Yenagoa, Nigeria – The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), in partnership with Sweetcrude Limited, has announced the detailed selection criteria for the inaugural Champions of Nigerian Content Awards, designed to honor outstanding contributions to local content development in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector. Scheduled for May ...
Read More »Oyo signs N3.5bn contract to upgrade rural markets
Oyo State Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project has awarded contracts worth N3.5 billion for the first phase of physical improvement and remodelling of three markets across the state. The three markets selected for the first phase of the physical improvement are Aare-Alasa Market, Akanran area, Ona-Ara Local ...
Read More »Ex-Wema boss urges deeper engagement to sustain bank’s legacy
A former Managing Director of Wema Bank Plc, Ademola Adebise, has urged the management of the bank to pursue deeper and more structured engagement. He said the bank’s continued relevance today is due to the efforts and dedication of stakeholders, employees, customers, shareholders, and other partners. He ...
Read More »Lagos impounds over 200 vehicles for failing safety tests
The Lagos State Vehicle Inspection Service has impounded over 200 unroadworthy vehicles across the state. The Director of Lagos VIS, Mr Akin-George Fashola, stated this in a press release made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday. The statement was signed by Mrs Bolanle Ogunlola, Deputy ...
Read More »Tech helping us fight cybercrime, sexual violence — Lagos CP
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Olohundare Jimoh, has reaffirmed the command’s commitment to leveraging technology in crime prevention and prosecution, particularly in tackling cybercrime and sexual and gender-based violence. Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday, Jimoh highlighted how technological tools ...
Read More »Tinubu vows to reclaim communities from terrorists
President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to reclaiming ungoverned areas, particularly forests from terrorists and other criminal elements in the country. Tinubu said advanced surveillance and technology would be deployed to combat kidnapping, banditry, and terrorism. The President made the promise while addressing elders and ...
Read More »Present proof of your claims, ex-NAPAC chair tells Akpoti-Uduaghan
The immediate past Chairman of the Nigerian-American Public Affairs Committee, Texas, Mr Ike Chidolue, has urged Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to present credible evidence to support her allegations or resign from the Senate. Akpoti-Uduaghan, the suspended senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, had accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio and ...
Read More »Terror plot foiled in UK, five men arrested
British police on Sunday said they had arrested five men, including four Iranians, on suspicion of “preparation of a terrorist act”. The arrests were carried out in London, Swindon and the Greater Manchester area, with all five arrested on suspicion of “terrorism offences”, London’s Metropolitan Police said in ...
Read More »Messi scores 859th career goal in Inter Miami win
Inter Miami CF returned to winning ways on Saturday night, capturing a 4–1 win over the New York Red Bulls at Chase Stadium, snapping a three-match losing streak in all competitions. According to a post on Fabrizio Romano’s X handle on Sunday, Argentine legend Lionel Messi’s 67th-minute strike ...
Read More »‘It’s not clever or funny’, Catholic Bishops blast Trump’s AI image as Pope
The New York State Catholic Conference, an organisation that represents the bishops of the state in working with government to shape laws and policies that promote social justice and respect for life, has criticised United States President Donald Trump for sharing seemingly AI-generated images of himself dressed as the Pope. ...
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