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The new Nigerian National Petroleum Company Terminal in Apapa, Lagos has caught fire. The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service on Friday afternoon said it was currently attending to the fire outbreak at the new NNPC Terminal, formerly OVH, Kayode Street, Marine Beach, Apapa. A statement issued by the Director/CEO of the state fire service, Margaret Adeseye, around 1 pm …

Justice Amina Shehu of Yobe State High Court was also barred from being elevated to a higher Bench for three years The National Judicial Council (NJC) has barred three judges from elevation for two to three years over a series of offences. The NJC under the chairmanship of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, at its plenary of …

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has announced May 24 as the official date for the opening of the portal for student loan applications. The Managing Director of NELFUND, Mr Akintunde Sawyerr, disclosed this on Thursday in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja by the Fund’s Media and Public Relations Lead, Nasir Ayitogo. Sawyerr said the opening of …

There was outrage in the polity recently following a circular issued by Nigeria’s apex bank, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), ordering banks in the country to start charging a cybersecurity levy on electronic transactions. The circular disclosed that the implementation of the levy would start within two weeks from the issuing date, meaning the law was to take effect …

The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy -Ohanenye, has withdrawn a suit earlier filed against the speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Abdulmalik Sarkindaji over his plans to marry off 100 orphans from his constituency. The minister, speaking with reporters on Friday,  noted that the ministry in collaboration with the speaker of the Niger state assembly, and traditional …

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on Wednesday agreed to hold two campaign debates — the first on June 27 hosted by CNN and the second on Sept. 10 hosted by ABC — setting the stage for their first presidential face-off to play out in just over a month. The quick agreement on the timetable followed the Democrat’s announcement that he would …

By Eben Enasco  Edo State House of Assembly (EDHA) has inaugurated its Standing Committees, with Hon. Charity Iguodala Aiguobarueghian, a member representing Ovia North East Constituency 1 and Majority Leader, appointed as Chairman of the Rules, Business, and Government House Committee.  The announcement was made by Speaker Rt. Hon. Blessing Sheriff Agbebaku during the inauguration ceremony on Monday. The appointment …

Governor Godwin Obaseki Edo State has said the N70, 000 new minimum wage for civil and public servants in the State will be funded by revenue inflow into the State on the back of the government’s business-friendly policies as well as savings from government expenditure as a result of nuanced reforms by his government over the past seven and a …

• Experts expect CBN to raise interest rate next week• High-interest rate hurting economy, warns CPPE• Economists say fiscal authorities not doing enough The cost-of-living crisis confronting the majority of Nigerians may have further worsened as inflation hits another new height in close to three decades. The headline inflation, in March, edged up to 33.69 per cent just as food inflation remained …

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military finished installing a floating pier for the Gaza Strip on Thursday, with officials poised to begin ferrying badly needed humanitarian aid into the enclave besieged over seven months of intense fighting in the Israel-Hamas war. The final, overnight construction sets up a complicated delivery process more than two months after U.S. President Joe Biden ordered …