Danish shipping and logistics company, A.P Moller-Maersk, has said it will invest $600m to expand existing port infrastructure to accommodate more container shipping services in Nigerian ports. This followed closed-door talks between President Bola Tinubu and the company’s Chairman, Mr Robert Maersk Uggla, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum Special Meeting on Global…
President Bola Tinubu on Sunday said Nigeria’s tech environment is “absorptive and ready” for foreign investments. He said the local investment environment operates on the principle of ‘a willing buyer and willing seller, which ensures seamless access to capital for investors both within and outside the country. This was as he hailed Nigerian youths saying…
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has ordered that some of the buildings affected by Saturday’s gas explosion at Ita-Oshin in Abeokuta North Local Government area of the state be evacuated. This is to allow for integrity tests to be carried out on the affected buildings. Abiodun made this known on Sunday during an on-the-spot assessment…
The Ondo State Police Command on Sunday said it had begun an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of one Mr Alaba Abe, one of the ward campaign coordinators of the state Governor Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa during the last primary of the party. Abe, who was also known as Excel, was reportedly assassinated by…
A former Peoples Democratic Party presidential aspirant in the 2023 general elections, Sam Ohuabunwa, has said the events in the last year have suggested that President Bola Tinubu was right in removing the contentious fuel subsidy regime. The immediate past President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria made the statement when he was featured as…
The Minister of State for Education, Yusuf Sununu, has disclosed that the Ministry of Education has set up a seven-man committee to probe the bullying incident in Lead British International School, Abuja. As seen in two viral videos over the internet late Monday, a female student (names withheld) was seen bullying her female colleague (names…
Burkina Faso has suspended several international news organisations, some of them for an indefinite period, said a statement from communications regulator the CSC. Among those named in the weekend order are French newspaper Le Monde, British publication The Guardian, German broadcaster Deutsche Welle and French broadcaster TV5 Monde. They were suspended for reporting on a…
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party in Oyo State has won all the chairmanship seats in the 33 local government areas of the state. The local government election was conducted on Saturday by the Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission. The OYSIEC, Isiaka Olagunju (SAN), who announced the results of the poll on Sunday at the OYSIEC’s…
The people of Obbo Aiyegunle in Kwara State have expressed bitterness that their neighbouring Eda Oniyo community in Ekiti State is laying claim to the land they gave Eda people to farm. Obbo Aiyegunle people, under the aegis of Obbo Aiyegunle Descendants Union, accused the monarch of Eda Oniyo, the Eleda of Eda, Oba Julius…
The Nigerian Air Force says the air components of Operations Whirl Punch and Delta Safe on Saturday, knocked out terrorists’ hideouts in Niger and destroyed illegal oil refining sites in the Niger Delta. The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, AVM Edward Gabkwet, in a statement on Sunday, that 18 illegal refining sites were destroyed…
The immediate-past governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, on Sunday, asked his counterpart in Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, to come out of his hiding and answer his case with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Bello has been having a running issue with the EFCC, which declared him wanted after he failed to show up…
The Economic Community of West African States has dispatched 40 observers to oversee the legislative and regional elections in Togo scheduled for April 29, 2024. The regional bloc announced this in a statement on Sunday. Led by former Gambian Vice-President Fatoumata Jallow-Tambajang, the observers include ambassadors, representatives from ECOWAS institutions, civil society members, media professionals,…