Newscenter Media News The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has released a preliminary report on the incident involving a Dana Air MD 82 aircraft that skidded off the Lagos airport runway on April …
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NIMASA elevates 41% female staff to management positions
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has elevated 41 per cent of its female staff to the management cadre in recognition of their immense value to the maritime …
Read More »Shaibu’s spokesman dumps PDP for APC
The Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Philip Shaibu, the ex-deputy governor of Edo State, Musa Sunday Ebomhiana, on Saturday dumped the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress …
Read More »Tinubu names Wole Olanipekun UNILAG pro-chancellor, Udoma gets BUK
President Bola Tinubu has appointed a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Wole Olanipekun, as Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the University of Lagos (UNILAG). A former Minister of Budget and …
Read More »Obi of Onitsha expands cabinet, appoints US-based attorney
The Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Ugochukwu Achebe, has appointed a celebrated Nigerian diplomat, Ojinnaka Azikiwe, into the cabinet of the popular commercial city. Azikiwe, a finance professor from …
Read More »Nigeria will end fuel imports by June — Dangote
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man and Chairman of Dangote Group, has assured that starting next month, Nigeria will no longer need to import petroleum products, following the implementation of the …
Read More »Blind man, 68, seeks IGP’s help over threat to life, house demolition
A 68-year-old blind man, Elder Anibueze Nnadi from Enugu State, has cried out to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, to come to his rescue after a …
Read More »11 months after, FG releases list of Governing Councils of tertiary institutions
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointments of no fewer than 555 individuals to serve as Pro-Chancellors/Chairmen and members of Governing Councils for 111 federal universities, polytechnics, and colleges of …
Read More »Northeast not considered in national infrastructure plan – Governors
The North East Governors Forum (NEGF) has stated that the Federal Government is not considering the region in the national infrastructure plan despite its consistent appeals to develop the region …
Read More »Fact check: WTO DG did not ‘bait’ investors to Nigeria
A statement credited to the director general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been deemed fabricated. Okonjo-Iweala, a former Nigerian finance minister, said the statement circulated with …
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