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NEWS

Fuel crisis lingers as NNPC seeks fresh $2bn crude-backed loan

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited is in talks for another oil-backed loan to boost its finances and allow investment in its business, the Group Chief Executive Officer, NNPC, Mele Kyari, has said. Sources familiar with the situation said the oil firm aims to raise at least $2bn through the proposed new loan. In August 2023, NNPC announced that it had secured a $3.3bn emergency crude oil repayment loan from […]

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NEWS

Man in China caught smuggling 100 live snakes in his trousers

A man has been caught trying to smuggle over 100 live snakes into mainland China by cramming them into his trousers, according to the country’s customs authority. The unnamed traveller was stopped by customs officers as he sought to slip out of semi-autonomous Hong Kong and into the border city of Shenzhen, China Customs said in a statement on Tuesday. “Upon inspection, customs officers discovered that the pockets of the […]

todayJuly 10, 2024 14

NEWS

Russian strikes kill three in Ukraine

Russian strikes killed three people in southern Ukraine, including at the Black Sea port of Odesa, authorities said on Wednesday. Russia has carried out nightly attacks on cities across Ukraine since launching its invasion in February 2022. “The aggressor targeted port infrastructure in the Odesa region. Unfortunately, two people were killed — a security guard and a truck driver,” governor Oleg Kiper said. It was unclear whether the deaths were […]

todayJuly 10, 2024 16

BUSINESS

Govt moves to translate Lagos laws into Yoruba with AI

The Lagos State Law Reform Commission has organised a three-day workshop to harness Artificial Intelligence in translating the laws of Lagos State into the Yoruba language. This was contained in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant on New Media to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Jubril Gawat, posted on his X account on Tuesday. According to the statement, the theme for the three-day event was “Unlocking AI Powered Translation: Enhancing Access […]

todayJuly 10, 2024 22

BUSINESS

12 more institutions onboarded for student loan- NELFUND

The management of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund on Wednesday said 12 state government-owned tertiary institutions have been onboarded to the student loan application pool. A statement signed by the Head, Media and Public Relations of the Fund, Nasir Ayitogo, noted that the onboarding followed the successful submission and verification of data completeness. “With this latest addition, the total number of participating state government-owned tertiary institutions has now increased from […]

todayJuly 10, 2024 18

NEWS

Plateau holds LG election October 9

Plateau State has fixed October 9, 2024, for the conduct of local government elections. The Chairman of the state Independent Electoral Commission, Plangji Cishak, disclosed this on Wednesday during an ongoing meeting with leaders of political parties held at the commission’s headquarters in Jos, the state capital. Plangji said the council poll would be conducted across the 17 local government areas of the state, which are currently under the management […]

todayJuly 10, 2024 47

ENTERTAINMNET

It’s ungrateful to reply ‘seen’ after financial help, says actor Kanayo

Veteran Nollywood actor and filmmaker, Kanayo O Kanayo, has  expressed displeasure with what he perceives as a lack of gratitude from people who receive financial favours. In a video he shared on Instagram on Monday, Kanayo criticised the response of “seen” after receiving money as a sign of ungratefulness. He said, “I have one question. Why are people very ungrateful? “You do somebody a favour by sending him or her […]

todayJuly 10, 2024 19

NEWS

Varsities boil again as FG, ASUU meet, workers protest Tuesday

The Academic Staff Union of Universities said it will be meeting with the Federal Government on July 25, 2024 over its unmet demands. This was as non-academic staff of universities declared on Sunday that they were set for a one-day protest on Tuesday on campuses over their withheld four-month salaries. The one-day protest would be a prelude to a nationwide protest planned for July 18. The National President of ASUU, […]

todayJuly 8, 2024 7

POLITICS

Fuel scarcity looms as depots raise petrol price to N720/litre

Fuel scarcity is gradually surfacing in Lagos and other parts of the country as private depot owners hiked the ex-depot price of petrol from N630 to N720 per litre. This came as fuel scarcity deepened in Abuja and the adjoining states on Sunday with some filling stations dispensing PMS as high as N900/litre. Our correspondents report that a number of filling stations in Lagos, Ogun and some states have run […]

todayJuly 8, 2024 36

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