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Concrete Roads: Cement Price To Hit N9,000, Say Manufacturers

Concrete Roads: Cement Price To Hit N9,000, Say Manufacturers

The Cement Producers Association of Nigeria has warned that the ongoing plan of the federal government to introduce concrete roads will raise the price of cement to N9, 000 per bag from the current price of N5, 000. It also ...

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Surgeons Perform Second Historic Pig-To-Human Heart Transplant

Surgeons Perform Second Historic Pig-To-Human Heart Transplant

Surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Centre, United States have performed a second successful transplant of a genetically modified pig heart on a 58-year-old patient, Lawrence Faucette, with end-stage heart disease. Faucette received the pig heart transplant on September ...

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Despite Warning, States Caught Unprepared For Flood

Despite Warning, States Caught Unprepared For Flood

Again, despite previous experience and warnings from the relevant authorities, several states and local governments across the country have been caught unprepared for the yearly devastating rains and floods. Investigation by the LEADERSHIP showed that despite repeated warnings by NiMET, ...

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Rumpus In Civil Service Over New Tenure System

Rumpus In Civil Service Over New Tenure System

The implementation of Rule 021210 which provides for a new tenure system is generating rumpus in the nation’s civil service. Head of Service of the Federation (HoSF), Dr Folasade Femi-Esan, had on July 27, 2023, reportedly instructed some permanent secretaries, ...

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NEITI Report: SERAP Demands Probe Of $15bn, N200bn Missing Oil Revenues

NEITI Report: SERAP Demands Probe Of $15bn, N200bn Missing Oil Revenues

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to set up a presidential panel of enquiry to probe the allegations contained in the recent reports of Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) that over US$15 billion and ...

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Tinubu Seeks Monarchs’ Support Against Insecurity In Niger Delta

Tinubu Seeks Monarchs’ Support Against Insecurity In Niger Delta

President Bola Tinubu has called for the collaboration of traditional rulers in the Niger Delta region in maintaining enduring peace and security as well as stoppage of oil theft in the region. Tinubu said this is to ensure maximum oil ...

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