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The Apapa-bound carriageway of the Apapa Marine Beach Bridge will be closed on Friday for 29 days in its ongoing rehabilitation, the site Manager, Mr Simon Barakat, has said. Barakat, who spoke on site on Thursday, appealed to road users to be patient and use alternative routes. “We will close the Apapa-bound carriageway on Friday evening, and it will remain …

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The percentage of men and women who use tobacco every day has dropped in most nations since 1990, but the total number of smokers and tobacco-related deaths has increased, a consortium of researchers reported Thursday. Mortality could rise even further as major tobacco companies aggressively target new markets, especially in the developing world, they warned in a report, published in …

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The United Nations Children’s Fund has donated 1,000 doses of drugs to the Federal Capital Territory Primary Health Care Development Board for the treatment of Cerebrospinal Meningitis currently ravaging certain parts of the country. The Executive Secretary of the Board, Dr. Rilwanu Mohammed, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Thursday. He explained that …

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The‎ Federal Government says it is seriously exploring the local production of passport booklets as part of plans to save cost and ease the lingering scarcity of the document. ‎ Spokesperson for the Nigeria Immigration Service, Mr. Sunday James, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja. NAN reports that the passport booklet is presently …

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An ICT firm, Pinet Informatics Limited, has launched an online platform known as Insurance Market where insurance companies and, vendors can sell products to buyers, and in turn can buy any type of insurance policy on their laptop, tablets or phones and pay with their credit cards. Managing Director, Pinet Informatics, Lanre Ajayi at the launch and e-Insurance Conference held in …

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The Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ECCIMA) says the newly-established  Development Bank of Nigeria will boost the real sector of Nigerian economy through long term funding. The President of ECCIMA, Rev. Ugochukwu Chime, made the statement while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the ongoing 2017 Enugu International Trade Fair. NAN reports  that aside …

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has reiterated that it has no plans to increase the pump price of petrol. NNPC made the denial in a statement by Mr Ndu ughamadu, its Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division. The statement explained that the recent increase in bridging allowance to transporters from N6.20 to N7.20 per litre would not lead …

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The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) in Zone C of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted consignments of medicament including the banned Tramadol, with a duty paid value (DPV) of N178,209,310. Other unregistered drugs were also impounded. Contraband impounded across the zone in March included foreign rice, used shoes, machine spare parts with a DPV of N112,617,700. The Customs Area …

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The Tin-Can Island Port 2 Customs Command, Ijora in Lagos, on Thursday, said it generated the sum of N649.11 million in March. According to a statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Godwin Andishu, the figure is N270.1million lower than the N919.6 recorded in February. The spokesman said the figure was also N95.5million short of the N834.6million generated in …

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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed that Nigeria’s airports recorded an increase of 2.3 per cent in domestic passengers in 2015 and 2016. The NBS made this figure known in its Fourth Quarter 2016 and Full Year 2016 Air Transportation Data released in Abuja. The report, however, stated that the first and second halves of the year differed …

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