Nigeria Today: Top 10 News Stories You Shouldn’t Miss

1. The Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Public Health, Dr. Yewande Adeshina has said that Nigeria will be polio-free by October this year  and everyone must put in his/her best to make it happen. 2. The 11th All-Africa Games final qualifying round, return leg match between Nigeria’s Super Falcons and the Senior Women’s Team of Mali will now be played at the National Stadium, Abuja on Friday, 10th April. 3. The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega has presented the certificate of return to General Muhammadu Buhari, the winner of the presidential election. 4. MTN Group Limited’s shares have increased the most in almost five years after former military ruler, Muhammadu Buhari won a largely peaceful vote in Nigeria. 5. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has inaugurated its newly built warehouse in Lagos to serve as additional storage facility for seized regulated products. 6. The management of Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company in conjunction with its technical partner, Korean Electricity Company has concluded plans to carry out enumeration of customers to drive effective metering within its network. 7. Chemstar Paints Industry Nigeria Limited has concluded plans to reward painters in the country with its new promo tagged “Cover 4 cash” which is scheduled to run from today till 31st August 2015. 8. Dufil Prima Foods Plc., makers of Indomie Instant Noodles have activated a nationwide promo tagged “Indomie In-Carton Promo” that will afford loyal consumers of its Indomie Pepper Chicken and Indomie Oriental Fried Noodle brands the opportunity to win up to N1,000 instant recharge cards in each carton of the products. 9. Microsoft 4Afrika has launched an online hub for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to access locally relevant information and resources to promote SMEs and improve trade across Africa. 10. According to the statistics recently released by  the  Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), from May 2013 to January 2015, 234,880 subscribers ported in 21 months across all GSM networks.    

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This article was first published on 2nd April 2015

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