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Honeywell Flour Mills Plc (HFMP), a leading foods manufacturer in Nigeria, has grown its revenue by 4 per cent to N74.4 billion recording its largest revenue figures since inception. The company’s audited results for the year ended March 31, 2019, ...
Read More »DPR shuts 17 illegal LPG skid operators in Ibadan, cautions nine plant owners
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Ibadan, Oyo State, has shut down 17 illegal Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) roadside retailers and issued warning to nine filling plants, in the second quarter of 2019. The Operations Controller of Ibadan Field ...
Read More »Race for Bayelsa Governor Dickson’s successor intensifies as Okara, others indicate interest
The Restoration Caucus in Bayelsa chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has begun the process of picking the standard-bearer for the November 16, 2019 governorship election in the state. Special Adviser to the outgoing Governor Henry Seriake Dickson on ...
Read More »Benue tribunal rejects Lawani’s application for more witness against Moro
The Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Makurdi, Benue State has dismissed the application for additional witness brought before it by senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Steven Lawani. Lawani is challenging the election of Abba Moro in ...
Read More »University of Nigeria Nsukka unveils first five-seater electric car
It was excitement galore at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) as the institution’s Engineering Faculty successfully unveiled its first a five-seater electric car. Christened Lion Ozumba 551, the car, made with 80 per cent locally sourced materials could undertake ...
Read More »Katsina, Borno, Kebbi govs commend President Buhari on AfCFTA agreement
Governors Aminu Masari (Katsina), Babagana Zulum (Borno) and Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi) have commended President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) pact. They said the agreement would increase the country’s volume of trade and boost the ...
Read More »INEC urges N’Assembly’s speedy action on amendment of electoral law
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu has urged the National Assembly to speed up action in amending the nation’s electoral act to avoid robbery at collation centres. Yakubu, who spoke at the 2019 General Elections Review ...
Read More »Upcoming Kogi, Bayelsa guber polls challenging, INEC declares
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday admitted that the November 16, 2019 governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa would be challenging due to the history of political violence in the two states. INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Voter Education ...
Read More »Ex-INEC chair Jega seeks review of youth empowerment policies to check insecurity
Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Jega, has sought review of youth empowerment policies to check the increasing criminality in the country. Besides, he wants Nigerians to pressurise government in engaging them productively. Jega, who spoke ...
Read More »Suspected killers of Governor Bello’s aide indict Kogi ex-Senator, it’s laughable exhibition of ignorance, says Ogembe
Some suspected killers of Yusuf Adabenege Onivehu, an aide to Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello, who were paraded in Okene have alleged that former representative of Kogi Central Senatorial District, Ahmed Ogembe sponsored them for the dastardly act. Kogi State ...
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