Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said the country has recorded 123 cases of diphtheria in Kano, Lagos, Yobe and Osun States with 38 deaths in three of the states. The director-general of NCDC, Dr. Adetifa Ifedayo, disclosed this ...
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Lekki Deep Seaport Targets $361bn Revenues, 200,000 Jobs
President Muhammadu Buhari, has finally commissioned the $1.5billion Lekki deep seaport for commercial operation. Construction of the port started on June 15, 2020, and was completed on Monday, October 24, 2022. LEADERSHIP gathered that the deep seaport which was the ...
Read More »FIRS Rakes In N10.1trn In 2022, Sets Highest Collection Record
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has set new record for revenue generating agencies of government with a record revenue generation of N10.1 trillion in the year-end 2022. That was the highest revenue from a government owned enterprise in history. ...
Read More »Resurgence Of COVID-19 – Leadership Editorial
Recently, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed that 42 new cases of COVID-19 were detected in the country in two weeks from December 31, 2022, to January 13, 2023. The cases were recorded in Lagos, Edo, Kano, Nasarawa, ...
Read More »Mobile Subscriptions Hit 222 Million Amidst SIM-NIN Restrictions
The number of mobile subscriptions in Nigeria rose to 222.23 million in 2022 despite the implementation of the Federal Government’s National Identification Number-Subscriber Identity Module policy. At the start of the policy in April, over 72.77 million active telecommunication subscriptions ...
Read More »NDLEA Nabs Blind Grandpa, Leper For Drug Trafficking
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a blind 67-year-old grandpa, Aliyu Adebiyi, and a leper, Haruna Abdullahi, for drug trafficking. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, said Adebiyi was caught ...
Read More »Go After Fuel Saboteurs, Group Tasks DSS, NSCDC
An anti-sabotage organisation under the aegis of The Natives, has tasked security agencies, especially the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defencee Corps (NSCDC) to fish out oil marketers and other saboteurs responsible for fuel ...
Read More »NDLEA Intercepts Cocaine, Skunk Consignments Concealed In Herbal Tea
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, AIIA, Enugu and the Tincan seaport in Lagos have intercepted 126.95 kilograms of cocaine and skunk concealed in herbal tea packs and imported vehicles by drug cartels from ...
Read More »CBN Takes Naira Sensitisation To Kaduna, Zamfara, Stresses Deadline
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at the weekend in carried out sensitisation on the redesigned Naira notes to Abubakar Mahmud Gumi central market, Kaduna and Central Market in Gusau, Zamfara states, where it called and encouraged the public to ...
Read More »Farmers Get Drought, Insect-resistant Maize From NABDA
Nigerian farmers will receive a boost this planting season to improve food production as the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) has promised to release an insect and drought-resistant maize to the farmers. The director general of the agency, Prof. Abdullahi ...
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