In celebration of World Mental Health Day, the Nestoil Group hosted an enlightening event to guide workers on how to be emotionally resilient in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) environment. The event aimed at promoting mental well-being among staff, according to one of the Group’s Medical Doctors, Dr. …
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THE city of Arusha in northern Tanzania played host to the inaugural Global Land Rover Festival, which drew over 1,000 Land Rovers from around the world, organisers announced on Sunday. The festival, organised by the Arusha regional commissioner’s office, kicked off on Saturday and runs until Monday. It seeks to …
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THE World Bank has launched its new Business Ready 2024 (B-READY) report, evaluating the business and investment environments across 50 global economies. The report, a successor to the Doing Business initiative, is the first of three volumes to be released between 2024 and 2026. The aim of B-READY is to enhance private investment, boost …
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NIGERIANS spend an astonishing $10bn annually on petrol and generator maintenance, according to a report by Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL). This figure underscores the country’s heavy reliance on fossil fuels for electricity generation, despite its environmental and economic challenges. The report, titled Beyond Gensets: Advancing the Energy Transition in Lagos State, was published …
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KENYA’S Ruth Chepngetich made history on Sunday by breaking the women’s marathon world record at the Chicago Marathon. The 30-year-old clocked an astonishing time of 2 hours, 9 minutes, and 57 seconds, shattering the previous record by almost two minutes. Chepngetich is the first woman to run a marathon in …
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RENOWNED journalist Oseni Rufai, has questioned the significance of the erected golden statue of Oluremi Tinubu. Recall that on October 11, in a grand ceremony at Obafemi Awolowo University in Osun State, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, unveiled a golden statue of Oluremi Tinubu, among other honours. Reacting …
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Former Green Eagles goalkeeper, Peter Fregene, has passed away. Newsextra24 understands that sad news was announced by his longtime friend and ex-international, Segun Odegbami, on Sunday. Odegbami revealed that Fregene died peacefully after a prolonged illness, with his wife, Tina, and two of his children by his side. The …
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AS Nigeria’s struggle with the high cost of petrol, the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, also known as cooking gas, has also increased to N1,500/kg. But the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of NIPCO Plc, Suresh Kumar, said the Dangote refinery and other domestic refineries would bring down the price of …
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THE French authorities want to adopt a new immigration law next year, a spokeswoman said, as the new right-wing government seeks to crack down on immigration. “There will be a need for a new law,” government spokeswoman Maud Bregeon told broadcaster BFMTV on Sunday. The government’s plan to tighten immigration …
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(Published in the Sunday Tribune, October 13, 2024) In the build-up to the 2015 election, when President Muhammadu Buhari mounted the podium to seek votes from Nigerians, he campaigned on three major fronts. He promised to fight insurgency, corruption, and rebuild the economy. With this three-pronged campaign agenda, the Katsina-born …
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