Dangote Builds $1Bn Cement Plant in Edo
The Dangote Group on Sunday started constructing a one billion dollars cement factory in Okpella, Edo State, to expand its cement production in Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the six million metric tonnes per annum (mmtpa) Okpella…
Fuel Scarcity: NSCDC to Monitor Petrol Stations
…Why We Need NSCDC Now – Minister In a move aimed at curtailing the activities of black market operators and others benefiting from people’s misery, the Commandant General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Alhaji Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu…
Fire Outbreak in Ikom Main Market, Goods Worth Millions of Naira Destroyed
Over forty shops worth millions of Naira, have been gutted by fire at the Ikom main market. The inferno which started at about two am on Tuesday and was attributed to power upsurge from the public power supply could not…
Petroleum Minister, Kachikwu, Apologises Over ‘Not-a-Magician’ Comment
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, has apologised to Nigerians for his comments last week that the current petrol scarcity will continue till May, and that only “magic” could bring a quicker end to the crisis that has…
Fulani Herdsmen: 76 Enugu Indigenes Abduction: IPOB Gives Buhari 72 Hours Ultimatum
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Tuesday issued a 72-hour ultimatum to President Muhammadu Buhari led federal government over the alleged abduction of 76 indigenes of Enugu State by suspected Fulani herdsmen. Although earlier reports had indicated that the…
EgyptAir Flight Hijack Suspect Arrested, Passengers Freed
A man claiming to be wearing an explosive vest hijacked an EgyptAir plane on Tuesday, forcing it to land in Larnaca, on the southern coast of Cyprus, before he was arrested, according to the Cypriot government. “It’s over,” the Cypriot…
PRESS RELEASE: Cross River Gov’t Launches Calabar International Trade Fair
The Cross River State Government has announced the launch of the Calabar International Trade Fair (CITF) with the first edition billed to hold in December 2016 as part of activities for the Calabar Carnival.. Making this known at the signing…
Demolition: Ashade Traders Seek Ambode’s Intervention
Traders in Ashade market, Agege Local Government Area, have appealed to the state governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, to stop the demolition of their shops and stalls by a developer. The traders made the appeal on Friday, after a section of…
Container Weigh-stations : FG Moves to Beat IMO Deadline
Federal Government is to establish weigh-stations at the nation’s seaport to beat the new International Maritime Organisation, IMO, law that makes it compulsory for all consignment meant for export to be weighed before leaving their port of origin. The law…
2016 Budget Passage: Udoma Applauds NASS
The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma has commended the National Assembly for passing the 2016 budget today. Senator Udoma was particularly pleased that the Legislature kept the budget within the amount proposed by the Executive,…
How Buhari, Ambode Refusal to Clear 2015 Campaign Billboard Debts Crippling Companies
More than 70 outdoor advertising companies contracted to handle the 2015 Ambode/Buhari campaign billboards in Lagos State are still waiting to get paid their dues from the All Progressives Congress (APC), with practitioners revealing that they are enduring a choking…
