Minister Archives — Page 138 of 166

April 14, 2017 No Responses

FG, British Council train 40 Nigerian festival managers

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said 40 Nigerian Festival Managers have been trained by the British Council on the management of festivals for economic gains, under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the Ministry and...

April 13, 2017 No Responses

NNPC to commercialise communication network

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced plan to commercialise some of its critical Information Communications & Technology (ICT) infrastructure in line with its bid to re-focus the Corporation as a commercially viable entity. The G...

April 12, 2017 No Responses

Minister explains N243.7b capital project for land transport, maritime, aviation in 2017

Barring any further adjustment, the Federal Ministry of Transportation, comprising of Land Transport, Maritime and Aviation is to execute N243,746,507,321.00 capital project in 2017. In 2016, the total Capital budget of the Ministry was N171,652,299,451.00 out...

April 12, 2017 No Responses

NLNG MD joins NESG Board

Nigeria LNG Limited Managing Director and Chief Executive, Mr Tony Attah, has been appointed to the Board of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG). NESG is a leading private sector Think-Tank and Policy Advocacy Group committed to the development...

April 10, 2017 No Responses

Buhari to meet African Maritime Administrators

President Mummadu Buhari will on April 20, 2017 meet African Maritime leaders under the aegis of Association of African Maritime Administration (AAMA) to brainstorm on ways in which Africa can come together to maximize the economic opportunities of the contine...

April 9, 2017 No Responses

NPA boss in Maiduguri, donates 2,100 bags of beans, 2,540 bags of rice, others to IDPs

By Moses Ebosele – The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, on Saturday in Maiduguri, the Borno State Capital defied the anxiety generated by the early morning twin bomb blasts to pay scheduled...

April 9, 2017 No Responses

Critical role of agriculture takes centre stage as Ogbeh, FAO delegation visit Borno

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has challenged Nigerians to rally support, improve the lives and well-being of rural communities in the interest of the larger economy. Ogbeh spoke on Friday in Maiduguri, Borno State at...

April 9, 2017 No Responses

NPA presents N233.7b expenditure for 2017

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has earmarked N233.7billion expenditure for the year 2017. Presenting the budget estimate to the House of Representative Committee on Ports, Habours & Waterways under the leadership of Hon. Patrick Asadu, Managing Directo...

April 9, 2017 No Responses

NPA Photo News

: Govenor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima (left), Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman (middle), NPA’s General Manager incharge of Public Affairs, Effiong Etim Nduonofit at the handing over of relief materials for IDPs t...

April 7, 2017 No Responses

Niger Delta States indicate interest in community-based modular refineries

As implementation efforts on President Muhammadu Buhari’s new vision for oil-producing communities in the Niger Delta region progress, states in the region are beginning to indicate interest in working with the Federal Government and the Private Sector to de...

April 6, 2017 No Responses

FG clears N54b pension backlog

Concerned about the plight of pensioners who retired under the Contributory Pension Scheme without being paid, the Federal Government has cleared the inherited arrears of accrued pension benefit for the year 2014, 2015 and 2016 by releasing N41.5 billion to...

April 6, 2017 No Responses

Minister seeks support for Nigerian TV, film content producers

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, onWednesday hailed Nigerian TV and film content producers for their impressive work in deepening the industry, but challenged them to do more to tell the Nigerian story and do more of co-production...

April 5, 2017 No Responses

Recover $22b, N316b from NNPC, NEITI tells FG

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has urged the Federal Government to recover $22b, N316b from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Presenting it report to Journalists on Tuesday in Abuja, Executive Secretary of N...

April 5, 2017 No Responses

FG to boost agriculture with $4.5b Chinese loan

Inline with the resolve of the Federal Government to diversify the economy especially through agriculture, President Muhammadu Buhari has authorised the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to work out technic...