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Procurement Phase for Port Harcourt Refinery 98% Complete – MD

The Managing Director, Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC), Mr Ibrahim Onoja, has assured that the procurement process for the rehabilitation of the refinery...

Tinubu confirms Mrs Adepoju as Comptroller-General of Immigration Service

President Bola Tinubu has confirmed the appointment of Mrs Caroline Wura-Ola Adepoju as the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS). Her...

NNPCL ranks third for free cash flow generation among African oil companies by 2024 – Report

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has been ranked third for free cash flow generation by oil companies in Africa by...

2024 Appropriation Bill scales second reading at House of Reps

The House of Representatives on Thursday began debate on the general principles of the 2024 budget proposal of N27.5 trillion at its second...

Nigerians worry more about rising prices of commodities, not budgetary arithmetic — Rewane

Renowned economist and Managing Director/CEO, Financial Derivatives Company Ltd, Mr Bismarck Rewane, has said many Nigerians are not interested in the budgetary figures...

COP28: UN calls for cooperation, action to get humanity back on track

The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Mr Simon Stiell, has urged cooperation among nations to get humanity...

2024 budget: Oil benchmark fixed at $77.96, exchange rate of 750 to dollar

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday announced an oil benchmark of $77.96 and the Naira at N750 to a dollar for the 2024 of...

2024 budget: Reps convene first budget town hall meetings for public input

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Tajudeen Abbas, has assured Nigerians of their participation in the budgeting process and eventual approval...

Nigeria’s debt may climb above $51.75bn as FG plans to borrow N7.8trn for 2024 budget deficit

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said on Wednesday that his government will finance the 2024 budget with N7. 8 trillion loan. Persecondnews reports that...

POLITICS

Health

COVID-19: CBN says over N3trn loans disbursed to revive economy, create jobs

        By Ajuma Edwina Ameh     To facilitate economic recovery and generate employment opportunities in the wake of the...

FG takes delivery of EU-donated 2m doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh     The Federal Government said on Monday that it has taken delivery of two million doses of...

Africa records 1.1m new cancer cases  annually – WHO

    By Ajuma Edwina Ameh     As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to commemorate the 2022 World Cancer Day,...

Ghebreyesus faces criticism from Ethiopia over 2nd term as WHO chief

World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is running for a new term with opposition from his own country instead of another...

COVID-19 4th wave formally declared extinct in Lagos State — Health Commissioner

    With the consistent plummeting of COVID-19 case positivity in Lagos State, the national epic centre of the virus, the government has...

China Uses Anal Tests To Detect Omicron As COVID Variant Spreads

Chinese health authorities are ordering the use of controversial but more precise anal swabs to detect COVID-19 for a third year running as...

Entertainment

It is unfair to assume all actors are wayward – Olayode Juliana (Toyo Baby)

Actress, Juliana Olayode better known as Toyo Baby has ventured into motivational speaking and recently made a move by publishing her autobiography...

From playful antics to YouTube stardom with ‘Iya Barakat’ character: My success story – Bimbo Ademoye

Nigerian actress, Bimbo Ademoye, has opened up on the tenacity behind her brand, revealing the effort she invested to push her career...

Dare Art Alade celebrates 17 years of love with wife, Deola

In a heartwarming celebration of love, Nigerian singer, Dare Art Alade, took to social media to shower praises on his wife, Deola,...

Every woman possesses witchcraft’s spirit – HRM Ooni of Ife

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ọjájá II, on Thursday played host to the cast of the widely acclaimed reality show,...

World News

COP28: UN calls for cooperation, action to get humanity back on track

The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Mr Simon Stiell, has urged cooperation among nations to get humanity back on track and the need to...