Author: Terrence Cons

The Edo State Government has secured 40 new licenses for solid mineral deposits through Associates Mining and Investment, a special-purpose vehicle promoted by the state government. The state Commissioner for Mining and Energy, Enaholo Ojiefoh, made this announcement in Benin, stressing the importance of this acquisition for the state to avoid being disadvantaged in industrialization efforts.

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Portugal’s fractured new parliament hit an impasse on its first sitting on Tuesday as it failed to elect a president. The centre-right party of Prime Minister Luis Montenegro, which narrowly won elections earlier this month, did not achieve the 116 votes it needed to see its candidate Jose Pedro Aguiar-Branco elected president. Montenegro’s party is […]

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The Presidency said on Sunday that the 72nd birthday of President Bola Tinubu on March 29 will be low-key. The Presidency revealed this in a statement signed Sunday by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga. The statement was titled ‘President Tinubu’s 72nd Birthday on March 29, 2024.’ Onanuga premised the low-key […]

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No fewer than four people have lost their lives in a stampede in Bauchi State during an act of giving alms. The stampede occurred at the Shafa Holdings Company Plc headquarters along Jos Road on Sunday at about 10 a.m. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakili, confirmed the incident to our correspondent via the telephone, […]

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