Federal Archives — Page 72 of 147

May 24, 2022 No Responses

At NCDMB Summit, FG Seeks Domestic Refining Capacity Synergy

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — The Federal Government has called for synergy among stakeholders in the midstream and downstream sector as part of measures to strengthen local content and boost the country’s domestic refining capacity. In an address at the opening...

May 21, 2022 No Responses

Buhari Appoints Adeniran New Statistician-General

President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the appointment of Mr Semiu Adeniran as the substantive Statistician-General of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), with immediate effect. This is contained in a ...

May 19, 2022 No Responses

NIWA Targets Two Million Container Movements Through Inland Waterways

The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) on Wednesday projected the movement of no less than two million containers through the Nigerian inland waterways annually by 2025. The Managing Director of NIWA, Dr George Moghalu, said this while...

May 15, 2022 No Responses

Amaechi Inaugurates Governing Boards Of NPA, MAN, NIWA, Others

The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has inaugurated the five Governing Boards of Parastatals under the Ministry. Amaechi, in a statement on Saturday explained that the board members would help restructure and reposition the agencies ...

May 9, 2022 No Responses

Catholic Bishops Advocate Increased Effort In Tackling Insecurity, Hunger

Catholic Bishops from 16 countries in West Africa on Sunday in Abuja called on the political class to exert more effort to end insecurity, poverty and hunger in the sub-region. The clerics made the call at the end of their...

May 7, 2022 No Responses

Dawulung Resumes As New Kogi FRSC Sector Commander

The New Sector Commander, Kogi Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Corps Commander Stephen Dawulung, has assumed duty and tasked officers on resilience and hardwork to safe lives on our highways. A statement issued by RC Ayodeji Oluwadunsin, Sector’s Pub...

May 5, 2022 No Responses

Olusola Joseph Resumes As Ekiti FRSC Sector Commander

Mr Olusola Joseph has resumed as the new Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander for Ekiti State. A statement issued on Wednesday by the Ekiti Sector Public Education Officer,(PEO) RC Taiwo Ojo explained that the deployment of Joseph...

May 1, 2022 No Responses

Eid-el-Fitr: Sultan Declares Monday As Sallah In Nigeria

The Sultan of Sokoto and President General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has declared Monday (May 2, 2022) as the first day of Shawwal 1443AH in Nigeria. Abubakar announced this in a statement on...

April 30, 2022 No Responses

Sylva Tasks Staff On TeamWork

Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has urged the staff of the ministry to redouble their efforts for more engaged and productive teamwork with a higher drive. Sylva made the call on Friday in his remark at the Bonding...

April 28, 2022 No Responses

FG, States, LGCs, share N725.571bn for March

The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC), has shared the sum of N725.571 billion to the three tiers of government, as federation allocation for the month of March. A statement issued by Mr Phil Abiawute-Mowete, Director, Information/Press, Fed...

April 26, 2022 No Responses

CVR: Fresh Registration Hits 8.56m

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says fresh registration in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) has hit 8,564,512, as at 7am, Monday April 25, 2022. The commission disclosed this in a CVR Update on quarter four, week two, releas...

April 25, 2022 No Responses

Opinion: Lagos, Delta 2023 Guber ‘Endorsements’ Of A Kind

By Ehichioya Ezomon — The settings are similar, but the endorsement of governorship aspirants by pressure groups in Lagos and Delta States is affecting the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in differing ways. In Lagos, the Governance Advisory Cou...

April 22, 2022 No Responses

Reps Panel Summons Sylva, Kyari, Others Over State Of Refineries

The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee investigating the state of refineries in Nigeria has issued a 7-day ultimatum to the Minister of State for Petroleum to appear before the committee. The Chairman of the committee, Ganiyu Abiodun (APC-Lag...

April 21, 2022 No Responses

Sylva: Nigeria Must Evolve Innovative Ways In Oil, Gas Exploration

To be relevant as a major player in the global oil and gas industry, Nigeria must come up with innovative ways of exploiting and exploring its abundant oil and gas. In his opening remarks at the stakeholders’ consultation on draft...