TROOPS of the Joint Task Force Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have rescued two kidnapped officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State. This is contained in a statement by Lt. Ahmad Zubairu, Acting Media Information Officer, OPWS headquarters, on Saturday and made available to …
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President Bola Tinubu has called on the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and African Development Bank (AfDB) to scale up financing for climate action. Tinubu, represented by the Vice-President, Sen. Kashim Shettima, made the call at a Climate Submit during the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly …
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Nigeria and the UK have pledged to deepen cooperation on several fronts, including defence, trade, migration, and cybersecurity Speaking at a bilateral meeting in New York between Vice President Kashim Shettima and the Deputy Prime Minister of the UK, David Lammy, the two leaders pledged to strengthen existing bilateral relationship. …
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THE Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), has approved $510 million Sales Purchase Agreement (SPA) by TotalEnergies Exploration and Production Nigeria Ltd. This agreement allows the transfer of TotalEnergies’ entire 12.5 per cent contractor interest in Oil Mining Lease (OML) 118 to Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPco), and …
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THE Federal Government (FG) has secured a price reduction of the twice-yearly HIV prevention injection, lenacapavir, from 28,000 dollars to just 40 dollars per person. Mrs Toyin Aderibigbe, Deputy Director, Public Relations and Protocol Division, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), disclosed this in a statement on Friday. …
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has partnered with Master Agent Show, a Non-Governmental Organisation, to mobilise over 50,000 Junior Secondary School (JSS) students against corruption. The Chairman of ICPC, Dr Musa Aliyu, SAN, said this at the inauguration of Basic Education Anti-corruption Debate (BEAD), an …
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Head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has encouraged member states to diversify trade and welcomed all free trade and regional trade agreements. Okonjo-Iweala made the call at the first Biennial Summit for a Sustainable, Inclusive and Resilient Global Economy at the UN headquarters in New York. The …
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Leaders from Nigeria and 100 other countries have announced and reiterated new national climate action plans at a summit on the sidelines of the 80th UN General Assembly in New York. The summit was convened by Secretary-General António Guterres alongside President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva of Brazil, host of …
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Chief Executive Officer, Air Peace Ltd., Mr Allen Onyema, has called for harmonised regulations between Nigeria and the United Kingdom to smoothen corridors, reduce bottlenecks, cut delays and expand trade. Onyema made the call on Thursday night in Lagos at the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) members evening and induction …
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VICE-President Kashim Shettima, on Thursday charged the graduating cadets of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), to uphold ethics, excellence and patriotism in discharging their constitutional responsibility. Shettima gave the charge at the 35th convocation ceremony of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in honuor of the cadets of the 72 Regular …
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