The Crude Oil Refinery-owners Association of Nigeria (CORAN), has said that it would enter into meaningful conversation with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) to make petrol from the revived Port Harcourt refinery much affordable to consumers. The Association said petroleum products would boost domestic market distribution but it would engage authorities to get … Read more
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said it has successfully restored bulk power supply to the Ahoada-Yenagoa 132kV line after replacing 20 vandalised towers. This restoration marks the end of a nearly four-month blackout affecting Bayelsa State, which was disconnected due to extensive damage from vandalism. The company announced the restoration of bulk power supply … Read more
Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan (2-L) is at the centre of a massive fraud case that has raised questions about the country’s banking system. Photo: -STR / AFPSource: AFP A multi-billion-dollar fraud scandal involving one of Vietnam’s most prominent tycoons exposed systemic weaknesses in the country’s banking sector, say analysts who warn other such … Read more
Senior employees at several institutions offering nursing and midwifery courses in Afghanistan on Tuesday said women would be barred from classes, following an edict by the Taliban supreme leader. Health officials met with directors of education institutes on Monday in the capital Kabul to inform them of the ruling, an official from the public health … Read more
The Labour Party (LP) Directorate of Mobilisation and Integration, has commenced a strategic move to inaugurate state coordinators, mobilise Nigerians with proven integrity across the country to drive the party structure and mobilise groups and coalitions at the grassroots level. This is contained in a statement signed by the director general of LP Directorate of … Read more
Each year, Nigeria‘s population grows by approximately four million, a figure that will only rise due to the geometric nature of population increase. This alarming trend underscores the urgent need for strategic interventions to curb fertility rates and harness the nation’s demographic dividend. Population growth in Nigeria is driven by a persistently high fertility rate, … Read more
In a landmark move aimed at addressing the rising issue of paternity fraud, Nigeria has introduced Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology, a cutting-edge solution that vastly improves the accuracy of DNA testing. This initiative, the first of its kind in Nigeria and West Africa, is led by OncoGenomics Laboratory in collaboration with Karygene and ISN Medical. … Read more
Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Henzodaily roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Wednesday, 4th December, 2024 President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday, submitted that no other system of government is better than democracy. The Nigerian leader recalled how, in the past under military rule, he had been detained and intimidated for expressing the … Read more
The Federal Government and the Adamawa State Government have formalised an agreement to transform Cottage Hospital Hong and General Hospital Mubi into Federal Medical Centres through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). At the MoU signing event, the Coordinating Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, described the initiative as a … Read more
Hanoi authorities say more than two thirds of the poisonous smog that blankets Vietnam’s capital is caused by petrol vehicles, and officials have ordered that a quarter of two-wheelers across the country must be electric by 2030. Photo: Nhac NGUYEN / AFPSource: AFP In Vietnam’s heavily polluted capital Hanoi, teenage taxi driver Phung Khac Trung … Read more