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Kemebradikumo Pondei The acting managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Prof. Kemebradikumo Daniel Pondei, weekend, listed some of the contracts the commission was allegedly coerced to pay by the National Assembly before its 2019 annual budget could be harmonized. He alleged further that some Lawmakers, especially members of adhoc Committees …

Nigeria’s Private Sector led Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) yesterday formally announced the flag-off of a nationwide distribution of multi-billion naira food palliative and other relief items to mitigate the adverse effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic on vulnerable Nigerians. The food relief materials for which the private sector operators are …

Governor Obaseki and other Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP’s) leaders at the Oba of Benin Palace Governor Godwin Obaseki has ordered the redeployment of his Director of Protocol (DoP), Government House, Benin, Aisagbon Osayande, to the Ministry of Culture and Diaspora Affairs. He was replaced by Mosis Obakpolor of the same ministry. The …

The West African Examination Council, WAEC, has debunked reports in some online media that fire gutted its headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday. A statement signed by Demianus Ojijeogu, head of public affairs, WAEC Nigeria, said there was no fire incident at the council’s headquarters or any of its offices in Nigeria. According to …

  Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has reversed the amendment of the Land Use Charge effected by the administration of his predecessor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode in 2018. Specifically, the government cancelled the 2018 land use charge and reverted to pre-2018 land use charges. The decision was announced today at …

The downstream subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC) has fixed the ex-depot price of premium motor spirit, known as petrol, at N138.62 per litre. PPMC disclosed this in a memo signed by its Manager, Sales, Mohammed Bello, in Abuja on Tuesday. The ex-depot …

A stray bullet from the gun of a suspected cultist has killed a four-month-old baby while in the warm arms of his mother in Awka, capital of Anambra State. It was gathered that the mother of the baby, identified as Mrs. Okoro, boarded a tricycle (Keke Napep) from Eke Awka …

The Africa’s largest food retailer, Shoprite is making plans to exit the Nigerian market after posting continuous losses from its operations in the west African countries. Shoprite said it was planning to discontinue its operations in Nigeria in a trading update filed at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) on Monday …

The Lagos State government led by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has given the go ahead for worship places to reopen from August 7. The governor who said this on Saturday during his update on the Coronavirus disease in the state, also increased public gatherings capacity from 20 to 50 people. Night …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may soon beam its searchlight on the administrations of former Lagos State governors, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Babatunde Raji Fashola, following a fresh request to probe corruption allegations under them. A petition addressed to the EFCC and Attorney-General of the Federation and …