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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has blamed the fuel queues in Lagos State and Abuja on some construction projects going on in the state.  NNPC’s Executive Vice President, Downstream, ADEYEMI ADETUNJU, gave this explanation while addressing a news conference in Abuja. The NNPC boss added that it has a national PMS stock of over 2 billion liters whi...

Officers of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested 3 suspects over the abduction and murder of the owner of Rolak hotel in Ijebu Ode, Otunba ABAYOMI AJAYI SMITH. The suspects are LARRY ADEBAYO ADEWUMI and his wife, OKEREKE OLUFUNMILAYO who is an employee of the late Otunba SMITH alongside one ADEBOWALE SANNI. The Ogun Police Public Relations Officer, ABIMBOLA OYEYEMI in a sta...

The Senate has passed the bill seeking to establish the Nigerian Education Bank, which will provide loans to students of tertiary institutions. The bill which was sponsored by the Speaker of the House of Representatives FEMI GBAJABIAMILA aims to enable Nigerian students in higher institutions of learning have access to financial assistance. The House had passed the bill earlier th...

The Edo State Government has launched the 2022 dry season farming with the distribution of irrigation equipment to over 500 farmers in the state to enhance year-round food production....

Edo State Deputy Governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu, has been conferred with the Pontifical Honourary Degree by the School of Faith and Leadership (Vatican Accredited Institute of the Catholic Archdiocese of Benin City). ...

The Federal Government says it does not intend to make public the report of investigation into the July 5 brutal attack on the Kuje Prison by terrorists....

President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to unveil newly designed 1,000, 500 and 200 naira notes on Wednesday, November 23, 2022....

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria has voted to increase the benchmark interest rate (MPR) by 100 basis points to 16.5 percent, the highest level since 2001. ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved 134.7 billion naira for the payment of Security Debarment Allowance to all military veterans....

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has presented a 320.35 billion naira budget to the State House of Assembly for the 2023 fiscal year, representing a 69.3 percent increase from the budgeted for the year 2022....