As the three-day warning strikeof the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, and the NigeriaUnion of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, kicks off today,the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has assured that the action would not disrupt the distribution of petroleum products in the country. The corporation gave the assurance…
Champions League: Manchester City, Barcelona, Others To Face-Off
UEFA Champions League draws for the Round of 16 have been completed this afternoon in Nyon, Switzerland, UEFAs headquarters with eye-catching match ups between European football heavyweights. English Premier League table-toppers, Chelsea were drawn against French champions, Paris Saint-Germain, PSG, following an unbeaten run in the group stage. Chelsea secretary, David Barnard, spoke after the…
FIRS Arrests Tax Evaders In Bayelsa
The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, has apprehended about 20 people in Bayelsa State who did not pay up their annual taxes or remit Value Added Taxes collected for the government. The tax evaders have also been made to sign an undertaking to clear their debts before the New Year. This comes after intensified efforts…
Inflation: TUC To Press For Increased Minimum Wage
Following the devaluation of the Naira by the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Trade Union Congress, TUC, has announced that it would engage the federal government in 2015 to press for a raise in minimum wage. This was contained in a statement on issued on Sunday by Bobboi Kaigama, National President of the Congress at…
Over 100 Nigerians Deported From Finland
More than one hundred Nigerians were on Thursday December 11, deported from an asylum camp in Finland and several other European countries. The deported asylum seekers included women, children and some with their immediate family. They all arrived at the cargo terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos at 7.00 a.m. aboard a…
London Airspace Reopens with Restrictions
The London airspace which was closed earlier in the day due to a computer failure, has been reopened with some restrictions. This development was announced in a message released by Eurocontrol, the UK’s flight safety agency. Announcing the closure of the airspace earlier in the day, Eurocontrol said, “There has been a failure of the…
FUTA Emerges Best School At National Education Competition
The Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA, Ondo State has emerged the best school in Nigeria at the 2014 edition of the National Education Innovations Exhibition Competition held in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. The annual exhibition was organised by the Federal Ministry of Education. It featured exhibition of different innovative creative works across board.…
Citizens Protest In Cotonou Over Delay In Local Elections
Citizens of the Republic of Benin took to the streets of Cotonou, the country’s commercial hub, on Thursday, in two separate marches prompted by a delay in holding local elections scheduled for last year. Opposition supporters and backers of the government of Thomas Boni Yayi marched along two separate ways in peaceful demonstrations. Local elections…
Twin Explosion Rock Jos
At least 32 persons were reportedly killed after two bomb explosions occurred in central Jos, the capital of Plateau State, on Thursday evening. According to residents, the first blast occurred at about 6.30 p.m. near a busy motor park, operated by state-owned Plateau Riders. The scene of the attack was also close to the outlet…
50 Die in Somalia After Drinking from Contaminated Well
No fewer than 50 persons have died after drinking contaminated water from a well in northern Mogadishu, Somalia. According to a report from Osman Mohamed, deputy commissioner for Somalia’s Yaqshid district, over 150 people who drank from the newly constructed well in the East African country were recently hospitalized. Hawo Abdi, a Somali and mother…
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