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Train Ride From Lagos To Ibadan To Cost Between N3K-N6K
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has announced the fares on the the new Lagos-Ibadan train service, which would begin operations by January, 2021. Amaechi made the announcement disclosure during the inauguration of the Governing Council of the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria (CIOTA) in Abuja on Friday. Amaechi …
Read More »Garba Shehu: Amosun Didn’t Transfer N12.5m Ogun Money To Buhari
The statement read; ”Fake news industry at work. A certain document showing the transfer of N12,500,000 from the Coffers of the Ogun State to a “PMB Estate” is being circulated to tarnish the image of President Muhammadu Buhari. The President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) Estate is a large housing scheme in …
Read More »Arik Air Sacks 300 Workers
The management of Arik Air has relieved 300 members of staff of their appointments. This was announced in a statement by the airline on Friday. It blamed the sacking on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic. The press statement was titled, “Arik Air management declares 300 staff redundant”. The company explained that …
Read More »Lagos Bye-Elections: Police Declare Restriction Order, Sue For Peaceful Conduct
LAGOS EAST SENATORIAL AND KOSOFE 11 CONSTITUENCY BYE ELECTIONS: POLICE DECLARE RESTRICTION ORDER, SUE FOR PEACEFUL CONDUCT. #LagosEastElection #KosofeII In a bid to have free, fair and credible bye elections into the Lagos East Senatorial and Kosofe 11 Constituency, Lagos State House of Assembly seats, the Lagos State Police Command …
Read More »Senate Directs FG To Build E-validation Portal Against Fake Results
The Senate on Thursday directed the Federal Ministry of Education to build and maintain for all tertiary institutions in Nigeria, an e-validation portal, to enable employers and relevant authorities or organization within and outside Nigeria, to verify and validate academic result/certificate obtained from tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Newsextra24 Nigeria reports …
Read More »Chinese Supplier Blames ‘Bad Luck’ For Frequent Locomotive Breakdown
The China Railway Construction Corporation Limited (CRCC) has blamed ill luck for the malfunctioning locomotives it recently built for Nigerians. CRCC after-sales manager Su Zhiguang, who heads the maintenance team on the Abuja-Kaduna rail line, told Peoples Gazette that the trains, which arrived in Nigeria in January, were test run …
Read More »EFCC Produces Fugitive Maina In Court
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has produced a former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Taskforce Team, Abulrasheed Maina, for Friday’s proceedings of his trial at the Federal High Court in Abuja. Maina, who is being prosecuted by the EFCC on N2bn money laundering charges, had jumped bail and …
Read More »Court Remands Abdulrasheed Maina In Kuje Prison
Court Remands Abdulrasheed Maina At Kuje Correctional Centre Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the remand of Abdulrasheed Maina at Kuje Correctional Centre pending the conclusion of his trial. At the resumed trial on Friday, the counsel representing Maina, Adaji Abel formally withdrew and …
Read More »48-Year-Old Sunday Dare Asefon Emerges NANS President
December 4, 2020 Mr. Sunday Dare Asefon has emerged the new ‘global’ President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), amidst sporadic shootings that rocked the contest. Newsextra24 gathered that Afeson is a 48-year old postgraduate diploma (PGD) student of the Ekiti State University (EKSU), in Ado-Ekiti. The new …
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