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Two persons were killed and six others sustained varying degrees of injury in a crash that occurred in Bauchi on Sunday. It was gathered that the crash occurred around 9.53am close to the Durum Market along the Bauchi-Kano Highway in Bauchi. The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Bauchi State, Yusuf Abdullahi, confirmed the crash…

The Commissioner, National Insurance Commission, Mr Sunday Thomas, has said NAICOM will enforce full compliance with the International Financial Reporting Standards 17 on January 1, 2023. Thomas spoke while delivering his speech at the Insurance Director’s Conference in Lagos. He said, “I want to urge you also to follow up on the implementation of the…

THE Delta State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party and the opposition All Progressives Congress, are preparing to outshine each other as Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, pay a working visit to the state on Monday (today). Osinbajo is scheduled to inaugurate the multi-billion naira 8.5MW Independent Power…

Four persons were on Sunday feared killed and six others abducted by pirates in Bayelsa State. Among the victims were said to be oil workers working for the Nigerian Agip Oil Company and operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps. They were said to have been murdered by sea robbers in separate attacks…

The Federal Government may extend the implementation of capital projects components in the 2021 Appropriation Act till next year following the inability of many ministries and agencies to conclude their procurement process until the last quarter of this year. Many heads of the MDAs who appeared before the various Senate standing committees for their 2021…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has decried the increase in the irrational use of antibiotics. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, according to the agency’s Resident Media Consultant, Sayo Akintola, in a statement on Sunday, said this on Friday at the virtual 2021 World Antimicrobial Resistance Week anniversary with…

A delegation from Akwa Ibom State comprising members of the Ibom Deep Seaport Committee is currently in Seoul, South Korea, to drive Governor Udom Emmanuel’s vision for the rapid realisation of the seaport project. The state delegation is among the Nigerian contingent to the Maritime Sector and Harbour Development programme in Seoul, South Korea, led…

Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, operator of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two, Lagos has assured stakeholders of safety at the parking lot and other facilities at the terminal. BASL gave the assurance in response to the picture of supposedly cracked pillars at the parking lot trending on social media. The Group Corporate Affairs Manager, BASL,…

Real estate experts have called for the participation of more local players in the real estate sector. They also called on the government to give more support for local players in order to enhance growth. The experts spoke at a press conference marking the seventh edition of the West Africa Property Investment summit held in…

The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, inaugurated a cashew processing factory in Benin City, the Edo State capital, with a capacity of 5,400 metric tonnes per annum. Obaseki urged the youths to embrace opportunities in the agriculture value chain by deploying innovative ideas to initiate and develop agribusiness projects. He said the government would…