Michael Borokinni
24 Dec 2023
Pensioners under the Nigerian Union of Pensioners Contributory Pension Scheme (NUPCPS) have called on the Federal Government to save them from untimely death plaguing members as a result of penury occasioned by non-payment of their pensions.
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The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Port Harcourt Region, has announced the restoration of electricity to most parts of Bayelsa following a four-month blackout. The region covers Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Imo, and Rivers states. The General Manager of TCN’s Port Harcourt Region, Emmanuel Anyaegbulem, made this known during a news conference on…
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has revealed that its $1 billion crude-backed loan was pivotal in establishing the Dangote Refinery, the country’s first private refinery, located in Lagos. Speaking at an energy stakeholders’ engagement in Abuja, NNPC’s Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, described the investment as a cornerstone of the project’s success…
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Super Eagles skipper, Troost Ekong has congratulated Ademola Lookman for winning the 2023/24 African Footballer of the Year awards
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UNICEF has entered into a long-term collaboration with the Department of Science Education, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, to train pre-service teachers on the Nigeria Learning Passport (NLP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)reports that this bold move was part of the strategy to revolutionize teachers’ education in Nigeria. According to UNICEF, the partnership presents…
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The Governor of Kaduna, Senator Uba Sani, has signed the 2025 budget titled “Sustaining Transformation and Inclusive Development” into law, 10 days after presenting the draft to the State House of Assembly. The total budget is N790,439,580,083, with N551,582,867,194 allocated for capital expenditure and N238,856,712,888.86 for recurrent expenditure. Signing the budget on Monday, Sani commended…
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Gov. Alex Otti of Abia has presented 20 Toyota Hilux Trucks to security agencies in the state in line with his administration’s commitment to security of lives and property. In a speech at the event on Monday in Umuahia, Otti said that the gesture was aimed at sustaining the progress achieved in security, especially during…
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President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Super Eagles forward Ademola Lookman on winning the 2024 CAF Men’s African Footballer of the Year. The President also congratulated Super Falcons goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie for clinching the CAF Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year award and the Super Falcons for being named the Women’s National Team of the Year. The…
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The expanded Nigerian mobile phone market has continued to create room for an influx of more devices into the country with the latest Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) statistics putting type-approved phones at 2,346 within the over two-decade revolution of telecoms in the country.
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The aggressive monetary and fiscal measures taken to check headline inflation appear to be slow in taming inflation as the consumer price index rose to 34.6 per cent in November, setting a new multi-decade high and suggesting that the war against price crisis is far from being won.
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As expected, Super Eagles star, Ademola Lookman, who almost single-handedly won the 2023/24 Europa League for Italian side, Atalanta, was yesterday in Marrakech, Morocco, crowned African Footballer of the year.