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  By Fabian Ekeruche The U.S.-Nigeria Trade Council USA says the Lagos State Government’s sudden ban on single-use plastic containers, though well intentioned, could have adverse  economic effects. Mr Titus Olowokere, President of the council, said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Tuesday.. Olowokere urged […]

By Busayo Onijala   In the changing global order, the rise of Africa is very crucial, says Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishanker, India’s Minister of External Affairs. Jaishanker, who is currently on a visit to Nigeria, made this known on Sunday evening in Lagos. He spoke at a lecture organised by the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs(NIIA) […]

By Chiazo Ogbolu The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Sunday announced the berthing of the largest container to sail on the nation’s territorial waters at the Lekki Deep Seaport. Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, the Managing Director, NPA confirmed this in a statement in Lagos. According to him, the vessel measuring 367M in length, christened “Maersk Edirne”, […]

By Henry Oladele The Director, Lagos State Fire Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, says firefighters and other relevant agencies are on the ground to put out the Mandilas fire. Adeseye, in a statement on Sunday in Lagos, said the fire service received a call by 13:15hours that a 10-storey building warehouse in Mandilas was on fire. […]

By Stanley Nwanosike The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), on Sunday, announced plans to commence the Token Identifier (TID) rollover for all its prepaid meter customers by end of February 2024. The EEDC also urged its customers to update their information as a prerequisite for the meter upgrade as part of the implementation for the Standard […]

By Cecilia Ologunagba   The UN aid office (OCHA) says unprecedented flooding in the Republic of the Congo has left more than 350,000 people in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. Some 1.8 million people have been impacted by torrential downpours that have dumped double the usual amount of rainfall on the Congo, impacting nine out […]

The management of Dangote Petroleum Refinery has commenced registration of distributors for its products, a statement by the outfit said on Friday in Lagos. According to the statement, members of three prominent associations that constitute 75 per cent of the total market in Nigeria have been registered. The associations are Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers […]

  By Celine-Damilola Oyewole First Lady Oluremi Tinubu has pledged to address environmental sustainability and eradication or gender inequality through her Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI). This is contained in a statement by Busola Kukoyi SA Media to the First Lady, on Friday in Abuja. The first lady stated this at the Launch of the We […]

  By Sunday John The Police Command in Nasarawa says it has arrested 38  protesters in Lafia  for alleged public disturbance over the recent Supreme Court judgment which upheld the election of  Gov. Abdullahi Sule of the state. The suspects were immediately charged to court and remanded at the Lafia Custodial  Centre. They were charged […]

By Taiye Agbaje  A legal practitioner, Mr Eric Ifere, has threatened to proceed with pending committal proceedings to prison against Dr Musa Aliyu, SAN, the newly appointed Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Ifere, counsel for Nkrah Marine Limited and its CEO gave the warning in a letter addressed to Aliyu […]