The residents of Isokan in Ogun on Monday commended Airtel Nigeria for assisting in restoring electricity, 15 years after the community was thrown into darkness. Airtel said in a statement that Isokan community had been disconnected from public power grid since 2005 due to equipment failure. The telco said the situation of the Isokan community was brought to its attention via Airtel Touching Lives initiative which prompted the company to intervene. “The story was featured in an episode of the television programme, ‘Airtel Touching Lives’, which aired earlier in the year on national TV. ‘It showed community members narrating how…
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The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Monday said that 20 ships at the Lagos ports were discharging petroleum products and food stuff. The NPA made this known in its publication, `Shipping Position’, a copy of which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. It listed the contents of the ship as general cargo, containers, bulk wheat, petrol, frozen fish, butane gas, bulk sugar, maize, bulk salt and automobile gasoline. It said that other 12 ships had arrived the ports, waiting to berth with containers, bulk wheat, and general cargo. The authority said it was expecting…
The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) says the Federal Government has spent a total of N8.94 trillion on oil subsidy between 2006 and 2015. The agency disclosed this in a document on subsidy payment released in Abuja on Monday. It said that the subsidy was paid to oil marketers and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in the period under review. A break down of the money indicated that in 2006 a total of N257.36 billion was paid, in 2007, N271.51 billion while in 2008 N630.57 billion was paid to marketers. ‘Also, oil marketers in 2009 were paid N409.31…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has warned that though the country has recorded a decline in the number of COVID-19 cases, it was not yet celebration time as Nigeria has not tested adequately and therefore risks a resurgence. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General, NCDC, said this at a briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday in Abuja. Ihekweazu said that the country recorded a 36 per cent decline nationally in August, compared to July, while the positivity ratio dropped from 20 per cent in June to 7 per cent in July. “You might think that…
The Police Command in Benue says it has arrested 96 persons over alleged house breaking, theft, armed robbery and cultism in Makurdi, the state capital.A statement by its Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Catherine Anene, said on Monday in Makurdi that the suspects were arrested following complaints from residents of Welfare Quarters, Yarkiyo, wadata, Ankpa Quarters, NUJ and North-Bank areas. She said that the suspects were arrested between August 24 and September 15.The official listed items recovered from the suspects to include two locally-made pistols, one dane gun, two live cartridges, one canister of 38mm, tear gas cartridge, one military camouflage…
An Observer in the just concluded Edo Governorship election, Intercontinental Leadership Initiative, has faulted the integrity of the Sept. 19 poll. The Country Head of the organisation, Mr Stafford Bisong, stated this at a news conference in Benin on Monday. Bisong who said he had his officials across the 18 Local Government Areas of Edo during the election, noted that none functional card readers used for the poll across the State raised integrity issue about the poll. The Intercontinental Leadership Initiative also cited the none display of voters register five days before the elecitom as prescribed by the electoral act.…
Netflix, the world’s leading Internet entertainment service, has announced new Nigerian original series in the pipeline plus three new Nigerian branded films licensed to Netflix. Ben Amadasun, Netflix Director of Licensing and Co-Productions in Africa, announced this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The three anticipated Nigerian films by some of Nigeria’s prolific filmmakers – Mo Abudu, Kunle Afolayan and Kemi Adetiba – are set to premiere on Netflix. They include Òlòtūré, the story of a young female journalist who goes undercover as a prostitute to expose a human trafficking syndicate. Set in Lagos, Nigeria, Òlòtūré is part of…
Public and private schools in Oyo State, on Monday, resumed, with most of them complying strictly with COVID-19 protocols and government’s guidelines on staggered school hours. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the schools had been closed since March, following the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country.A NAN correspondent, who moved round Ibadan, the state capital, reports that most schools complied with necessary guidelines, while students and pupils were seeing wearing face masks and washing their hands before being allowed to enter their schools.At Ansar-Ud-Deen Secondary School, Liberty Road, Ibadan, students in senior classes, who were to attend…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja Jaiz Bank Plc, Nigeria’s premier non-interest bank has been emerged as the Most Improved Islamic Bank 2020 in the world by the Global Islamic Finance Awards (GIFA). The Global Islamic Finance Awards (GIFA) are one of the most prestigious awards in Islamic banking and finance. Other prestigious awards are Islamic Development Bank Prize in Islamic Banking and Finance (also known as ‘IDB Prize’) and The Royal Award for Islamic Finance, founded by the government of Malaysia. In a congratulatory letter to Hassan Usman, Managing Director/CE of Jaiz Bank, Professor Humayon Dar, the Chairman of GIFA, said…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja Bakers in Abuja and environs on Monday resumed business after suspending bread production following the strike they embarked upon last week to protest high costs of baking ingredients The Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria(AMBCN) had directed its members to suspend production and threatened to jack up the prices of bread if the current costs of baking material were not reduced. Following the suspension of production by the bakers, scarcity of bread which is considered a staple food for most Nigerians was experienced at the weekend in most parts of the Federal Capital Territory…