FG Launches Gender Strategy, Prioritises Equity In Mining and Steel Sectors
The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, has unveiled the gender strategy for the Nigerian Mining and Steel sectors, as a pioneering initiative to foster diversity, empowering women and enhancing the overall sustainability of the…
N200bn: Oil Marketers Blame NMDPRA, NNPC Limited For Fuel Scarcity, Reveal Next Line of Action
Amid current scarcity of premium motor spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, across the country, petroleum marketers have placed the blamed on the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NMDPRA) and Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Limited). The…
Court Grants EFCC Order to Freeze 1146 Suspicious Accounts
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court Abuja, has granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) an interim order to freeze One Thousand, One Hundred and Forty Six (1,146) bank accounts belonging to individuals and companies being investigated…
Unity Bank Marks Global Money Week, Engages Students on Financial Literacy
Unity Bank Plc has engaged students from all the geopolitical zones of the federation as it facilitated financial literacy training in 15 schools as part of activities to mark the 2024 Global Money Week. The Financial Literacy Training was held…
Extravagant Overseas Events: PRP Tackles Northern Governors, Other Government Officials
The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has strongly condemned the recent attendance of some Northern Governors at a symposium on insecurity held in the United States of America, instead of within the Northern region where the issue persists. The party Acting…
Ex-Eagles Player, Finidi George, Appointed As Super Eagles Coach
The board of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has approved the recommendation of its Technical, and Development Committee to appoint former Nigerian team winger, Finidi George, 13 as Head Coach of the Super Eagles. George had spent 20 months as…
SERAP Sues NNPC Over Alleged Missing $2.04bn, N164bn Oil Revenues
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited over the “failure to account for and explain the whereabouts of the alleged missing USD$2.04 billion and N164 billion oil revenues.”…
AAC Vows To Challenge Oyo State Council Polls Outcome, Insists There Was No Election
The African Action Congress (AAC), Oyo State Chapter, has vehemently condemned what it described the Oyo State local government election held yesterday as a “charade”, insisting that there was no election. The party maintained that the Oyo State Independent Electoral…
Oborevwori Extols Senator Joel-Onowakpo at 57
Delta State Governor, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, has congratulated Senator representing Delta South Senatorial District, Senator Joel-Onowakpo Thomas as he clocks 57 years on April 27. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sir Festus Ahon, Governor Oborevwori lauded…
Naira to Dollar Rate: BDCs Proffer Solutions To Depreciation
Bureaux De Change Operators (BDCs) under the umbrella of the Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON), has revealed plans for a unified retail end of the foreign currency market to tackle the recent Naira depreciation. The president…
Customs Area 1 PH Hits N43 Billion Revenue Generation in First Quarter of 2024
By Bon Peters The Nigeria Customs Service Area 1 Command Port Harcourt, Rivers state says the Command has generated and collected the sum of ₦43,625,986,168.40 in the First Quarter of 2024. The figure represented a 23.68 per cent of the…
