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Oando Plc profit drops by 44% – Report 

05.11.2024
Indigenous oil company, Oando Plc, has reported a 44 per cent decline in its half-year profit to N62.6bn from N112.45bn recorded as of half-year 2023. This was disclosed in its H1 Unaudited 2024 results filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited. Oando blamed the dip in its profit after tax on higher exchange rate translations on...
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Quality education unattainable without stable electricity – Stakeholders

05.11.2024
Higher education stakeholders said strong power system will aid quality education and development. This was the submission of speakers at the Education Writers’ Association of Nigeria annual summit held in the University of Lagos. Titled, ‘High Tariffs: Resolving Electricity Crisis in Nigeria’s Education Institutions,’ the summit was attended by stakeholders, policymakers, players in the energy...
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Gombe cable thief electrocuted

05.11.2024
Unknown to him that he would be a victim of the popular refrain, “every day for the thief one day for the owner,” a notorious electricity cable thief and vandal has been caught right in the act, but this time – dead! The deceased whose case also exemplifies the popular saying of “one day, the...
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Driver killed as gunmen abduct five Kebbi travellers

05.11.2024
A passenger driver, simply identified as Emeka,  was shot dead when suspected kidnappers abducted five passengers travelling from Kebbi State to Asaba in Delta State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the attack occurred at a point between Kwana-Barau and Kundu village, Niger State on Sunday during which five persons were abducted, but one Emeka, conveying the...
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Anambra bizman abducted, whereabouts unknown

05.11.2024
Some yet-to-be-identified assailants have abducted a middle-aged man, suspected to be a businessman in Alor community in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. Our correspondent gathered that the incident happened late on Sunday as the victim was driving home while returning from a function. Sources in the area told PUNCH Metro that the...
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Hungry minors: Paediatricians demand Child Rights Act implementation

05.11.2024
Paediatricians, under the aegis of the Paediatric Association of Nigeria, have expressed displeasure over the arraignment of 32 minors, before Justice Obiora Egwuatu at the Abuja division of the Federal High Court for participating in the #EndBadGovernance protests in August. The child health experts emphasised the urgent need for the implementation of the Child Rights...
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Bayelsa gov seeks NDDC collaboration for development

05.11.2024
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has urged the Niger Delta Development Commission to collaborate more with state governments in the Niger Delta region for the development of legacy projects that will impact the lives of the people. Diri spoke at the Bayelsa State Government House, Yenagoa, during a courtesy visit by members of the NDDC...
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Atiku, Obi couldn’t have performed better than Tinubu – Okupe

05.11.2024
A former Director-General of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organisation, Doyin Okupe, has heaped praises on President Bola Tinubu for his economic reforms, saying his former principal, Peter Obi, and the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, couldn’t have done better. Okupe gave the plaudits when he was featured as a guest on Monday’s...
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