By Aluta News June 22, 2021 The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says smuggling across the borders has increased the daily consumption of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) to 103 million litres per day in May. The Group Managing Director (GMD), NNPC, Mele Kyari, made this known at stakeholders meeting organisedContinue Reading
By Aluta News June 22, 2021 The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Maj.Gen Faruk Yahaya as Chief of Army Staff (COAS), the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The confirmation followed the adoption of the report of the Senate joint Committee on Defence and Army at plenary on Tuesday.Continue Reading
By Aluta News June 22, 2021 A 39-year-old driver, Mutairu Adesiyan, on Tuesday appeared in an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, for allegedly stealing poultry farm equipment worth N50 million. The police charged Adesiyan, whose address was given with two counts of conspiracy and theft. The prosecution counsel, ASP Sunday Fatola,Continue Reading
By Aluta News June 22, 2021 The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will on July 12 mark the 50th anniversary of Nigeria’s membership of the organisation. OPEC’s Secretary-General, Dr Mohammad Barkindo, made the disclosure in a statement on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria wasContinue Reading
By Aluta News June 22, 2021 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said additional 240 people had been discharged after successful treatment and testing negative to COVID-19 across the country. The NCDC said this on its official website on Tuesday morning. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports thatContinue Reading
By Aluta News June 22, 2021 The National Commission for Museum and Monument (NCMM), the German and British Governments have agreed to build a museum in Edo to house all returned Benin Bronze. NCMM’s Director-General, Prof. Abba Tijani, made the disclosure on Monday at the event marking the 2021 InternationalContinue Reading
By Aluta News June 22, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden, on Monday announced plans to allocate 55 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the world, nothing that 10 million doses would be shared to Africa countries. Biden, in a statement from the White House in Washington, DC, said the dosesContinue Reading
By Aluta News June 22, 2021 Nicholas Haysom, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General on Sudan, says South Sudan is marking its 10th independence anniversary amid languishing political progress and a range of humanitarian challenges. Haysom, Under Secretary General at UN, told Security Council members on Monday that SouthContinue Reading
By Aluta News June 22, 2021 World Health Organisation (WHO) is supporting a South African consortium in establishing the first COVID-19 mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub, the UN health agency announced on Monday. The South African consortium comprises Biovac, Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines, a network of universities and the AfricaContinue Reading
