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September 20, 2023 No Responses

Full Text Of Tinubu’s Address At UN General Assembly

Mr. President, Heads of State and Government, Secretary-General, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of the people of Nigeria, I congratulate you on your well-deserved election as President of this Session of the United Nations General Assembly. We commend...

September 19, 2023 No Responses

Oil Prices Rise On Supply Deficit Concerns

Oil prices rose on Tuesday for the fourth consecutive session, as weak shale output in the U.S. spurred further concerns about a supply deficit stemming from extended production cuts by Saudi Arabia and Russia. Reuters report that U.S. West Texas...

September 18, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Intercepts 6,600 Bottles Of Codeine

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 6,600 bottles of codeine-based syrup and arrested six suspects in various raids across the country. A statement issued on Sunday by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, expl...

September 18, 2023 No Responses

NCC Boss Harps On Collaboration To Strengthen Payment System

The Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) has stressed the importance of multidimensional collaboration in enhancing the country’s payment system.The Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof Umar Danbatta, said this at the 2023 annual conference of the Finance Corres...

September 18, 2023 No Responses

Tinubu To Ring NASDAQ Closing Bell As NGX Group Partners U.S CoC, NIPC

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will ring the Closing Bell of NASDAQ in New York, United States as part of proceedings at the Executive Business Dialogue organized by United States Chamber of Commerce, Nigerian Exchange Group Plc (NGX Group) and Nigerian...

September 17, 2023 No Responses

NASENI Partners REA On Renewable Technologies

The Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Mr Khalil Halilu and the Managing Director/CEO of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Mr. Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad have agreed to work together to deplo...

September 17, 2023 No Responses

Shippers Council Harps On Regional Trade, List Obstacles

More than 400 trade obstacles have been reported through the Trade Obstacles Alert Mechanism (TOAM) along the ECOWAS trade corridor. Speaking on Friday, the Executive Secretary of Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Emmanuel Jime also explained that various st...

September 16, 2023 No Responses

NDDC Partners OGFTZA On Industrial Parks

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is to collaborate with the Oil and Gas Free Trade Zone Authority on the development of industrial parks in the Niger Delta region. According to a statement, the Managing Director, NDDC, Samuel Ogbuku, sai...

September 16, 2023 No Responses

MINILS Confers Fellowship On Danbatta

The Michael Imoudu National Institute of Labour Studies (MINILS) has decorated the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, with the award of Fellowship of the Nigeria Institute of Labour (NIL) under the Federal M...

September 15, 2023 No Responses

Nigeria Insists On BASA Reciprocity With UAE

The Nigerian Government through the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus keyamo, on Thursday reiterated that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) carriers would return to the Nigerian routes very soon. The Minister explained that the Fede...

September 15, 2023 No Responses

Tinubu Appoints Adedeji FIRS Chairman

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Zaccheus Adedeji, as the new Acting Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service. This announcement coincides with the impending commencement of terminal leave for the former chairman, Muhammed ...

September 13, 2023 No Responses

NIMASA DG: Seafarers Welfare Key To Success Of Maritime Sector

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) hosted an enlightenment workshop for seafarers, employers of seafarers and other maritime stakeholders in Lagos on Seafarers’ Medical Certification and other related issues concerning the health...

September 11, 2023 No Responses

United Nigeria Airlines Gets Approval To Fly UK, US, UAE, Others

THE Federal Government has granted the approval of the United Nigeria Airlines to begin international flights operations into six countries, including United Kingdom. Mr Hassan Ejibunu, Director, Air Transport Management, Ministry of Aviation and Aer...

September 11, 2023 No Responses

Catholic Bishops Task Governments On Proliferation Of Arms

Catholic Bishops, on Sunday in Abuja urged governments at all levels to checkmate the proliferation of small arms as insecurity rages unabated in the country, They decried the terror regularly unleashed on communities by bandits, religion extremists and other ...