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PMS Price: 14 petrol stations sealed in Akwa Ibom by regulatory authority

On: January 7, 2023

By Sunday Bassey The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has sealed 14 filling stations in Oron, Akwa Ibom, for selling Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) above the regulated price. Mr Joy Koro, the agency’s Team Lead, Distribution Systems Storage and Retailing Infrastructure, made the disclosure in an interviewContinue Reading

NOC: Commonwealth Games Federation’s President Louis congratulates Gumel

By: Afonne Emmanuel

On: January 7, 2023

In: Sports

By Emmanuel Afonne The President of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), Dame Martin Louis, has formally congratulated Habu Gumel, the recently elected President of Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC). A statement signed by NOC Public Relations Officer (PRO), Tony Nezianya, quoted Louis as also congratulating other elected members of the NOCContinue Reading

Election duty: INEC assures corps members of security

By: Afonne Emmanuel

On: January 6, 2023

In: Politics

By Folasade Akpan The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mr Mahmood Yakubu, says the commission will continue to place premium on the security of corps members on election duty. Yakubu said this on Friday in Abuja when he led management staff of the commission to pay a courtesy visitContinue Reading

Sanwo-Olu seeks support for families of fallen heroes

By: Afonne Emmanuel

On: January 6, 2023

In: General News

By Oluwatope Lawanson/Florence Onuegbu Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has urged Nigerians not to only remember the nation’s fallen heroes, but also to give adequate support to the families they left behind. Sanwo-Olu gave the advice during the Dedicated Jumaat, in commemoration of the Year 2023 Armed Forces RemembranceContinue Reading

Academy to establish football school in Abuja, export talents abroad

By: Afonne Emmanuel

On: January 6, 2023

In: Sports

By Emmanuel Afonne Prestige Football Academy, an Abuja-based club, said on Friday it had intensified plans to establish a football school in the FCT, to enable youths to develop their football talents. The Manager of the academy, Uchendu Nwabara, said in a statement that the football institution, when completed, wouldContinue Reading

EEDC mobile mapping for mass metering project in Anambra begins Jan. 10 – Official

By: Afonne Emmanuel

On: January 5, 2023

In: General News

By Chimezie Anaso The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) will begin the 2023 mobile mapping process for mass metering in Anambra on Jan. 10. This, it said, was to ensure that customers in Anambra were captured and provided with prepaid meters within 48 hours under the Meter Asset Provider (MAP)Continue Reading

INEC begins online media accreditation for 2023 general elections

By: Afonne Emmanuel

On: January 5, 2023

In: General News

By Emmanuel Oloniruha The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced online accreditation for Journalists and media organisations wishing to cover the 2023 general election. According to the flier issued by INEC on Thursday in Abuja, interested media organisations wishing to deploy journalists to cover the election are to applyContinue Reading

Female writer narrates ordeal, years after sexual, domestic abuse

By: Afonne Emmanuel

On: January 5, 2023

In: General News

By Veronica Dariya Mrs Roselyn Yuhe, a Writer and Educator has narrated her ordeal, many years after her sexual and domestic abuse encounter. Yuhe, who spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja, said that it took great courage to finally speak aboutContinue Reading

Society of Diplomats appoints Nigerian as Deputy Sec.-Gen.

By: Afonne Emmanuel

On: January 5, 2023

In: General News

By Fortune Abang The Governing Council of the International Society of Diplomats (ISD) has appointed a Nigerian, Mr Tunji Asaolu, as its Deputy Secretary-General. This is contained in a statement issued by the Secretary-General of ISD, Manuel Fernandez on Thursday in Abuja. Fernandez in statement said that Asaolu’s appointment wasContinue Reading

Requiem for Benedict XVI to hold in his former German archdiocese

By: Afonne Emmanuel

On: January 3, 2023

In: Religious

Former German archdiocese of Munich and Freising has planned to bid farewell to the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, with a requiem on Tuesday evening. As Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, he was Archbishop of Munich and Freising from 1977 to 1982. The current incumbent, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, is expected to celebrateContinue Reading

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