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October 28, 2024 No Responses

NDDC To Pay 10,000 Youth Internship Beneficiaries from December

The Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has announced that the 10,000 selected beneficiaries of the Commission’s Youth Internship scheme will begin to receive N50,000 monthly stipend from December 2024.Ogbuku announced this while being decorated as...

October 28, 2024 No Responses

FBNHoldings Opens N150b Rights Issue

FBNHoldings Plc has opened its Rights Issue, offering 5.983 billion ordinary shares at 50k each, priced at N25 per share, totalling N150 billion, to existing shareholders.This offering by FBNHoldings is based on one new ordinary share for every six ordinary...

October 28, 2024 No Responses

Ecobank Nigeria Unveils AI, Digital Skills Training For Lagos Schools

Ecobank Nigeria has partnered with Opolo Global to deliver training and empowerment to schools in Lagos as part of its annual Ecobank Day activities.This flagship social initiative, spearheaded by the Ecobank Foundation, encourages employees to give back to th...

October 27, 2024 No Responses

INC Faults Scrapping Of Niger Delta Ministry

The Ijaw National Congress(IJC) worldwide has faulted the Federal Government over the scrapping of the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs and appealed for the reversal of the action.Prof Benjamin Okaba, President, INC worldwide, made the appeal at a news conferen...

October 26, 2024 No Responses

Corruption: Customs Boss Reads Riot Act to Newly Inaugurated ACTU Members

As part of ongoing efforts to enhance integrity and transparency in Customs operations, the Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), on Thursday, 25 July 2024, read a riot act to the Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU) members at the Nigeria Customs Head...

October 26, 2024 No Responses

Commonwealth Announces Ghana Foreign Minister As New Secretary General

The 56-nation Commonwealth, on Saturday announced Ghana’s foreign minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey as the organisation’s new secretary general at a rancorous summit that concluded in Samoa on Saturday.The voluntary association of sovereign states is most...

October 25, 2024 No Responses

NCDMB To Support R&D As Triple Helix Nigeria Unveils Vision

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has signaled plans to support new research and development projects as part of its Technology Innovation and Incubation Strategy and the enduring commitment to catalyze innovation in the Nigerian oi...

October 25, 2024 No Responses

NIMASA To Stakeholders: Dockworkers Registration Now Mandatory

The management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has advised International Oil Companies, terminal and jetty operators, and all other companies involved in stevedoring in the country to refrain from engaging unregistered dockwo...

October 25, 2024 No Responses

NCDMB, Shell JV Partners Donate Engineering Studio, ICT Hub To FUTO

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), with its joint venture (JV) partners, on Thursday unveiled world-class engineering design studios and an information and communication technology (ICT...

October 24, 2024 No Responses

NNPC Reacts To Helicopter Crash

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited(NNPCL) has confirmed that it hired the helicopter that crashed into the river in Rivers State on Thursday.NNPCL in a statement issued by its Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, on Thursday...

October 24, 2024 No Responses

Nigeria Customs Unveils Unified Management System

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has launched B’Odogwu, a new Unified Customs Management System, starting with a pilot phase in Lagos at Port & Terminal Multi-Services Limited (PTML).While addressing Journalists at PTML Command on Wednesday, 23 Octo...

October 24, 2024 No Responses

Microsoft Harps On AI As New Report Highlights 600m Cyber Attacks Per Day

Commercial Solutions Area Director and CTO at Microsoft South Africa, Colin Baumgart, has identified Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a pivotal ally in the fight against cybercrime.Baumgart explained that AI’s ability to analyse vast amounts of data at li...

October 24, 2024 No Responses

Meet Sunday Dare, Tinubu’s New Special Adviser On Public Communication And Orientation

Sunday Akin Dare, appointed as the Special Adviser on Public Communication and Orientation by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, on October 23, 2024, served as the Nigerian Minister of Youth & Sports from 2019 to 2023.He previously held the position...

October 24, 2024 No Responses

New Vatican Ambassador Arrives Nigeria

His Excellency, the Most Reverend Michael F. Crotty, appointed on Tuesday, 16 July, 2024, by His Holiness, Pope Francis, has arrived in Nigeria at the Nunciature/Vatican-Holy See Embassy in Abuja.