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President Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned Ibigwe modular refinery with an assurance that Nigeria will soon become a net exporter of petroleum products, as the country moves towards realising its refinery roadmap. During the commissioning of the 5,000 barrel per day, bpd, Waltersmith modular refinery, Ibigwe, Ohaji, Imo State, held virtually on Tuesday, Buhari said he…
President Muhammadu Buhari, who confirmed this on Monday, said the plan is one of the proposals in the 2020 Finance Bill pending before the National Assembly. Buhari, in a speech delivered virtually on his behalf by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, at the opening of the 26th Nigerian Economic Summit Group conference, said the measure would…
Over 34,685 people have been tested for coronavirus (COVID-19) across all the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) camps across the country. The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, confirmed this on Monday at the briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 in Abuja. He told reporters that…
Nigeria’s information minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed redoubled Monday on his attack against CNN over its story on the shooting at the Lekki Toll Gate, Lagos, Nigeria on 20 October. The minister had earlier at a press conference on Friday ridiculed the CNN report as falling short of journalistic standards. According to him the report used…
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has appealed to the Federal Government to give special consideration to roads in the State as it plays host to the largest industrial hub in the country. Governor Abiodun made the appeal at the Stakeholders Town Hall Meeting attended by the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola,…
The Nigeria Police Force has unveiled a cybercrime reporting web portal, the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, has announced. In a statement on Thursday, Mba explained that the portal – which can be accessed via http://incb.police.gov.ng – is part of efforts directed at ensuring ease of reportage by members of the public to enable prompt investigation,…
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the international community to act, using the latest available technology and tools, to address the Tuberculosis (TB) epidemic, one of the leading causes of death in the world, according to a statement from the Presidency on Thursday. Buhari made the call in a message to the roundtable conference of…
Oyo State Governor, Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde on Wednesday announced he was ready to deploy Amotekun corp members to all the state’s 351 wards. He said this while attending the passing-out ceremony of the Amotekun Corps in Oyo Town. Amotekun is a regional security outfit conceived by South-West states. “This afternoon, we held the passing-out ceremony…
Speaker of Ogun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Olakunle Taiwo Oluomo, has guaranteed members of the State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), led by Comrade Waheed Oloyede, of the Assembly’s Commitment to the welfare of the elderly and the physically challenged, as he is putting together a bill that will create…
Some unknown gunmen on Wednesday murdered Engr. Mufutau Olayemi, a lecturer at D.S Adegbenro ICT Polytechnic, Itori, Ogun State. Olayemi, who is Head, Department of Electrical Engineering at the polytechnic, was shot dead by the suspected assassins on his way home from a conference. He was shot several times while his assailants left without removing…
