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AS PRESIDENT, GNASSINGBE INSPECTS REFINERY Nigeria, August 2, 2016 – Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday said the largest single line refinery in the world being developed at the Lekki Free Trade Zone (LFTZ) by Africa’s richest man and business mogul, Alhaji Aliko Dangote is another confirmation that Lagos is a prime investment destination, saying that the project will positively change the face of oil and gas business in the West African region. Governor Ambode, who spoke at the LFTZ during an extensive inspection tour of the Dangote Refinery by the Togolese President, Mr Faure Gnassingbe, said the…
Abuja, August 2, 2016 – The Nigerian Football Federation(NFF) has unveiled new Nike kits for the Super Eagles of Nigeria. To this end, the football team will take to the pitch this week in their new Nike Football home and away kits featuring Dri-FIT technology. The home kit is a solid green, with white ribbing around the back of the modern crewneck collar. In keeping true to the national colours of Nigeria, the new away kit is white with a green stripe that runs the length of the sides of shirt and shorts, and a green stripe along the back…
Nigeria, August 2, 2016 – The Lagos State Government said it has paid the sum of N891 million to 324 retirees from the mainstream civil service, local governments, state universal basic education and other parastatals for the month of July, 2016. Speaking at the 29th Retirement Benefit Bond presentation ceremony recently, the Director-General, State Pension Commission (LASPEC), Mrs. Folashade Onanuga advised the beneficiaries to use the lump sum payment by their respective Pension Fund Administrator judiciously. She emphasized that the State government has fulfilled her own part of paying the retirees’ entitlements and that it is now left for the…
Nigeria, August 2, 2016 – Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has approved the appointment of five new Permanent Secretaries and Tutor General in the State Public Service in furtherance of his administration’s commitment towards strengthening the State Public Service for improvements in public service delivery. A statement issued today from the Office of the State Head of Service quoted the Head of Service, Mrs Olabowale Ademola listed the new Permanent Secretaries as Mrs Florence Ebunoluwa Oluwasuji who is now the Permanent Secretary/Tutor General, Education District V; Dr. Shamsideen Olalekan Allison, Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Primary Health Care Board (PHCB);…
London, August 2, 2016 – British Airways i360, the world’s tallest moving observation tower, will open on Brighton seafront on Thursday 4th August. Groups of up to 200 visitors will glide up gently to a height of 138 metres in a futuristic, fully enclosed, hand-crafted glass viewing pod to admire breath-taking 360-degree views across Brighton, the South Downs and the beautiful south coast. While onboard the pod, visitors will also be able to enjoy a drink at the Nyetimber Sky Bar as they admire the panoramic views unfolding before them. ‘Flights’ on British Airways i360 will last 20 minutes during…
Nigeria, August 2,2016 – Stanbic IBTC Bank’s payment cards have been adjudged the best in the country in 2016, in recognition of its leadership in the provision of card payment solutions in the financial services industry. The bank won the 2016 Card Payment Bank of the Year award at the 2016 Nigeria Telecoms Awards, which held recently in Lagos. The Nigeria Telecoms Awards, in its 12th year, celebrates excellence, innovativeness and leadership in the telecommunications and technology industries and affiliates. According to the organizers, some of the criteria for selection include measurement of the acceptance levels of card products and…
Benjamin Omoike Nigeria, August 1, 2016 – The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu and his counterpart in the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola are expected to make policy statement on government’s plans for the economy, especially in the oil and gas and power sectors respectively at this year’s edition of the National Association of Energy Correspondents (NAEC) Annual Conference. The conference, with the theme “Low Oil Price: Impacts and the way Forward’’ holds on August 18, 2016, at the banquet hall of Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos, by 9am. The…
Nigeria, August 1, 2016 – A militant group operating in the Niger Delta called Adaka Boro Avengers(ABA) has reneged on its decision to declare independence of Niger Delta. In a statement this evening, ABA said it decided to go back on the declaration because former President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan called and instructed them not to do so. “We adhere to the voice of our people, because our struggle is for the Niger Delta people and not for selfish reason. But this is not the end. More has yet to come. Our mission to cripple the economy of the Nigerian…
Nigeria, August 1, 2016 – Ekiti State House of Assembly has described claim by Ekiti-born self-professed human rights lawyer,Femi Falana (SAN) that the Department of State Services (DSS) lacked both the moral and legal rights to carry out the probe of alleged involvement of members of the House of Representatives in budget padding, as another display of his selfishness and political hypocrisy, asking why he (Falana) supported the DSS invasion of the Ekiti State House of Assembly and arrest a member of the House, Hon. Afolabi Akanni. Falana had said that there was no legal backing for the DSS to…
Rivers State, Nigeria, August 1, 2016 – The head of an international criminal network behind thousands of online frauds has been arrested in a joint operation by INTERPOL and the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). The 40-year-old Nigerian national, known as ‘Mike’, is believed to be behind scams totalling more than USD 60 million involving hundreds of victims worldwide. In one case a target was conned into paying out USD 15.4 million. The network compromised email accounts of small to medium businesses around the world including in Australia, Canada, India, Malaysia, Romania, South Africa, Thailand and the US,…
