote refinery. In a statement yesterday signed by Anthony Chiejina, Group Chief, Branding and Communication f...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says that approximately one million Nigerian children die annually before their fifth birthday due to various sicknesses. Dr Adedolapo Fasawe, the Mandate Secretary, Health Services and Environment Secretariat (HSES), said this on Friday at a news conference to kickstart the 2024 FCT Maternal...
•Tinubu and tyres The State House spent a whopping sum of N244,654,350 for the purchase and supply of tyres in a single day, according to findings by Daily Trust. Investigation and data gathered from govspend, a portal documenting the Presidential Villa expenditure, showed that the State House made payments for the supply of an unspecified [&h...
Alcohol kills nearly three million people annually, the World Health Organization said today, adding that while the death rate had dropped slightly in recent years it remained “unacceptably high”. The United Nations health agency’s latest report on alcohol and health said alcohol causes nearly one in 20 deaths globally each year, through drink...
•UTME candidates No fewer than 6.9 million candidates sat the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination between 2019 and 2022 with only 2.03 million of them admitted into tertiary various institutions while 4.87 million candidates failed to secure admission. Among the 4.87 million candidates, who failed to secure admission, are 4,385 candidat...
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said 95 million Nigerians need to enrol for the National Identification Number (NIN). This was revealed by the Head of Corporate Communications at the commission, Kayode Adegoke, on X over the weekend. According to him, for NIMC to meet the 200 million target by 2025, 95 million Nigerians ...
•Police recruits A former federal lawmaker, Senator Binta Masi Garba, has alleged that someone she knows was asked to pay N3m to gain admission into the Nigeria Police Force Academy in Wudil, Kano State. According to the ex-lawmaker who represented Adamawa North Senatorial District from 2015 to 2019, the security challenges confronting the nat...
•Davido Afrobeats singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido has revealed that he will be donating the sum of N300 million through his foundation, the David Adeleke Foundation, to orphanages across the country. This, he said, is part of his annual contribution to the nation. The singer in a post on his X formerly Twitter […]
•Osimhen Journalist Rudy Galetti has revealed that the Blues are prepared to pay his €130 million release clause and they are expected to approach the Italian club soon. The Blues are hoping to negotiate a favourable payment structure with Napoli and it remains to be seen whether the two parties can come to an agreement, […]
•NLC President, Tinubu & TUC President The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, has stated that if the ongoing inflation continues unabated, organised labour might push for a new minimum wage of up to N1 Million for Nigerian workers. Ajaero said the demand from organised labour would be influenced by the cost of […]...
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