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Executive Secretary/CEO, National Lottery Trust Fund (NLTF) Tosin Adeyanju has disclosed that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is assisting in the recovery of debts owed to the Fund amounting to over N9 billion. Adeyanju disclosed this on Friday, when he led the NLTF management team on a courtesy visit to the Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Ola Olukoyede …

Call for Expression of Interest To Provide Technical Support to the Enhancing Climate    Information System for Resilient Development in Liberia (CIS) Job Title: Procurement Officer  Division/Department Executive Location Monrovia Expected Start Date: Immediately  Duration: Three (3) years (renewable annually based on performance)  Report to:     Project Manager Background The Government of Liberia through the Environmental Protection Agency in collaboration with the African …

A dispatcher was killed in a car accident along the Lekki-Epe Expressway in Lagos on Friday. However, two other people were rescued from the crash near Chevron by emergency workers. The General Manager of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA), Mr. Olalekan Bakare-Oki, disclosed this in a statement signed by the agency’s Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment, Mr. …

Call for Expression of Interest To Provide Technical Support to the Enhancing Climate    Information System for Resilient Development in Liberia (CIS) Job Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist Department Executive  Location Monrovia Expected Start Date: Immediately   Duration: Three (3) years (renewable annually based on performance)  Report to: Executive Director  Background The Government of Liberia through the Environmental Protection Agency in collaboration …

  The Director General of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Gbenga Komolafe, has allayed fears of job losses among workers of international oil companies who are leaving Nigeria or divesting from onshore to offshore. Komolafe was speaking at the Energy and Labour Summit 2024, currently underway in Abuja, organised by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association …

The last of the eight National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) recruits kidnapped in Zamfara State has been rescued. Eight university graduates and their bus driver were kidnapped in Zamfara on their way from Uyo, Akwa Ibom to Sokoto to undergo their one-year national military service in August 2023. Security agents had rescued seven victims before the latest development. NYSC Director-General, …

  ●Promises completion in 18 months Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Friday started construction of the 70-kilometre Abeokuta-Ifo-Ota-Lagos expressway, pledging to complete it in 18 months. From left to right: Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun; his deputy, Eng. Noimot Salako-Oyedele and a member of the National Operations Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Tolu Bankole, …

    A 2,492-carat diamond, the world’s second largest, has been discovered in Botswana, says the Canadian mining company that found the stone. The diamond was discovered at the Karowe diamond mine in northeastern Botswana using X-ray technology, Lucara Diamond Corp said in a statement released Thursday. Lucara did not give a value to the find or mention its quality. …

Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has condemned the killing of the Gatawa District Chief in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of ​​Sokoto State, Isa Bawa, as “heinous, senseless and unacceptable.” Matawalle described the killing as a “brutal act that will not be tolerated” and ordered the Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa, to launch a thorough investigation into …

Jordan Ayew is close to becoming Wilfred Ndidi’s teammate after Leicester City agreed a deal with Crystal Palace for an £8m deal to sign the striker, the Daily Mail reports. Leicester have been pushing to sign the 32-year-old after an initial bid of around £4m was rejected last week. Talks have continued with Steve Cooper keen to bolster his attacking …