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‘New Jaguar F-TYPE Offers Greater Driver Reward’

December 14, 2019 3:38 am

The new Jaguar F-TYPE is imbued with ideal balance of beautiful design, visceral performance and outstanding dynamics that has always made it unique, and now the definitive Jaguar sports car offers even greater driver reward.

A statement by the automaker said the new F-TYPE’s range of powerful, responsive engines includes four-six-and eight-cylinder options with outputs from 221kW to 423kW – a breadth of choice unrivalled in its segment. All are matched to eight-speed Quickshift transmissions with full manual control using either the SportShift gear selector or the steering wheel-mounted paddles.

Each engine is equipped with an active exhaust system, which …

2023: Okowa Offers Campaign Tips To Would-Be Successor

December 8, 2019 5:41 am

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Access Bank Offers Free Banking Services To Senior Citizens

November 28, 2019 3:49 am

Access Bank Plc has introduced ‘Evergreen account’ targeted at Nigerians aged 60 and above. It is a special account designed and packaged to provide senior citizens offering free financial and lifestyle services.

A statement quoted the bank’s Executive Director, Retail Banking, Mr. Victor Etuokwu, to have said: “Our senior citizens are very important to us especially those who are pensioners, as well as potential and existing retirees. We have designed an exceptional product to reward them for their significant contribution and accommodate their financial needs.”

The Access Bank Evergreen …

Anambra: Igbo Union from Belgium Offers Free Medicals

November 11, 2019 4:14 am

A 16-man team of medical personnel from Ghent, Belgium recently brought succour to many families in Anambra State during a 13-day free medical mission at Enugu-Ukwu General Hospital.

Led by Mr Okechukwu Emeh, a philanthropist and President of Igbo Union, Ghent, Belgium, the exercise attracted several people with different health challenges that were already compounded by inability to afford the medical bills. They were treated free of charge during the exercise.

Emeh, while appraising the success of the medical mission, said the gesture was necessitated by the union’s quest to give back to the society. Members of the group said …

Climate Change: Spain Offers To Host COP25 In Madrid

October 31, 2019 5:18 pm

Just a day after the President of Chile said his country could no longer hold the world’s annual climate conference, Spain has offered to host it in Madrid.

The critical meeting, called COP25, was due to take place in Santiago for two weeks from 3 December.

Chilean President Sebastián Piñera said his government needed “to prioritise re-establishing public order” after serious anti-government protests.

Spain’s offer will be considered by the UN’s climate body next week.

The Spanish government said it considered multilateral action on climate change to be a priority for the UN.

The annual Conference of the Parties (COP) …

Dapo Offers Best Graduating Student Automatic Employment

October 17, 2019 6:29 am

The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has offered Miss Akintola Esther Modupe, the best graduating student of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, automatic employment.

Akintola graduated with a cumulative average grade of 3.90 out of the maximum 4.

She would commence work immediately after her mandatory one-year national youth service scheme.

Prince Abiodun made this known at the 40th anniversary and 19th convocation ceremony of the polytechnic, held in the school premises on Wednesday.

The governor said that the decision to offer the best graduating student an automatic employment was done to encourage others to do more.

The governor …

Governor Wike offers solution to oil theft

September 3, 2019 2:11 am

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has charged the Federal Government to collaborate with oil producing states to tackle economic sabotage being perpetrated by oil thieves.Blaming collusion between oil thieves and security agencies for huge oil losses in the country, he said the situation should spur stronger ties between the Federal Government and oil-bearing states to nip the menace in the bud.

He made the assertion when the country representative of Konrad Adenauer (German Foundation), Dr. Vladimir Kreck and German federal parliamentarians, Andreas Lammel and Dr. Joachim Pfeiffer visited him at Government House, Port Harcourt.

Wike explained that oil bunkering has

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Gov Dickson offers automatic employment to 102 PhD holders

July 6, 2019 12:57 pm

Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson has offered automatic employment to 336 professionals from various disciplines including 102 PhD holders.

A breakdown of the 336 beneficiaries showed that 102 PhD holders drawn from the state and other Ijaw-speaking communities across the country were absorbed as lecturers into the state-owned tertiary institutions.

A statement by his Special Adviser on Media Relations, Fidelis Soriwei, said Dickson presented employment letters to the beneficiaries on Saturday.

The governor named other beneficiaries as 60 medical doctors, 54 master’s degree holders and 119 first class graduates.

Dickson said his administration was working hard to lay a solid …

University offers $40,000 scholarship to UTME best, Ekene

May 27, 2019 12:34 am

Academic City College, a private university in Accra, Ghana, has offered scholarship worth $40,000 to Ekene Franklin Ezeunala, the candidate who scored 347 – the highest score – in the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

The College Senior Admissions Manager (Nigeria), Mrs Ogechi Ekpe, said on the sidelines of a workshop organised by the institution for schools and parents at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, at the weekend that the scholarship would cover tuition and boarding for the duration of his programme at the university.

“We have a full scholarship for Ekene. He was supposed to be here today (Friday) …

Netherlands offers to support Nigeria on Ogoni clean-up

May 8, 2019 9:40 pm

The Netherlands Ambassador to Nigeria, Ms. Marion Kappeyne, yesterday pledged her country’s readiness to support the Federal Government to clean-up decades-long oil spills in Ogoniland, Rivers State.

Ms. Kappeyne spoke in Ebube while inspecting ongoing remediation of one of the polluted sites in Ebube community, Eleme Local Government Area of the state.

According to her, the clean-up project was one of the Federal Government’s top priorities that needed the support of all.

She said: “I came to see things for myself rather than sitting in Abuja and just reading them in the newspapers. This part of the country (Niger Delta) …

ExxonMobil allegedly denying Nigerians job offers

February 13, 2019 1:43 am

There are allegations that ExxonMobil may have resorted to anti-labour practices aimed at drastically excluding Nigerians from core activities in the company.

Sources alleged that the intention was to make the company a complete foreign firm in spite of its joint partnership agreement.

In fact, there are allegations that the company has resorted to activities that have continued to quietly eliminate its Nigerian employees and replacing them with hoards of new imports in disregard to Nigeria’s existing laws and development guidelines, thereby subjecting more Nigerians to premature job losses.

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