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ECS: Family Of Deceased Unity Bank Staff Gets N11m Compensation

03.07.2025

The family of a deceased staff of the Unity Bank, (name witheld) has received the sum of N11 million Naira from the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), as lump sum of death benefits. Presenting the cheque at a brief ceremony at the headquarters of the bank in Lagos Managing Director of the NSITF, Barrister...

World Bank Injects N3.8bn To Support Climate-Smart Farming In Yobe

03.07.2025

No fewer than 101 communities in Yobe received $25,000 each (about N38.3 million) as non-interest World Bank loan throught Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACRESAL) Project. The ACRESAL’s state Coordinator, Alhaji Shehu Mohammed, made this known at the signing of a Memorandum of Acceptance with 101 scale-up communities to enable them access a noninterest Community...

Senate Passes Bitumen Development Commission Bill

03.07.2025

The Senate yesterday passed a bill seeking to establish the Bitumen Development Commission, marking a significant legislative step towards harnessing the country’s vast bitumen resources. Its passage followed the presentation and adoption of the report of the Committee on Solid Minerals Development, which conducted a review of the bill. he report was presented by Diket...

UNHCR, US Congressional Delegation Visit Yelewata Victims In Benue

03.07.2025

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and a delegation of United States Congressional staffers on Thursday visited survivors of the Yelewata massacre, currently sheltering at the Makurdi International Market Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp, as part of a fact-finding mission and assessment of humanitarian support in Benue State. The delegation, led by Jessie...

…Seeks Level Playing Field For Indigenous Contractors For Contract Bidding

03.07.2025

The Senate, yesterday, resolved to protect local contractors in contract bidding by ensuring a level playing group in competitive bidding in the country. Accordingly, the apex legislative Assembly man dated its Committees on Public Procurement and Local Content, to ensure level playing ground for local contractors in the contract bidding process. To achieve this objective,...

Residents, Drivers, Commuters Jubilate As Sanwo-Olu Inaugurates Roads In Agege, Ikotun-Igando

03.07.2025

The Lagos State Government yesterday inaugurated the reconstructed Abaranje Road in Ikotun-Igando Local Council Development Area and Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Old Dopemu) Road in Agege Local Government Area. The 3.86km Abaranje Road in Alimosho Local Government is a major arterial that provides access from the densely populated Abaranje community to Igando on LASU-Iba Road in Igando-Ikotun...

Minister: 47% North West Lack Access To Financial Services

03.07.2025

The Minister of Women Affairs, Hajiya Imaan Suleiman, says the North-West region has the highest rate of financial exclusion, as 47 per cent lack access to formal and informal financial services. The minister disclosed this at the launching of a two-day NorthWest Governors’ meeting on Nigeria For Women Project (NFWP) Scale-Up Summit in Katsina. The...

Nigeria Attracted Over $16bn Investment In Two Years – NUPRC

03.07.2025

The Chief Executive of Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Engr. Gbenga Komolafe, has said within the last two years of President Bola Tinubu’s administration, the energy sector attracted over $16 billion investment. Speaking on the theme: “Positioning Nigeria’s Upstream Oil & Gas for Energy Security, Sustainability and Economic Resilience,” yesterday at the Nigerian Oil...

Anambra Non-Indigenes Laud Soludo, Others

03.07.2025

The Association of Non-Indigenes in Anambra State (ANIAS) has commended the proactive roles played by Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State, Governor Ogbonnaya Nwaifuru of Ebonyi State, and a member of its Elders Council, Chief Moses Ofoke, in addressing the recent killings in Ogboji, Orumba South Local Government Area. The Association also applauded the Anambra...

Bomb Blast: Kano Bans Scrap ‘Importation’ From Borno, Yobe

03.07.2025

The Kano State Government yesterday placed a temporary ban on the ‘importation’ of scrap and waste materials from Borno and Yobe states. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Special Services Ibrahim Umaru announced the ban during a meeting with the leadership of the National Association of Scraps and Waste Dealers, Employers of Nigeria (NASWDEN). According...