Category: News

SON, Online Merchants Seal Partnership To Combat Substandard Goods
August 3, 2021 No Responses

SON, Online Merchants Seal Partnership To Combat Substandard Goods

As part of measures to tackle the influx of substandard goods into the country, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has partnered with online trading platforms  The standards body opined that the move was apt to checkmate activities of unscrupulous...
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Minister: Nigeria Imported 400,000 Vehicles In Five Years
August 3, 2021 No Responses

Minister: Nigeria Imported 400,000 Vehicles In Five Years

The Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Ms. Zainab Shamsuna-Ahmed, has said that Nigeria imported about 400,000 vehicles between 2015 and 2020.  Shansuna-Ahmed, made the observation at a one-day sensitisation on the National Vehicle Registry (...
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Report: 60% Population To Have 5G Access In The Next Five Years
August 3, 2021 No Responses

Report: 60% Population To Have 5G Access In The Next Five Years

The 5G network is projected to spur a major technological take-off in the coming years with involved players establishing the necessary infrastructure.    Consequently, more consumers are expected to leverage the revolutionary technology. Data a...
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Sylva: FG Will Continue To Invest In Hydrocarbons In The Foreseeable Future
August 3, 2021 No Responses

Sylva: FG Will Continue To Invest In Hydrocarbons In The Foreseeable Future

The Federal Government has reiterated its determination to continue to invest in hydrocarbons despite the global clamour for renewable energy.Nigeria currently has a huge gas reserve of about 600 trillion SCF of gas deposit.Delivering an address at the Society...
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COVID-19: Nigeria Records 444 New Infections, 11 Deaths In 24 hours
August 3, 2021 No Responses

COVID-19: Nigeria Records 444 New Infections, 11 Deaths In 24 hours

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 11 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24-hours, adding to a recent surge in infections, driven by the spread of the Delta variant in the country. The NCDC, which made this known...
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‘Exclusive Breastfeeding Reduces Childhood Killer Diseases‘
August 3, 2021 No Responses

‘Exclusive Breastfeeding Reduces Childhood Killer Diseases‘

Exclusive breastfeeding reduces childhood killer diseases such as diarrhea and pneumonia, the Minister of Health, the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has reiterated.   Speaking in Abuja on Monday in commemoration of the 2021 World Breastfeeding Week, ...
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Customs Intercepts Six Containers Of Unprocessed Timber, Arrests Two In Rivers
August 2, 2021 No Responses

Customs Intercepts Six Containers Of Unprocessed Timber, Arrests Two In Rivers

The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘C’  has intercepted three trucks conveying six 6×20ft containers of logs of unprocessed timber.  The Zonal Coordinator for Zone ‘C’, Ag. ACG Olusemire Kayode while d...
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Senate Committee At SAHCO, Lauds Performance
August 2, 2021 No Responses

Senate Committee At SAHCO, Lauds Performance

Skyway Aviation Handling Company PLC (SAHCO) has been commended by the Senate Committee on Privatization for remarkable business progression in Ground Handling operations while adding value to the Nigerian Aviation Industry.  Senator Theodore Orji who led...
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Bello-Koko: Apapa Gridlock My Greatest Headache
August 2, 2021 No Responses

Bello-Koko: Apapa Gridlock My Greatest Headache

The traffic gridlock on the Apapa road leading to the port has constituted a major headache to the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), its acting Managing Director, Alhaji Mohammed Bello-Koko, has said. Bello-Koko told newsmen on Sunday in Lagos that the...
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NAFDAC Seeks Synergy To End Rejection Of Made In Nigeria Food In US, Europe
August 2, 2021 No Responses

NAFDAC Seeks Synergy To End Rejection Of Made In Nigeria Food In US, Europe

The Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Prof Moji Adeyeye has decried the incessant rejection of food and agricultural commodities from Nigeria by the United States of America USA and the European Union membe...
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Roads Construction: FG Refunds N143bn To Five States
August 1, 2021 No Responses

Roads Construction: FG Refunds N143bn To Five States

Minister of State, Works and Housing, Alhaji Abubakar Aliyu,  on Saturday, disclosed that the Federal Government had refunded N143 billion to five states for constructing federal roads.  He made the disclosure during a visit to Gov. Atiku Bagudu...
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How SON Promote Standards Through Stakeholders Synergy, By DG
August 1, 2021 No Responses

How SON Promote Standards Through Stakeholders Synergy, By DG

The Director General, Standards Organisation of Nigeria(SON), Mallam Farouk Salim has stated that achieving National Industrial Standards (NIS) remains a task that should not be left for government and its agencies alone but rather requires the combined effort...
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Revisiting NCC’s Capacity Building For Judges
July 31, 2021 No Responses

Revisiting NCC’s Capacity Building For Judges

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com   — For the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the annual capacity building workshop for judges is key to the development and growth of the telecommunications sector.  Conceptualized 17 year ago, ...
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CAC To Hold Promotion Exam, Explains N3b Operating Surplus
July 31, 2021 No Responses

CAC To Hold Promotion Exam, Explains N3b Operating Surplus

The Registrar General of Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC)   Alhaji Garba Abubakar has pledged to give priority to the training and retraining of staff.   Declaring open the commission’s 2021 Management Retreat with the th...
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