By Foster Obi Managing Director, Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman , today received the Comptroller of Immigration Service, Lagos Seaport/Marine Command, Comptr. Olubusola Fashakin and her team during their courtesy visit to NPA Corporate Headquarters, Marina-Lagos. In the pix: Managing Director, NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman and the Comptroller of Immigration Service, Lagos Seaport/Marine […]
Oil prices rose for a fifth day on Wednesday, supported by a drop in U.S. stockpiles and investor expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will lower borrowing costs for the first time since the financial crisis more than a decade ago. Brent crude futures LCOc1, the international benchmark for oil prices, were up 40 cents, […]
Disney’s ‘The Lion King’ has crossed the billion-dollar mark after less than 3 weeks in theaters. The live-action remake of the 1994 movie features Beyonce, Donald Glover and Chiwetel Ejiofor in lead roles. The movie joins ‘Avengers: Endgame’, ‘Captain Marvel’ and ‘Aladdin’ as the fourth Disney title to surpass one billion dollars in global ticket […]
Some Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) off-takers, popularly known as cooking gas marketers, have accused the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG), of marginalisation in the distribution of the product in Lagos. Some of the LPG off-takers, who preferred anonymity, made the allegation in an interactive session with journalists in Lagos, on Monday. They alleged that NLNG […]
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said that a section of the Jibowu Crossing in Yaba area of the State would be closed for 30 days, starting Wednesday (today) to Thursday, August 29, 2019. On its verified Twitter handle, the government said the closure is due to the relocation of gas pipes situated close to […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria has injected the sum of 210 million dollars into the inter-bank Foreign Exchange Market after the transactions on Tuesday, July 30. The bank’s Director, Corporate Communications Department, Mr Isaac Okorafor made this known in a statement in Abuja. Okorafor explained that authorized dealers in the wholesale sector of the market […]
Femi Otedola, billionaire businessman, has fulfilled his $25,000 per goal pledge to the Super Eagles. Otedola had pledged the sum of $25,000 for each goal scored by the Eagles during the just concluded 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). He made the promise alongside Aliko Dangote, president of Dangote Group, who doubles as Africa’s richest […]
The federal government has appointed Halilu Ahmad as the acting Director-General of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), following the expiration of the two-term tenure of Seidu Mohammed. PRNigeria gathered that Mr Shaba is one of the most senior directors at the space research agency. A graduate of Geography from Bayero University Kano […]
The Nigeria women’s captain is demanding her side be paid the same as their male counterpart. Desire Oparanozie believes the Nigeria women’s team deserves to receive the same pay as the country’s male side. Oparanozie, who captained the Super Falcons to a Round of 16 finish at the 2019 Fifa Women’s World Cup, made the […]
An FCT High Court on Monday sentenced five internet fraudsters to three years in prison each for online fraud schemes. The convicts are Karo Ijire, Austin Odili, Elvis Ikechukwu, Kelly Iboyi and Rukeme Ejechi. Delivering judgment, Justice Muawiyah Baba- Idris ordered that proceeds from the crime and other things associated with it be forfeited to […]