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Tackle oil theft, illegal refineries, Shell tells FG

The Country Chair of Shell Companies in Nigeria and Managing Director of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited, Osagie Okunbor, has charged the Federal Government to tackle crude oil theft and illegal refining activities bedevilling the nation. Okunbor said the government needs to fight oil theft and illegal refineries to save the nation’s resources....
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New ferries now operational with cards – LASG

The Lagos State Government, through the Lagos State Waterways Authority, has stated that the recently launched Omi Bus Ferries are now fully operational with Cowry Cards. In a statement, the General Manager of LASWA, Oluwadamilola Emmanuel, said the payment system is already in use across other public transportation modes in the state. Emmanuel stressed that...
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Customs intercept live turtles, others

The Nigeria Customs Service, Murtala Muhammed Airport command, says it intercepted 250 live turtles, military accouterments and other contrabands worth N3.32bn The Customs Area Controller in charge of the command, Micheal Awe, disclosed this while addressing journalists at the command on Wednesday. He added that the intercepted contrabands came into the country from Canada Turkiye,...
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NSIA has developed 500,000 affordable homes, says MD

The Managing Director of Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, Aminu Umar-Sadiq, has said that the agency, through its stake in Family Homes Fund, has developed 500,000 affordable homes for low-income families in Nigeria. He added that the NSIA had in 12 years created 245,000 direct jobs across the diverse sectors of the economy as part of...
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Gov. Yusuf Offers Automatic Job To Two

…Hands Over 76 Teenagers To Parents Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has handed over the 76 teenagers who were discharged of treasonable felony by the Federal High Court, Abuja to their parents. Two of them were however promised automatic jobs with the state government while others were reinstated back to schools. The children...
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Kwara Pupils Win Presidential Debate For Third Time

…Gov lauds school leaders, teachers, parents over feat Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has celebrated the four public school pupils who won the President’s School Debate Championship on Thursday in Abuja. The State was represented at the debate by 10-year-old Ajibulu Esther of Tanke LGEA School B. Ilorin South LGA; 12-year-old Akanbi Al-Amin of St....
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No Alternative To Port Harcourt, Other Local Refineries

Niger Delta Development & Transformation Initiative (NDDTI), a pro-development group in the oil-rich region of Nigeria, has posited that no amount of talks or actions could salvage the ailing energy sector in Nigeria, except the local refineries were put into operation. In a press statement signed on Thursday by its Spokesperson, Barr. Lawrence Etienne, the...
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