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July 18, 2017 No Responses

FG announces $1m venture capital for creative industry

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Monday announced the establishment of one million-dollar Venture Capital to boost the Creative Industry. The Minister made the announcement at the opening of a two-day Creative Industry Financing Conference in Lagos, adding...

July 17, 2017 No Responses

NNPC attains five million litres of kerosene output daily

The three refineries of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna now produce five million litres of Dual Purpose Kerosene (DPK), also identified as kerosene daily. According to NNPC, this represents more than 60 perce...

July 17, 2017 No Responses

Dakuku: Integrity is the bedrock of success in politics

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has urged Christian youths to embrace the biblical principles of honesty and integrity, which he described as the bedrock to success in politics and go...

July 14, 2017 No Responses

Critical role of quality service delivery in public sector, by Danbatta

The quality of service delivery in the Public sector plays an increasingly important role in the economy of many countries. In today’s global competitive environment, delivering quality service in all sectors is considered as an essential strategy for succ...

July 14, 2017 No Responses

FG to scrutinise panama papers, wikileaks, BVN, CAC documents, others

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com – Determined to trackdown highprofile tax defaulters in Nigeria, the Federal Government is to study revelations contained in the panama papers and wikileaks especially as it relates to Nigerian firms and indiv...

July 13, 2017 No Responses

FG explores new areas of collaboration with IITA

Research being conducted by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in seed yam multiplication holds promise and could help Nigeria to quadruple yam production, says Nigeria’s Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbe...

July 11, 2017 No Responses

FG unveils agenda to boost creative industry

The Federal Government on Monday announced a tripartite partnership with the CNN and the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) to boost the Creative Industry in Nigeria, using the film industry as a pivot. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai ...

July 10, 2017 No Responses

CBN targets single digit inflation

Nigeria “will get back” to single digit inflation, the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has declared. In an interview with Arise Television, Emefiele explained that with the improvement seen in growth from the negative 1.7...

July 7, 2017 No Responses

NLNG inspects LPG facilities in Lagos, restates commitment to cleaner environment

Nigeria LNG’s commitment to the sustained supply of cooking gas, Liquefied Petroleum Gas, into the local market is premised on the need to ensure the use of cleaner energy for the health benefit of Nigerians and cleaner environment in line...

July 6, 2017 No Responses

Dredging contracts: NPA welcomes Senate’s probe

The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms Hadiza Bala-Usman has welcomed Wednesday’s decision of the Nigerian Senate to look into the activities of its Joint Venture Enterprises. The Joint Venture Enterprises are: The Lagos Channel Man...

July 6, 2017 No Responses

How to lift privatised entities to desired level, by BPE

Public listings remain a strategic objective of the reform and privatisation programme of the Federal Government, Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr. Alex A. Okoh, has said To achieve that, Okoh explained that the Bureau...

July 5, 2017 No Responses

NPA begins verification of pensioners July 17th in nine locations

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has concluded plans to conduct Physical and biometric verification of pensioners between July 17th and August 20th in nine locations nationwide. The exercise is scheduled to hold in Calabar, Warri, Owerri, Umuahia, Bay...

July 4, 2017 No Responses

Osinbajo canvasses peace, security at AU Summit

Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has challenged African leaders to affirm their readiness to tackle root causes of violence. In his address to African leaders in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the 29th session of the African Union (AU) summit, Prof...