Petroleum Marketers Group and Dangote Agree On Direct Fuel Sale

BusinessNewsNigeriaPetroleum Marketers Group and Dangote Agree On Direct Fuel Sale

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 12, 2024

Petrol price reduction is imminent as the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria will commence direct sales of Dangote’s Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) to its members. The direct sale agreement means that petrol marketers will no longer depend on imported fuel but will go for Dangote petrol. The agreement between IPMAN and the 650,000 barrels per day Dangote Refinery brings an end to the middleman posture played by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited on...

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ANPMP’s Chairman Says Nigerians Take to Self-Medication over Hardship

HealthNewsNigeriaANPMP’s Chairman Says Nigerians Take to Self-Medication over Hardship

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 11, 2024

The Association of Nigerian Private Medical Practitioners (ANPMP) says the nation’s economic situation has forced several Nigerians into self-medication, resulting in organ failure and subsequently, death. ANPMP’s Chairman, Dr Odia Festus Ihongbe in an interview in Abuja, noted that Nigerians now google their symptoms and buy “drugs from chemists until it gets to the terminal stage. Dr Odia revealed that the situation has resulted in private hospitals in Nigeria folding up and explained that morgues...

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Minimum Wage: Nigeria Labour Congress To Commence Indefinite Strike

BusinessNewsNigeriaPoliticsMinimum Wage: Nigeria Labour Congress To Commence Indefinite Strike

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 11, 2024

Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC in states yet to commence the implementation of the new minimum wage are to begin an indefinite strike from December 1, 2024. This is contained in a communique issued after the NLC National Executive Council, NEC, meeting held at the weekend. The communique of the meeting read in part, “The NEC notes with deep frustration the persistent delay and outright refusal by some state governments to implement the...

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Fuel Price Hike: Car Owners in Kano Now Use Bicycles, Electric Bikes

BusinessEconomyNewsNigeriaFuel Price Hike: Car Owners in Kano Now Use Bicycles, Electric Bikes

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 11, 2024

Due to high cost of petroleum which jumped to N1, 150, 00 in Kano state, some car owners have abandoned their vehicles and resort to trekking, while others use bicycles, electric bikes and commercial tricycles for mobility. It was observed that the number of pedestrians, bicycle riders and electric bike users have increase with fewer cars on the road. One of the pedestrians, Sani Isa, said he resorted to the use of a bicycle because...

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Cyber Crime On The Increase In Nigeria – University Don

EducationNewsNigeriaCyber Crime On The Increase In Nigeria – University Don

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 10, 2024

A university Don has alerted the federal government on the rising cybercrime in the country, calling on the government to sit up in order to secure the digital environment and boost national security. A Professor of Law and Director of Academic Planning in the American University of Nigeria, (AUN), Yola, Prof. Mohammed Bello Magaji, stated this  while speaking on the topic, “The Significance of Cybersecurity for National Security and Development in Nigeria”, at the 55th...

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Islamic Cleric Advises Nigerians To Stop Cursing The Country

NewsNigeriaPoliticsIslamic Cleric Advises Nigerians To Stop Cursing The Country

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 10, 2024

Nigerians have been advised to stop cursing the country but continue to pray for the country and its leaders. The Chief Imam of University of Ibadan, Professor Muftau Abdulrahman Oloyede gave the advice at an event held to precede activities for the 2024 convocation ceremonies and 76th Foundation Day Anniversary of the institution. The professor of Arabic and Islamic studies also advised the citizens not to be involved in vices nor contribute to the brain...

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Lakurawa Terror Group, Rustles 100 Cows In Kebbi, Kills 15 Persons

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaLakurawa Terror Group, Rustles 100 Cows In Kebbi, Kills 15 Persons

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 9, 2024

Lakurawa, the new armed group was reportedly to have rustled over 100 cows in Mera and killed 15 people in the process in Augie Local Government Area of Kebbi State. Alhaji Bashir Isah Mera (Yariman Mera), while confirming the attack, said the group invaded the town on Friday when people were preparing for Jumma’at prayer. “There was exchange of fire between the people of the town and the bandits which led to the killing of...

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Pregnant Women In Nigeria To Have Free Cesarean Sections

HealthNewsNigeriaPregnant Women In Nigeria To Have Free Cesarean Sections

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 8, 2024

Poor and vulnerable pregnant women across Nigeria would receive free cesarean sections. This followed the launching of initiative tagged 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 (𝐌𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐈) by the Federal ministry of health during the Joint Annual Health Review (JAR) organised by the ministry in Abuja. Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, said the initiative is aimed to reducing maternal and newborn mortality across Nigeria. “A pivotal feature of this initiative is the provision of free cesarean sections...

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Doorstep Ambulance Services Underway In Kaduna communities

HealthNewsNigeriaDoorstep Ambulance Services Underway In Kaduna communities

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 8, 2024

The National Emergency Medical Services and Ambulance System to include Kaduna State’s Ministry of Health, aiming to bring doorstep ambulance services to rural communities is underway. Dr. Saidu Ahmed, National Programme Manager of the emergency system, disclosed this during a stakeholder workshop in Kaduna focused on implementing Rural Ambulance and Transportation Services. Dr Ahmed, who is also Senior Medical Adviser to the Minister of Health, stated that the system’s goal is of ensuring emergency medical...

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Over 2.8M Northern Children, Pregnant Women Needs Nutritional Intervention

NewsNigeriaPoliticsOver 2.8M Northern Children, Pregnant Women Needs Nutritional Intervention

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 7, 2024

UNICEF says 2.8 million children less than five years old, along with pregnant and lactating women in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe in Northeast Nigeria require urgent nutritional intervention. The World Agency added that an estimated 1.7 million people across the three states risk being afflicted by acute malnutrition in 2024, as malnutrition remains a dire challenge, threatening the health and future of millions of children. Also, the 2023 lean season Nutrition and Food Security Surveillance...

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