Obasanjo made the plea during a courtesy visit by the management of NIPCO Plc to his Hilltop Estate in Abeokuta, Ogun State on the need by the the Federal Government to promote use of CNG as a vehicular fuel
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He said: “On Saturday at about 23:50 hours, unknown gunmen attacked the Expatriates Quarters at Onopa and opened fire on security personnel on guard in an attempt to abduct the expatriates
This was contained in a statement issued by Emeka Ezeh, the EEDC Head of Communications, and issued to newsmen on Sunday in Enugu.
Ezeh said the EEDC had awarded contract to three companies to procure the smart meters
The arrival of the aircraft brings the number of airplanes on the airline’s fleet to six, while the new aircraft was immediately deployed for its Accra, Ghana operations
The economic woes befalling Nigeria has been attributed to the crashing oil price in the global market, over the years, Nigeria’s oil revenue keep experiencing significant setback on monthly basis. In December 2014, gross oil revenue recorded was N480 billion, in January 2015, N460 billion; in February 2015, N401 billion; in March 2015, N315 billion; while in April 2015, it was N282 billion. According to the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Statistical Bulletin for 2015 quarters, at N1.859 trillion, Nigeria’s crude oil revenue for the 2015 fiscal year dipped by 37.47 per cent from N2.973n trillion recorded in 2014. In 2016, the fall continued to the lowest level in more than five years
The statement reads: “In this 2016 World Day Against Child Labour, we wish to express our support and join the global community in eradicating child labour from the supply chain. We find this year’s theme (end child labour in supply chain) both apt and significant as we reflect on the particular challenges that our nation faces which have heightened considerably the vulnerabilities of our children to exploitation
According to the National Coordinator and Secretary of Integrity Group, James Alo and Aliu Sanni, a report written by the Oronsaye committee when he was HOS and Chairman of the Presidential Committee on the Rationalisation and Restructuring of the Civil Service, had sought the merger of the EFCC with the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission
The statement noted that the doubts that usually accompany government examinations and job tests would be a thing of the past if CBT is adopted since the method has proven trustworthy enough to result in the abolition of post-UMTE tests that tertiary institutions used to conduct
The Commandant of the NSCDC in Borno State, Ibrahim Abdullahi, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri
There is a reason for the obsession with erectile function, and it is common to most of the extreme jihadist movements, especially those, like Boko Haram, that have pledged allegiance to the so-called caliphate that claims the name “Islamic State”: the promise of sex is a great recruiting tool, and sexual prowess is deemed to have mystical powers
The signing, which was part of the Ningbo Major Investment Projects Signing Ceremony organized by the Ningbo Municipal People’s Government, involved a total of $3.7 billion worth of investments in 31 projects, out of which $1.4 billion was for outbound investments with the Kwara Chitex Industrial Park being the only Nigerian bound
The command’s spokesperson, DSP Dolapo Badmos, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Saturday that the suspected killer of the hawker has yet to be handed over by the Nigeria Security Civil Defence Corps for interrogation
Reconstruction and rehabilitation works on the highway were suspended due to some issues with the Federal Government, which included funding
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the accident occurred Friday on the road where the popular Kara Cattle Market is located
A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria, who was among early arrivals, reports that some shops in the town did not open as news of death of a son of the soil had reached the community
The Director of the Service, Rasak Fadipe, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the incident occurred at about 2am at Faith Revival Church
Adeneye explained that resident doctors in the hospital had been receiving incomplete salaries since 2014, saying that all efforts to make government see reason on the mater had failed
An earlier attack on Agip’s crude export pipeline compelled the oil firm to shut down production of 65,000 barrels of crude daily from the facility.
A new militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers, had, in an online statement from its Twitter handle, claimed responsibility for the incident
She also commended him for his interest in Diaspora matters as being the first governor to establish a diaspora commission and appoint a Special Assistant on Diaspora Affairs
The competition, for secondary schools in Lagos State, started in January with schools being drawn into groups for the male and female categories