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…
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…
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…
Delta to Commence Another Round of Palliatives Distribution — Egbo
Coordinator of Subsidy Palliatives Committee in Delta State, and Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Olorogun Jaro Egbo, has disclosed that the state government will soon commence another round of palliatives distribution to mitigate hardship occasioned by federal government…
Food Crisis: NDE Trains 50 Unemployed On Modern Agriculture
In line with the renewed efforts of the Federal Government to revamp the country’s agricultural sector, the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Oyo State has kicked off the year 2024 Sustainable Agricultural Development Training Scheme (SADTS)Speaking on behalf of…
How We Lost Four Towers To Vandals Along Jos – Gombe Transmission Line —TCN Reveals
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has disclosed that four towers along the Jos – Gombe 330kV transmission line have been vandalised at about 3:32pm on 22nd April, 2024. This was revealed in a statement signed by its General Manager,…
DG NCAA Tasks Media Practitioners on Professionalism, Good Conduct
…Seeks to Collaborate with Transport, Aviation Correspondents The acting Director General (DG), Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Chris Najomo, at the weekend tasked media practitioners on correct narrative of events that bring about positive impact to the agency, the…
Deplorable Power Situation: Obi Says Nigeria has Lowest Per Capita Wattage in the World, Gives Useful Advice
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections in Nigeria, Peter Obi has expressed deep concerns over the perennial power situation in the country, with a record of 141 times of national grid collapse in 11…
Delta Serves Demolition Notice to Illegal Land Occupiers
Delta State Government has issued demolition notice to illegal occupiers of government lands, particularly Dennis Osadebay University lands in Asaba. The Chairman, Taskforce on Recovery of Government Lands, Chief Frank Omare, gave the demolition notice during an inspection of the…