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2023: Obi promises to make Nigeria better, safer

NewsDeskNgJan 6, 2023January 6, 20230

Mr Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party(LP), on Thursday promised to make Nigeria better and safer if elected in the February election. Obi made the promise at the party’s campaign rally held at the Ekiti state Pavilion in Ado-Ekiti. The presidential candidate urged eligible voters to vote...

FG orders security forces to end oil theft before May 29

NewsDeskNgJan 6, 2023January 6, 20230

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Silva, has charged security agencies to end crude oil theft before the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration ends on May 29. Silva gave the charge while addressing troops under Operation Delta Safe during his operational visit to military formations in Port Harcourt on Thursday....

Collection of PVCs at registration areas/wards to begin on Friday – INEC

NewsDeskNgJan 6, 2023January 6, 20230

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) at registration areas/wards across the country would commence on Friday. In a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye on Thursday in Abuja, the commission said that the collection...

Air Peace incident: NAHCO begins investigation, suspends personnel

NewsDeskNgJan 6, 2023January 6, 20230

The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) Plc, on Thursday, said that investigation had commenced into circumstances that surrounded its equipment that damaged an Air Peace Airbus A320 Aircraft at Murtala Muhammed Airport on Wednesday. The company’s Group Executive Director, Business and Corporate Services, Dr Sola Obabori, stated this in a...

Anambra moves to revive school sports festival for effective talent development

NewsDeskNgJan 6, 2023January 6, 20230

The revival of school sports has been identified as the panacea for the declining fortune of sports in Anambra. This was the crux of discussion at the meeting between officials of Anambra Sports Development Commission (ASDC), representatives of Anambra Ministry of Education and private school proprietors in Awka on Thursday....

Green Africa increases daily flights to Ilorin

NewsDeskNgJan 6, 2023January 6, 20230

Green Africa Airline says the management plans to increase its daily flight schedules from Lagos and Abuja local airports to Ilorin, Kwara for a more robust business services to their clients. The airline’s Chief Commercial Officer, Mr Obiukwu Mbanuzuo, made the new schedule development known in a statement made available...

Kogi govt. applauds DSS for arresting Okene explosion masterminds

NewsDeskNgJan 6, 2023January 6, 20230

The Kogi Government on Thursday commended the Department of State Security (DSS) for arresting masterminds of the Dec. 29, Okene explosion. The state Commissioner for Information, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, in statement issued in Lokoja, thanked the DSS for unmasking the terrorists suspected to be behind the explosion. Fanwo said, “the promptness...

Police arrest 61 suspected political thugs in Kano

NewsDeskNgJan 6, 2023January 6, 20230

The Kano State Police Command on Thursday, said 61 suspected political thugs had been arrested in its efforts to rid the state of all forms of crimes and criminality, especially during political campaigns. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Mamman Dauda, made the disclosure in a statement issued...

INEC sets up committees for national situation room, collation centre

NewsDeskNgJan 6, 2023January 6, 20230

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has established committees for National Situation Room and Collation Centre for the 2023 general elections. The commission disclosed this in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, on Thursday in Abuja. Okoye said that INEC...

Fuel supply: Stop sabotaging Nigerians, threatening NNPCL, group warns DAPPMAN, others

NewsDeskNgJan 5, 2023January 5, 20230

…Urges IPMAN, PTD, NUPENG to prepare for subsidy removal A citizens-led anti-sabotage group on the aegis of The Natives has cautioned Depots and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) and other stakeholders in the oil sector to stop threatening the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited in its efforts...

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2023: Obi promises to make Nigeria better, safer

FG orders security forces to end oil theft before May 29

Collection of PVCs at registration areas/wards to begin on Friday – INEC

Air Peace incident: NAHCO begins investigation, suspends personnel

Anambra moves to revive school sports festival for effective talent development

Green Africa increases daily flights to Ilorin

Kogi govt. applauds DSS for arresting Okene explosion masterminds

Police arrest 61 suspected political thugs in Kano

INEC sets up committees for national situation room, collation centre

Fuel supply: Stop sabotaging Nigerians, threatening NNPCL, group warns DAPPMAN, others