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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 oil and gas...

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.

October 23, 2024 No Responses

Akwa Ibom Announces N80,000 Minimum Wage

Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State, on Wednesday, announced a new minimum wage of N80,000 for state government workers.The Commissioner for Information in the state, Ini Ememobong, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday.Mr Ememobong explained that ...

October 23, 2024 No Responses

Tinubu Sacks Five Ministers

President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday sacked five of his ministers.He also re-assigned 10 ministers to new ministerial portfolios and appointed seven new ministers for Senate confirmation.Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, appointed 48 minist...

October 23, 2024 No Responses

Shippers Council Seeks Amendment Of Act

The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), Pius Akutah, on Wednesday described the agency’s 1978 Act as obsolete.According to Akutah, the proposed amendment will align the agency with modern trend and development.Speaking at the Council he...

October 23, 2024 No Responses

FG Scraps Niger Delta Ministry

The Federal Government through the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday, October 23, 2024 scrapped Niger Delta Ministry and the Ministry of sports development.Under the new development, there will now be a ministry of regional development to oversee al...

October 23, 2024 No Responses

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Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Olanrewaju Olawale Ishola (middle) with the Chairperson, Police Officers Wives Association (POWA), Lagos State, Abiola Ishola during a courtesy visit to the Commissioner by POWA on Wednesday, October 23, 2024 at the State&#8...

October 22, 2024 No Responses

EFCC Unveils Cybercrime Rapid Response Service

Determined to break the criminal networks and damage associated with internet fraud across the country, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, October 22, 2024 unveiled a 24- hour Cybercrime Rapid Response Desk.The unveiling, which was...