The State Commandant of the NSCDC, Philip Ayuba, said while parading the suspects that out of the eight trucks seized by his men, six are gigantic 66,000 litres each and the remaining two trucks are 33,000 litres and 40,000 litres, totalling over 497,000 litres of petrol
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The briefing, which started on Jan. 22, was organised by the Ministry of Information to enlighten the public on the achievements of Governor Seriake Dickson’s administration in the last six years.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the All-Share Index declining further by 426.45 points or 0.96 per cent to close at 43,963.40 compared with 44,389.85 posted on Tuesday.
She said the appointment was made by Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, the Minister of Science and Technology, pending when a substantive director-general would be appointed.
According to him, sealing of filling stations in the face of the lingering fuel scarcity will amount to more suffering for motorists.
Nicolas Terraz, the Managing Director of the company, told newsmen on the arrival of the FPSO that the journey to Nigeria started on October 31, 2017 from South Korea.
Iroegbu, who made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Awka, said the beneficiaries had concluded their training and were awaiting take-off later this year.
Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the infrastructure, linking Algiers to Lagos over a distance of 4,600 km, will bring benefits certainly to Algeria and Nigeria, and also shows that Africa can achieve projects of that scale.
Ebegba said that the role of communication in achieving sustainable livelihoods through science and modern technologies could not be over-emphasised.
Spot Brent crude oil futures, the international benchmark for oil prices, were at $70 a barrel at 0102 GMT, up 4 cents from their last close
The Federal Accounts Allocation Committee on Tuesday announced the disbursement of the Federal Allocation to the Federal Government, State Governments and Local Governments on Tuesday
A document, obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria in Kaduna on Tuesday, showed that the commission was allocated a total N3.19 billion, of which N2.76 billion is for capital expenditure and N439.48 for recurrent.
Alloy Chukwuemeka, ABS FC’s Director of Football, told newsmen on Tuesday in Ilorin that the former Shooting Stars FC player would take charge of the club in March.
The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, told newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja that the N655.17 billion was distributed under four distributable sub-heads.
Total Managing Director, Nichola Terraz, disclosed this at the Senate Ad-Hoc Committee on Investigation of Local content Elements of the Egina Oil field and other related projects, on Tuesday in Abuja.
Saraki made the commendation in Abuja at the public demonstration of the machine — “Gideon Cocoa Pod Breaking Machine’’ – which can break 30,000 cocoa pods in one hour.
Mashi disclosed this when Mr Bernard Gomez, WMO Regional Representative, North and Central Africa, led this team on courtesy call on NiMet in Abuja on Tuesday.
KDIRS Executive Chairman, Mukhtar Ahmed who made announced this at a news conference in Kaduna, added that the state targeted N42 billion in 2018.
Fashola expressed the objection at a public hearing on two Bills seeking to restructure FERMA and increase its funding. The session was organised by House of Representatives Committee on FERMA.
The governor said at the ceremony in Kaduna that the government decided to establish the CCTV Command Center to boost security in the state.