The Dangote Peugeot Automobiles Nigeria Limited has started assembling Land Trek, 3008, 5008 and the new 508 vehicles in Nigeria. The vehicles being built at the new Green Field Assembly Plant in Nigeria’s northwestern region, are coming nearly four years after joint owners received approval from the Nigerian regulator for the former plant, Peugeot Automobile of Nigeria Ltd. According to the Nigerian automaker, the newly plant can assemble 120 vehicles per day across two shifts. The management added that the vehicles are expected to flaunt safety features to appeal to the customers and the motoring public. “With the New Green…
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A new political movement, we2gedaNg is planning an official launch of the forum where the modus operandi as well as the nationwide representatives of the group will be unveiled. In a statement signed by the national convener of the movement, Ibrahim Abdulkarim said the event will be held on Friday, February 4th at the Bristol Palace Hotel, Kano by 3pm prompt. The event which will be strictly by invitation is geared for the sole purpose of uniting young Nigerians under one platform that would forge a common platform that would ensure active youth participation and inclusiveness in the collective task…
Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court Abuja on Wednesday, ordered the prosecution Counsel to pay N200,000 for stalling proceeding in the trial of co-defendants in Nnamdi Kanu on treasonable felony charge. Justice Nyako ordered that each of the four defendants be paid N50,000 by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) for the inconveniences they suffered as a result of the lead counsel, Shuaib Labaran’s absence in court. The four defendants are Bright Chimezie, Chidiebere Onwudike, Benjamin Maduagwu and David Nwaurusi said to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). They are being tried alongside Kanu,…
Niger state government has described as misleading, malicious and false, Monday’s report by AriseTV that the governor, Abubakar Sani-Bello was air lifted by helicopter from the busy Kaduna-Abuja Highway, due to traffic gridlock. The Chief Press Secretary, Noel-Berje in a statement on Wednesday said that “Arise TV acted in error by not only relying on hearsay but also failed woefully in adhering to the core value of objective journalism by not reaching out to crosscheck the story before airing/rushing to the press. “His Excellency, Niger state governor Abubakar Sani-Bello never airlifted contrary to reports that emanated from Arise TV and…
The Northern Emancipation Network (NEN) on Tuesday said the recent successes recorded by the federal troops in dislodging bandit strongholds in Katsina and Sokoto states are encouraging and reassuring to the North. Referring to President Buhari’s recent vow to leave behind a revamped force, NEN, through its National Secretary, Suleiman Abbah, said the successful onslaught that dislodged the camp of Gwaska, and other notorious bandit cells in Katsina and Sokoto represents a major step up in the activities of the federal troops as directed by President Muhammadu Buhari recently. “We therefore commend the successes of our gallant troops and the…
The cost of petrol and diesel in Germany has reached an all-time high, the ADAC motoring association said on Wednesday. The previous day, E10 petrol cost €1.712 ($1.93) based on a nationwide daily average, breaking the previous record of €1.709 on September 13, 2012, ADAC reported. Diesel cost €1.640 per litre. However, prices had been driven up by the oil market; the value of North Sea Brent recently exceeded $90 per barrel, its highest level in years. The trend is driven by both economic and geopolitical factors. Supply is scarce and demand high. Meanwhile, political tensions at the Russian-Ukrainian border…
Mr Godwin Emefiele, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has urged rice mills in the country to embrace CBN’s backward integration initiatives aimed at conserving foreign exchange reserves. Information obtained from CBN’s website indicates that Emefiele made the call on Tuesday, during the inauguration of Garewa Rice Mills in Kano. He said that such initiatives would also revamp local production capacity and create employment. He stressed the need for rice mills in Nigeria to get involved in paddy production to guarantee sustainable supply of rice paddy to their mills. He said that such a move would also complement supply…
The Federal High Court Abuja on Tuesday ordered the unfreezing of all accounts belonging to the Benue government except one domiciled in Zenith bank. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order after adoption of Memorandum of Undertaking (MOU) by lawyers representing parties in the suit. While the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria is the claimant/applicant in the case, HPPS Multilinks Services Ltd and Benue government are 1st and 2nd respondents. The MoU dated January 25 and filed on January 26 was adopted on February 1. Leading other counsel, Mr T.D Pepe (SAN) adopted the MoU on behalf of Benue government while Mr Val Igboanusi adopted on behalf of the…
Pupils of non-formal Qur’anic schools (Tsangaya) numbering 109 participated in the just concluded Qur’anic recitation competition in Ningi local government area of Bauchi state. The competition conducted on Tuesday was part of memorial for a famous Islamic scholar, late Jibrin Sankace. Hamza Abubakar, Secretary, Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the competition, stated this in an interview on Wednesday in Bauchi. Abubakar said the participants drawn from 12 schools comprised 48 males and 61 females, adding that the competition initiated in 2020 was designed to promote teaching of the Holy Quran. “The competition is for children age between 12 and 25, it…
U.S. HIV specialist pharmaceutical company ViiV Healthcare on Wednesday said that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Cabenuva cabotegravir and rilpivirine for every two month dosing for the treatment of HIV-1. The treatment is for HIV in virologic ally suppressed adults on a stable regimen, with no history of treatment failure, and with no known or suspected resistance to either cabotegravir or rilpivirine. ViiV Healthcare is majority-owned by GlaxoSmithKline plc, with Pfizer and Shionogi Limited as shareholders. Cabenuva is the first and only complete long-acting HIV treatment regimen and was first approved by the U.S. FDA in January…