The Super Falcons, the best African women’s senior football team, would play Canada to open their 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup campaign. The Super Falcons were placed in Group B with Australia, Canada, and one of the hosts, the Republic of Ireland. One of the competition’s host cities, Auckland, New Zealand, conducted the draws earlier Read More…
Consumers spent on average N191.65 for a litre of fuel in September, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) made public on Saturday. According to its “Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) Price Watch” for September 2022, the average price was N164.85, up 16.26% from September 2021. “When compared to the previous month of Read More…
The 35th National Festival for Arts and Culture (NAFEST), which will take place in Lagos State, is ready to go, according to Mrs. Uzamat Akinbile-Yusuf, Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts, and Culture. During a media tour of the National Stadium in Lagos, where the festival will take place, on Friday, Akinbile-Yusuf said that all Read More…
According to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, the agricultural value chain rather than the extractive industry is where Nigeria finds its wealth. This opinion was expressed by Osinbajo on Friday in Abuja during the inauguration of the Olam Agri initiative Seeds for Future Foundation and Education Grant. Leading agricultural company Olam Agri concentrates on fast-growing consumer Read More…
In order to protect citizens’ health and life, the Lagos State Government claims to have developed the first multipurpose solar-powered vulcanising apparatus in the world. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, Mr. Daisi Oso, the general manager of the Lagos State Planning and Environmental Monitoring Agency (LASPEMA), stated this. Read More…
After a 24-month closure, Retail Supermarket Nigeria Ltd (RSNL), the company that owns Shoprite in Nigeria, has announced the start of business at its location in Circle Mall, Jakande, Lekki. The announcement was made by Mr. Hubertus Rick, the Chief Executive Officer of RSNL, at the Circle Mall’s reopening celebration on Friday in Lagos. Following Read More…
Only a quarter of the eight million Palestinian people live in Palestine; one million in Gaza, 750,000 in the occupied West Bank and 250,000 inside Israel. The rest, or over six million, are forced to live outside with at least three million of them classified as stateless persons with no legal rights. Yet these Palestinians Read More…
Deborah Tella, who is 39 years old, was charged at an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court on Friday. She is accused of stealing N8.9 million from her employer’s business. The defendant was prosecuted for fraud and theft. She worked as an administrative support officer for a company and lived at 8, Akinwunmi Street, Egbe, Ikotun in Lagos Read More…
After a few days of pipeline repair work, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has resumed export operations at the Forcados Oil Export Terminal. This was confirmed to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by the SPDC’s Media Relations Manager, Mrs. Abimbola Essien-Nelson, on Friday in Lagos. By the end of October, when the continuing crucial Read More…
To close the metering gap in its operating network, Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) says it has started aggressive metering under the Meter Asset Provider (MAP) and National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP) Schemes. Mr. Godwin Idemudia, General Manager, Media Communications, EKEDC, disclosed this to journalists on Friday. Idemudia said that the plan gave the company Read More…
