Day: March 25, 2021

AFCON qualifiers: How Super Eagles travelled to Benin by boat

Lukman Olasunkanmi

  Nigeria travelled to Benin by boat for their penultimate 2022 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying game in Porto Novo, Goal has reported. The Super Eagles who were earlier camped in Lagos, left the Southwestern part of Nigeria a day before Saturday’s clash at the Charles de Gaulle Stadium. There was the assurance of adequate security for Gernot Rohr’s men and they would be expected to return to Lagos by Sunday for their final Afcon qualifying fixture against Lesotho at the Teslim Balogun Stadium. Nigeria lead the Group L table…

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CROSSFIRE: Oyedepo, Akintola clash over Kwara Hijab crisis

Tade Salako

Presiding Bishop, Living Faith Church Worldwide, David Oyedepo, and the Director of Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), Professor Ishaq Akintola, have reacted to the hijab crisis in Kwara State, bickering on the right of female Muslim students to adorn the head gear as part of their school uniform. Recall that the state government had closed 10 schools over their refusal to allow Muslim female students to wear hijab as part of their school uniform. While Oyedepo who threw his weight behind the refusal of authorities of the school to allow the…

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Fuel subsidy hits N120bn monthly, landing cost surges to N234 litre -Kyari

Precious Ibekwe

NNPC Trading Surplus surged by 80.12% in December   Nigeria’s loss to fuel subsidy has peaked at over N120 billion monthly as landing cost for Premium Motor Spirit surges to N234 litre The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) maintaining that an increase in pump price of fuel is inevitable. Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mele Kyari, who said this at the weekly media briefing at the Presidential Villa yesterday, maintained that the current landing cost of fuel in the “country as at today (Thursday) stands at N234 per litre…

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Total deepens Nigeria’s anti-COVID-19 intervention with $3.2m

Efe Wellington

Total E&P Nigeria Limited has highlighted its COVID-19 interventions which complemented government efforts to contain the pandemic. The company at an interactive session with the media on Thursday March 25, 2021 explained that it made massive interventions because it sees Nigeria as home and likes to identify with communities where it operates. Total explained that it was part of the NNPC led endeavour that donated N21billion to the Federal Government’s Covid-19 effort. Leading the session, the Executive Director, Corporate Affairs and Services, Mr. Abiodun Afolabi, who stated this, added that…

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