The Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has affirmed that all existing vehicle tinted glass permits, duly issued by the Nigeria Police Force, remain valid. According to a statement by CP Frank Mba, the Police Force Public Relations Officer, the clarification is coming on the heels of public enquiries following the announcement of…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested two drug dealers, Martins Okwor Ejiofor, 31, and Bala Mohammed, 33 in Kwara State. The two drug dealers were arrested in possession of a total of 24.450 kilograms of assorted substances meant to be delivered in Gwada, Shiroro Local Government of Niger State where…
The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika recently announced the designation of four international Airports as special economic zones following an approval granted by President Muhammadu Buhari. The four Airports comprised of the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Lagos, the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, the Port-Harcourt international Airport, and the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport.…
Nigeria’s leading and foremost media intelligence agency, P+ Measurement Services partners Africa’s leading Opportunities and Resource Platform for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, MSME Africa to launch a tailored Media Monitoring and Evaluation Services for MSMEs in Nigeria. The service, which is the first of its kind in the Nigerian Media Monitoring and Evaluation Industry…
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa has called on the Nigerian Permanent Mission to the United Nations to assist the Commission in sensitizing Nigerian youths in Diaspora against cybercrime. The EFCC boss made the appeal when he met with officials of the Mission in company with his chief…
In order to improve electricity supply around Ibeju-Lekki area in Lagos and Agbara Industrial area in Ogun State, the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) and Eko Electricity Distribution Company Plc (Eko Disco), have signed a bilateral agreement for the sale of up to 300MW of power from NDPHC’s power plants to customers in these…
Determined to increase cotton production and revive textile industry in the country, Ogun State has commenced cultivation of cotton on 4,500 hectares of land and entered into a partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Prime Anchor. In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Ogun State governor, Kunle Somorin, on…
The Nigerian Navy (NN) has today launched a new Landing Ship Tank (LST) at Damen Shipyard, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The construction of the ship began about 2 years ago and when commissioned, will replace the first set of LSTs of the NN, NNS AMBE and NNS OFIOM which have been decommissioned. The introduction of…
The Ogun State Government says it will revoke title hold on all abandoned land spaces used as illegal dumpsites across the State for security reasons. In a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Environment and Chief Executive Officer of the Ogun State Waste Management Authority, OGWAMA, Mr Ola Oresanya, the state…
Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, and Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, the German Development Finance Institution, have entered into a partnership aimed at supporting small and medium scale businesses (SMEs) in Nigeria. To this end, both institutions have signed a USD 50m Term Facility Agreement. The facility with a tenor…