Gem Giant mining
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The Chairman of a mining company, Gem Giant Limited, Babatope Agbeyo has disclosed the company's driving force stemmed from a deep sense of patriotism and a strong desire to drive growth and development in the community. Agbeyo said this having successfully signed Community Development Agreement (CDA) with the Faforiji Community in Osun State, Nigeria over…
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The Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Dr. Kayode Opeifa, has said the huge investments of the Nigerian government in rail development have led to improved service delivery and greater operational efficiency of the rail sector. He stated this even as he disclosed that Nigerians should wait for more rail developments that would…
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Gov. Dikko Radda of Katsina State has announced that only health training institutions that meet all regulatory requirements will be allowed to operate in the state. The governor made this statement at the State Executive Council meeting, through a release issued by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Mr Ibrahim Kaula-Mohammed, on Wednesday in Katsina. The…
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The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo has said it was unfortunate for the APC-led administration to accuse its members of being responsible for the rising insecurity in the state. PDP Chairman Anthony Aziegbemi said, in a statement on Wednesday in Benin City, that the accusation was an attempt to use the rising insecurity to…
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Allied Peoples Movement (APM) has commended the Osun chapter of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) for facilitating the reabsorption of sacked workers. This is contained in a statement issued by the APM Chairman in the state, Mr. Wale Adebayo, on Wednesday in Osogbo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov.…
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Yoruba Nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has approached the Supreme Court, Abuja, to seek the reversal of the judgment of the Court of Appeal, which set aside the N20 billion exemplary and aggravated damages awarded to him against the Federal Government. It is recalled that operatives of the Department of…
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The National Coordinator, National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Maj.-Gen. Adamu Laka, says the use of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) remains one of the gravest threats to security personnel across theatres of operations. Laka said this at the Counter Improvised Explosives Devices (IEDs) Symposium organised by NCTC, in collaboration with the British High Commission and the…
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Traders at the Aleshinloye Market in Ibadan have expressed displeasure over the lack of a functional fire station at the market of about 2,000 shops. The traders expressed their discontentment while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Wednesday following Tuesday’s fire incident. NAN reports the incident affected parts of the…
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The incongruity of the recent resuscitation of sole administration in the Nigerian university system by the Tinubu presidency has started manifesting its unwholesome ugliness at the University of Abuja, where impossible policy decisions and actions are fast becoming the norm. Thought to be legally long dead and buried, nobody expected or even anticipated that the…
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Mr Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has appealed to residents to cooperate with contractors executing various projects in the territory. Wike made the appeal in Abuja on Wednesday, when he inspected the ongoing construction of Obafemi Awolowo Way from Life Camp Junction to Ring Road III. The minister also inspected the…
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Following the planned nationwide protest by women under the aegis of the Purple Women Foundation, allegedly sponsored by a suspended senator and her husband, the Niger Delta Youth Leaders Association has called on security agencies to take decisive action against the perpetrators. The group, in a statement signed by Comrade Ufuoma Erharhine, emphasized that their…