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Barring any last-minute’s adjustment, the deadline for the submission of responses for proposals on the Telecommunications-Based Research Innovation from Academics in Nigerian Tertiary Institutions expires Tuesday, August 31, 2021.  Under the arrangemen...

The Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has described as “grossly inaccurate” a report which claimed that NLNG produces 22 Million Tonnes Per Annum (MTPA) of Liquified Petroluem Gas, otherwise known as cooking gas.     A statement...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has recovered N53 billion from a real estate developer for the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria.  The Chairman of ICPC, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye disclosed this during a meeting w...

Vice President, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Lagos Zone, Chief John Aluya, has decried what he described as double taxation imposed on manufacturing companies by Lagos State Government.  Aluya criticised the act during the 7th Lagos Corpora...

Former Director Public Affairs (DPA) at Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Mr. Tony Ojobo has said late Alhaji Ahmed Joda tenure as Chairman, Board of Commissioners was instrumental to the revolution witnessed in the ICT Ecosystem in Nigeria O...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sum of $11.17 b to link all Nigeria’s coastal cities by rail in six years.  Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing Journalists after the virtual....

FMDQ Exchange has announced the approval and admission of the United Capital Plc and Sterling Bank Plc Commercial Paper (CP) notes to its trading platform. The company said in a statement posted on its website on Tuesday that it admitted...

The economic and labour crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic could increase global unemployment by almost 25 million, according to a new assessment by the International Labour Organization (ILO). However,ILO advocates an internationally coordinated pol...

The Chairman of the Association of African Maritime Administrations (AAMA) and Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration And Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has stated that intercontinental collaboration is essential to the growth of mari...

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Human and Environmental Development Agenda Resource Centre (HEDA) has challenged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and telecommunication giant, MTN Nigeria to make public  more details on the $8.13 billion out-of-cou...

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has  commenced investigation into the alleged depressurization of oxygen mask on one one of Air Peace Boeing 737 aircraft on the Lagos / Enugu route last Friday.  In a statement, NCAA spokesperson, Sam Adu...

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has said that the maritime sector and logistics are the driving force behind globalisation, stressing that everything about trade and development is centred o...

Imports at the major retail container ports in the US have set another record reaching 2 million containers in a single month as retailers continued to bring merchandise into the country ahead of a now-postponed increase in tariffs on goods from...