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The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has reaffirmed the conglomerate’s commitment to ending raw sugar importation in Nigeria with an investment exceeding $700 million in sugar production.Dangote, who spoke during the ‘Dangote Special Day’ at the ongoing 14th Gateway International Trade Fair in Abeokuta, Ogun State, said the group is accelerating its Sugar Backward Integration Plan to boost local ...

The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed recent reports alleging that 3,907 firearms are missing from its armouries, stating that the claims are misleading and do not reflect the reality of the situation.In a statement issued on Thursday, the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, emphasised that the allegations stemmed from a 2019 audit report by the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation and do not ...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says no fewer than 14 million Nigerians are estimated to have been involved and addicted to the consumption of harmful drugs.The Deputy Commander, Ondo State Command, NDLEA, Yetunde Joyifous, made the disclosure at a drug abuse awareness programme, organised by Oijefon Youth for secondary schools in Ile Oluji/Oke-Igbo Local Government Area of the state.Joyif...

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority sealed off two filling stations and a gas plant in Sagamu during a monitoring and surveillance exercise.The filling stations were sealed for under-dispensing and shortchanging customers, while the gas plant was shut down for being located in a densely populated residential area, violating safety regulations.Speaking during the enforcement...

The House of Representatives has passed for a second reading the four tax reform bills proposed by President Bola Tinubu, after a long debate on the floor of the House.The bills scaled second reading after the lawmakers reached a consensus on the contentious Value Added Tax provisions during plenary.In 2024, President Bola Tinubu transmitted four tax bills to the National Assembly for consideration and pas...

The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to implement the new national minimum wage and other benefits or face an indefinite strike.This ultimatum was conveyed in a communiqué release after an emergency meeting held at the JUSUN Secretariat in Abuja.According to the communiqué, the seven-day ultimatum begins on Thursday, February 13, 2025...

The Lagos State Wastewater Management Office has sealed public toilets at Katangua market for illegal discharge of sewage and untreated wastewater into the environment.The public toilets included the two inside the Ile-Epo market along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.According to a statement from LSWMO, the operators of the public toilets were seen using pumping machines to pump untreated wastewater and sewa...

The Federal Government, through the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, has said that it may impose a ban on trucks with 60,000-litre capacity, preventing them from operating on federal highways.This follows the increasing number of deaths resulting from petrol tanker accidents, which has led to the death of 493 persons in three years.The government, in a proposal to stakehold...

President Bola Tinubu has ordered all ministers in his administration to give account of their stewardship to Nigerians with immediate effect.The Minister of information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, announced the presidential order, at a news conference, in Abuja.Idris said the briefing by the ministers is to enable Nigerians to know what the government has been able to do in the past and to a...

The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has announced that the budget defence report for the N54.2 trillion 2025 budget will be presented to the Senate in plenary.He confirmed that members of the Committee on Appropriations will present the report either Wednesday or Thursday this week.Mr Akpabio spoke on Tuesday during plenary, following a debate on a bill to establish a Federal University of Agric...