NIGERIAN music icon Flavour and American Grammy-winning artist 50 Cent have teamed up in a groundbreaking musical collaboration that bridges cultures and continents. The partnership promises not only a unique auditory experience but also a significant cultural exchange that highlights Igbo culture on the global stage. Flavour brings Igbo …
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● Urges constructive engagement with government THE Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has disclosed that the subsidy on fuel, if not curbed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, would have cost the country a whopping N5.4 trillion by the end of 2024. Governor Abiodun noted that it would have been …
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Only 1.2% of the N1.65 billion allocated to solve Borno state’s flooding and erosion problems has been released, according to research by The ICIR. The ICIR gathered this data by reviewing the budget implementation reports of the states for both the first and second quarters of 2024. The BIR document provides insights into what the state government spent in a fiscal year. Borno State allocated N1.6 billion for erosion and flood control which …
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THE operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have foiled attempts by some suspected drug traffickers to export consignments of loud, tramadol pills, co-codamol tablets, pentazocine injection, dihydrocodeine, and promethazine tabs through some courier companies to the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Thailand, and Oman. While 2.3kg …
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DANGOTE Group has said that it plans to transport refined petroleum products by sea. This announcement was made in a statement on Sunday by the Senior Adviser to the Group President on Special Projects and Strategic Relations, Fatima Wali-Abdurrahman. She noted the construction of a jetty in the Lekki Free …
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PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has appointed Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe as the Director-General and global liaison for the Nigeria-China strategic partnership reached by the two countries during the president’s visit in early September. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, …
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THE World Bank has approved three new loan requests totalling $1.57 billion in financing for Nigeria. World Bank made this known in a statement on Monday, September 30, 2024. It noted that the loan approval made on September 26 was to support the federal government in strengthening human capital through …
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THE Federal Government has handed over 64 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses to the representatives of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), and the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS). The CNG buses were handed over to the unions at the State House Conference Centre in …
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THE Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thunderstorms across the country from Monday to Wednesday, October 2, 2024. NiMet made this known via its weather outlook released on Sunday, September 29. The agency envisaged thunderstorms in parts of Kebbi and Zamfara States in the northern region in the early …
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THE Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, has said that the production of three million barrels of crude oil per day is achievable from the 1.7 million it is. According to NNPC, the political will in that regard was already provided by President Bola Tinubu with directives to relevant …
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