Day: June 11, 2024

Tinubu Reacts As Tolaram Group Acquire Diageo’s 58% Shareholding in Guinness Nigeria

Abibat Babalola

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commended the Indonesian business conglomerate, the Tolaram Group, for believing in Nigeria and having absolute faith in her economy. Tolaram, which partnered Nigeria to build the Lekki Free Trade Zone and the country’s first deep sea port, has acquired Diageo’s 58.02 per cent shareholding in Guinness Nigeria Plc. According to an announcement at the Nigerian Exchange on Tuesday, Tolaram will also enter into long-term license and royalty agreements for the continued production of the Guinness products and its locally manufactured Diageo ready-to-drink and mainstream brands.…

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Cholera Outbreak Rocks Lagos, Kills 5, 60 Hospitalised

Gbenga Adeoti

The recent outbreak of cholera in Lagos State has killed five residents as 60 others hospitalised. Platforms Africa reports that the Lagos State Health Commissioner, Professor Akin Abayomi, has urged the public to exercise extreme caution to a suspected cholera outbreak in the Eti Osa, Lagos Island, Ikorodu, and Kosofe areas. Abayomi also disclosed that sadly, five deaths have been recorded mainly from patients presenting late with extreme dehydration. READ ALSO: How Nigerian Female Pilgrim Committed Suicide In Madinah – Report “We have activated a statewide heightened surveillance and response.…

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KGG Hub and Nedogas Plant: What NCDMB Makes Of Strategic Partnerships

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nothing like it in recent memory in Ndokwa West Local Government Area of Delta State! Two multibillion-naira assets of strategic importance to the nation, commissioned simultaneously on Thursday, June 6, by no less a personality than the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Rt. Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo. It signalled the full commencement of operations at the 300 million standard cubic feet per day (MMscfd) Kwale Gas Gathering (KGG) Hub and Nedogas Modular Gas Plant by the project promoter, Nedogas Development Company Limited, a joint venture company between Nigerian Content…

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‘It’s Starvation Wage,’ Labour Vows To Reject ₦100k

Abibat Babalola

The Organised Labour says it won’t accept any ₦62,000 or ₦100,000 “starvation wage” as the new minimum wage for Nigerian workers. Chris Onyeka, an Assistant General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), stated this on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief show on Monday. He insisted on ₦250,000, labour’s latest demand at the last meeting of the Tripartite Committee on Minimum Wage on Friday, as the living wage for an average Nigerian worker. He said labour won’t accept the latest government’s offer of ₦62,000 and the ₦100,000 proposal by some…

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Unilorin Introduces Self-Defence, Combat Training For Students

Abibat Babalola

The Department of Criminology and Security Studies, University of Ilorin (Unilorin), has taken steps to equip its students with essential skills by introducing self-defence and combat training as a vocation. Dr Adedeji Oyenuga, a Visiting Scholar in the institution’s Department of Criminology, disclosed this on Monday in Ilorin. He spoke at the maiden edition of the combat training at the university’s sports complex. READ ALSO: NFF Blasts Benin Republic FA Over Wrong Anthem US-Bound Lady With Shipment of Drugs In Her Synthetic Hair Arrested RCCG Suspends Popular Pastor, Idowu Iluyomade…

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NFF Blasts Benin Republic FA Over Wrong Anthem

Ganiyu Amodu

“We gave them the recording of our new national anthem, only for them to play the wrong one at the beginning of the match.”   The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has expressed anger at the mix-up by the Beninoise Football Federation in playing the old Nigeria national anthem before Monday’s FIFA World Cup qualifying match in Abidjan. NFF’s Head of International Competitions, Dayo Enebi Achor, said the NFF handed a recording of the new national anthem of Nigeria to the Benin FA authorities at the Match Coordination Meeting in Abidjan…

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BREAKING: Malawi VP Saulos Chilima, 9 Others Killed In Plane Crash

Ganiyu Amodu

Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima has been killed in a plane crash along with nine other passengers, the country’s President Lazarus Chakwera announced Tuesday. The aircraft went missing after it failed to land at the Mzuzu International Airport, about 380 km (240 miles) to the north of the capital Lilongwe. The wreckage of the plane has been located, Chakwera said Tuesday. READ ALSO 2026 WCQ: Benin Republic Defeat Nigeria 2-1 Grill-A-Thon: Another Nigerian plans to break Guinness World Record Meet Sim Tshabalala, The Man Running Africa’s Largest Bank Nigerian Lawmakers…

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