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November 16, 2021 No Responses

Lagos NUJ Trains 500 Journalists On New Media Skills

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Lagos State Council, has trained not less than 500 members in the past one year. Mr Adeleye Ajayi, NUJ Lagos Council Chairman, disclosed this on Monday while giving inventory of his achievements during a...

November 13, 2021 No Responses

Railway Workers Begin Warning Strike Nov 18

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — Member of the Nigeria Union of Railway Workers (NUR) and Senior Staff Association (SSA) NRC Branch, have concluded plans to embark on a 3-day warning strike beginning Thursday, 18th November through Saturday, 20th...

November 13, 2021 No Responses

Seplat Energy Director Resigns

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — Citing personal reasons, an Independent Non-Executive Director (INED) of Seplat Energy Plc, Mr. Xavier Rolet, KBE, has stepped down from the Board of the company with effect from November 11, 2021. The...

November 9, 2021 No Responses

Group Decries Prolonged ANLCA Crisis

The Alliance of ANLCA, Western Zone, a faction from the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has decried the lingering crisis in the association. Dr John Ofobike, the group’s Leader, said at a news conference in Lagos on Monday...

November 3, 2021 No Responses

Qatar Airways Cargo Unveils Fire Resistant Containers

Over the next five years, Qatar Airways Cargo will replace its entire fleet of more than 10,000 Unit Load Devices (ULDs) with unique container design, aiming to exchange 70% of the units in 2022. A statement issued on Wednesday explained...

October 11, 2021 No Responses

Shell Reiterates Commitment To Nigeria’s Quest For Gas Hub In Energy Transition

As part of the global quest for cleaner energy, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) is working to transform Nigeria into a gas hub within the Gulf of Guinea. Speaking on Monday in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State at the 7th Annual Public...

October 9, 2021 No Responses

CAC: NNPC Share Capital Of N200b Highest In Nigeria

The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) says the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited had made history for being the company with the highest share capital in the country. The Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Alhaji Garba Abu...

October 7, 2021 No Responses

Reps Summon NNPC GMD Over Award Of Shipping Contract To Foreigner

The House of Representatives has summoned the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, over the alleged award of a coastal shipping contract to a foreign company. Legor Idagbor, the Chairman, House&nbsp...

September 29, 2021 No Responses

Kaduna Shuts Down Telecom Services

As part of measures to check the influx of bandits from Zamfara and Katsina States, the Kaduna State Government has directed the shutdown of telecommunications services Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who re-echoe...

September 23, 2021 No Responses

FG To Promote Digital Economy

The Federal Government has said that it would facilitate the promotion of industrial digital economy, sustainable and inclusive economic development in Nigeria and Africa. Mrs Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, said this at ...

September 23, 2021 No Responses

Russian Firms Indicate Interest In Nigeria

The President of the Russian Chamber of Commerce, Mr Sergey Katyrin, has said that Russian companies and businesses were ready to partner and invest in Nigeria. This was contained in a statement signed by the Nigerian Embassy in Moscow, Russia,...

September 22, 2021 No Responses

NCC Task Stakeholders On Digital Economy

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says the digital economy has the potentials and offers opportunities for diversification from the oil and gas economy to put Nigeria on the global map of digitally prosperous nations of the world. Prof. Umar D...

September 22, 2021 No Responses

NAFDAC To Tackle Use Of Azo-dyes In Palm Oil

The National Agency for Food And Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says measures are in place to sensitise Nigerians on some major public health challenges. According to it, some of the various infractions that impact negatively on public health and...

September 20, 2021 No Responses

Buhari Arrives New York For UN General Assembly

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in New York for the high-level meetings of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. The New York Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Buhari arrived at the JF...