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Month: September 2023

Port Harcourt-Aba, Lagos-Kano Rail Services Begin Dec.—NRC

The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has revealed that the Kano-Lagos and Port-Harcourt to Aba rail services would start services by December 2023. The revelation was made by the Managing Director, Fidel Okhiria on Friday during an interview on Channels TV,…

Ladipo Tokunbo Auto Market shut by LASG

For several environmental offences including, reckless waste disposal, unhygienic premises, and non-payment of waste bills, among others, the Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, has ordered immediate closure of Ladipo Auto Market, Mushin. He…

Captivating History of Mammy Market in Nigerian Military Barracks

It was in 1959. Mammy Ode, a young girl from Jericho-Ugboju in the present Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State was married to Anthony Aboki Ochefu, a young Non-Commissioned military officer who had just been posted to Enugu from…

Just in: Nigerian Ports ready for full automation, cargo tracking—Minister

The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola has disclosed that the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) will soon commence the implementation of full automation and cargo tracking across the various ports in the country to promote Port efficiency and…

Be firm, united before Tinubu on release of Kanu—Ekeh to S’East Govs

Indigenous mogul in ICT and Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh has charged the five Governors of the South-East to take up the release of Nnamdi Kanu, detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a one-point agenda…

BAT’s unreadiness showing as USD depreciates to N1000 per dollar

Before now, President Bola Tinubu has continued to claim that amongst all the presidential candidates, he remains the most prepared. However, indices on ground in terms of the economy, security and general welfare of Nigerians in his over 100 days…

Crude Oil contributing to uncountable worldwide inflation, hits $100

Crude oil has been one of the main factors contributing to the problem of uncontrollable inflation worldwide. When Russia attacked Ukraine, uncertainty about supplies drove prices to almost $130 per barrel. However, when the market saw that there were no…

ICT

Imo, Zinox Technologies empower 15,000 youths on digital skill acquisition

Imo State Government in partnership with leading indigenous technology giant, Zinox Technologies have graduated the 15,000 Cohort 2 Skill-Up Imo Project students with a promise that the Cohort 3 will soon start the training of 40,000 youths on different digital…

Customs, DSS Partner To Fight Dare Devil Smugglers

Whereas it has not been clear that Bichi may not be removed sooner liker other security chiefs, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has declared that it would continue to cement its strong collaboration with the Department of State Services (DSS)…

Total producing low cost, low emission Oil & Gas from rich portfolio

While drastically lowering the emissions from its operations, TotalEnergies plans to grow Oil & Gas production by 2-3 % per year over the next five years, predominantly from LNG, thanks to its rich low cost, low emission upstream portfolio. The…