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The Chairman of BUA Group, Abdul-Samad Rabiu, says the company is set to reduce the price of cement in Nigeria.He disclosed this on Friday while speaking ith State House correspondents after meeting with President Bola Tinubu.Rabiu said to support the efforts of the government to crash the price of the product, the company would add two new plants at the end of the year or early next year.According to him, the plants to be commissioned by Tinubu, would bring BUA Cement’s total capacity to 17 million metric tons.This, he said will enable the company to reduce the price of cement…

A seven-man panel of inquiry constituted by the acting Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has yet to unravel the circumstances that led to the death of a 100-level Course 9 police cadet, Sulaiman Jika, who died on the premises of the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State.The Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Force Criminal Investigation Department, Abuja, Abiodun Alabi, who heads the panel, told our correspondent in an interview recently that investigation into the matter was still ongoing.Sunday PUNCH had reported that Jika dropped dead at POLAC on Saturday, September 2, following a brief illness, which according…

A United Arab Emirates (UAE) official has contradicted the claim by the Nigerian government that it has lifted the visa ban imposed on Nigerian travellers.According to CNN, the official from the Gulf state disclosed this in a chat.“There are no changes on the Nigeria/UAE travel status so far,” the source asked not to be named was quoted to have said.Presidential spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, had claimed that the visa ban was lifted after President Bola Tinubu met with Sheik Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, his UAE counterpart, on Monday.It was gathered how President Bola Tinubu proceeded to Abu Dahbi, UAE…

President Bola Tinubu on Friday approved the nomination of Dr. Olayemi Michael Cardoso as the new Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria for a term of five years at the first instance, pending his confirmation by the Senate.Tinubu also approved the nomination of four new Deputy Governors of the apex bank, for a term of five years at the first instance, pending their confirmation by the Senate.In this report, we highlight the things you need to know about the new CBN governor.Olayemi Cardoso, a Lagosian, grew up in Lagos and attended Corona School Ikoyi and St. Gregory’s College all…

President Bola Tinubu has nominated Olayemi Cardoso as the new Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This is according to a statement from the presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale.“President Bola Tinubu has approved the nomination of Dr. Olayemi Michael Cardoso to serve as the new Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), for a term of five (5) years at the first instance, pending his confirmation by the Nigerian Senate,” the Friday statement added.Aside from the Lagos-born Cardoso, Tinubu appointed four deputy governors for the apex bank.Ajuri said the move is in “conformity with Section 8 (1) of the…

The Chicago State University confirmed to American news network, CBS, that President Bola Tinubu graduated from the institution in 1979 with a Bachelor’s degree in Business and Administration.There has been controversy surrounding Tinubu’s academic record with the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, filing a lawsuit in the US to compel CSU officials to turn over Tinubu’s academic documents.However, CSU told CBS that it was confident in the veracity and integrity of its records regarding Tinubu’s completion of graduation requirements and degree certificate, but was restrained by the United States federal law to provide any further information about Tinubu’s…

Nigeria’s inflation has jumped to 25.80% for August 2023, according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The latest figure is 1.72% points higher than the 24.08% reported in July, the Friday report added.“In August 2023, the headline inflation rate increased to 25.80% relative to the July 2023 headline inflation rate which was 24.08%. Looking at the movement, the August 2023 headline inflation rate shows an increase of 1.72% points when compared to the July 2023 headline inflation rate,” the NBS added.“On a year-on-year basis, the headline inflation rate was 5.27% points higher compared…

In hypothesis, it sounds unlikely, maybe even ironic, that a medical doctor would lose her life at work on the premises of a general hospital. Yet it happened in August, at the Lagos State General Hospital, Odan.Dr. Vwaere Diaso, like the pregnant women in Ezzagu Community, Ebonyi state, lost her life to underfunded and under-equipped healthcare in Nigeria.Following the doctor’s demise, the Nigerian Medical Association embarked on a protest strike for justice. They reiterated what they had always demanded: a properly funded health sector. But that strike was not the first in 2023. In fact, Nigerian doctors under one association…

Award-winning Nigerian set designer and art director, Pat Nebo is dead.Pat Nebo died on Thursday from a prolonged illness that had left him bedridden.Shaibu Husseini, a movie journalist and member of the African Movie Academy Awards jury, made the announcement in a post on his official X on Thursday.Sharing the deceased picture, Shaibu wrote: “I have been reliably informed that foremost Nigerian Production Designer Pat Nebo has passed on.“He has been bedridden for a while now. Journey well master of the craft of film production design.”Nebo began his career with his role as a production designer in ‘Ti Oluwa Nile’…

The Defence Headquarters says troops of Operation Delta Safe have, in the last two weeks, uncovered and destroyed 89 illegal refining sites in the Niger Delta region.The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known while giving an update on military operations across the country on Thursday in Abuja.He said the troops also discovered and destroyed 21 dugout pits, 56 boats, 138 storage tanks, 235 cooking ovens, six pumping machines, one outboard engine, and two speedboats.According to him, the troops have recovered about 1.2 litres of stolen crude oil, 452,910 litres of illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO),…