Federal Archives — Page 7 of 122

March 2, 2024 No Responses

Reps Invites NNPCL, NPA, NIMASA, FAAN, Others Over Concessions

The House of Representatives has invited Chief Executive Officers of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd and the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) to discuss the oversight of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) and concessions dating back to 1999. The joint Committee...

March 2, 2024 No Responses

NLNG Seeks Increased LPG Awareness, Explains 493,000 Metric Tons For Nigerian market

Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has called for increased consumer awareness, especially in rural areas, on the use of Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) to drive up utilisation and reduce associated risks from using biomass for cooking. Speaking at the 7th Nigeria...

March 1, 2024 No Responses

Seplat Energy Appoints Udo Udoma Chairman

Seplat Energy Plc has announced the appointment of Mr. Udoma Udo Udoma as the Company’s new Independent Non-Executive Chairman to succeed Mr. Basil Omiyi who will retire on March 31, 2024. City Business News reports that Mr. Udoma’s appointment was...

March 1, 2024 No Responses

Minister Inaugurates NCDMB Governing Council, Pledges To Increase Local Content Achievements

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri on Thursday in Abuja inaugurated the 4th Governing Council of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB). The NCDMB Governing Council is set up under the Nigeria...

February 29, 2024 No Responses

Reps Probe Multichoice Over Alleged N1.8tri Unremitted Tax

The House of Representatives is set to probe the alleged N1.8 trillion tax owed the Federal Government by Multichoice group, the operator of DSTV and GoTV. The resolution followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Saidu Abdullahi(APC-Niger) at plenary...

February 29, 2024 No Responses

NCC To Telecom Consumers: Link NIN-SIM To Ensure Security

As part of measures to ensure national security, the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has urged Telecom Consumers to link their National Identification Number-Subscriber Identification Module (NIN-SIM). To this end, the Commission has directed all telec...

February 29, 2024 No Responses

FG Appoints New Deputy Corps Marshal, 818 Others

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume has approved the appointment of Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM), Muhammed Kaigama Kabo to the rank of Deputy Corps Marshal (DCM) to represent the Northeast Geopolitical Zone. He also a...

February 28, 2024 No Responses

NHRC Governing Council Visits NBC

The Governing Council of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), led by its Chairperson Dr. Salamatu H. Suleiman was on Tuesday 27th February 2024 at the Commission’s headquarters on a courtesy visit. The visit was to strengthen partnership and coll...

February 27, 2024 No Responses

FEC Approves Implementation Of Oronsaye Report

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the full implementation of the Stephen Oronsaye Panel report to merge some parastatals, agencies, and some commissions, while others will be subsumed, scrapped or relocated. The decision was made at the FEC meet...

February 27, 2024 No Responses

Labour Insists On Nationwide Protest

The meeting between the Federal Government and Organised Labour on Monday at the State House in Abuja ended in a stalemate. Speaking after the meeting on Monday night, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, said:“The rally goes...

February 26, 2024 No Responses

NIMASA, MWUN Partner ITF-UK On Infrastructural Development

The International Transport Workers’ Federation UK has approved a grant to Nigeria through the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) to build a Seafarers Recreation Centre in partnership with the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIM...

February 25, 2024 No Responses

ECOWAS Lifts Sanctions On Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Saturday in Abuja lifted sanctions it imposed on Niger over the unconstitutional takeover of government in that country on July 26, 2023. The July 2023 military putsch was the fifth successful one...

February 23, 2024 No Responses

FG, States, LGs Share N1.15trilion

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total sum of N1,149.816 trillion January 2024 Federation Account Revenue to the Federal, States and Local Governments. The revenue was shared at the February 2024 meeting of the Federation Account...

February 21, 2024 No Responses

Smuggling: FG Uncovers 32 Illegal Routes

The Federal Government has uncovered 32 routes through which food items are smuggled out of Nigeria. The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, made the revelation on Tuesday while presenting his address at a conference on Public Wealth Management held in Abuja....