Minister Archives — Page 14 of 168

August 24, 2024 No Responses

SANWO-OLU TASKS MANUFACTURERS ON TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has tasked manufacturers to embrace new technology and innovation as tools that can significantly enhance productivity, optimise production processes, reduce waste and improve the quality of goods produced. Governor Sanwo-Olu gave the advice at the...

August 23, 2024 No Responses

NAFDAC Impounds Petrol Tankers For ‘Transporting Vegetable Oil’

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has seized three petrol tankers used to convey edible vegetable oil in Lagos State. In a post on X on Wednesday, the agency said the oil had reportedly been...

August 21, 2024 No Responses

CBN Explains High Remittance Inflows Of $553m In July

For the Month of July, 2024, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reported a significant increase in remittance inflows, reaching $553m, a 130 per cent increase from the corresponding period in 2023. A statement by the Apex bank’s Ag....

August 20, 2024 No Responses

FG Appoints New Management Team For Niger Delta Power Holding Company

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of a new management team for the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) with Engineer Jennifer Adighije as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer. A statement issued by the Special Adviser ...

August 18, 2024 No Responses

NDDC Boss: Fiscal Responsibility, Imperative For Public Servants

The Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has stressed the need for public servants entrusted with the stewardship of public resources to demonstrate fiscal responsibility both in their professional capacities and perso...

August 17, 2024 No Responses

NCDMB, NLNG Commission Galvanizing Plant For Train 7 Project

The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe on Friday commissioned the 10,000 Tons per annum galvanizing plant constructed by Daewoo Engineering Nigeria Limited, one of the engineering, procurem...

August 16, 2024 No Responses

Nigeria Confirms 39 Cases Of Monkey Pox

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 39 cases of monkeypox across 33 states and the Federal Capital Territory. Director General of the NCDC, Dr Jide Idris, disclosed the development on Thursday at a press briefing on the declaration of...

August 16, 2024 No Responses

‘Cartel Behind Nigeria’s Payment Of War Risk Premium’

The persistent war risk premium imposed on vessels operating in Nigerian waters is influenced by a cartel within the international insurance sector, the Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dayo Mobereola, has ...

August 15, 2024 No Responses

NCDMB Boss At BEAMCO, Lauds NLNG, Train-7 Project

The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, on Tuesday visited the facilities of BEAMCO Nigeria Limited in Lagos and commended the oil and gas service firm for the giant strides it recorded in....

August 15, 2024 No Responses

Lagos To Crackdown On Vandals Of BRT Buses

The Lagos State Government has vowed to crack down and bring the full weight of the law on criminal elements who are fond of attacking and vandalising BRT buses in the state. Mr. Idowu Oguntona, the Managing Director/CEO of Lagos...

August 13, 2024 No Responses

NIMC Reaffirms Commitment To Protection Of NIN Database

The Director General/Chief Executive Officer of NIMC, Engr Abisoye Coker-Odusote, has reiterated the safety and protection of data in its National Identity Database (NIDB) as the country commemorates the National Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) ...

August 12, 2024 No Responses

Minister Apologises For Nigeria’s Olympics Performance

The Minister of Sports Development, John Enoh has apologised to Nigerians over the poor outing of the Nigerian team at the just-concluded 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. In a statement on Sunday, Enoh said “The Olympic Games, Paris 2024, have ended, a...

August 11, 2024 No Responses

Lagos Increases Blue Rail Line Trips To 72 Per Day

The Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line will from Monday, 12th August 2024 increase its number of trips from 54 to 72 per day. However, the current schedule for Sunday operations remained unchanged The Managing Director of Lagos Metropolitan.....

August 10, 2024 No Responses

Ogun Allocates 100 Hectares Of Land For Dockyard, Naval Base

The Ogun State Government has allocated 100 hectares of land to the Nigerian Navy to build a Forward Operating Base in the state. The State Governor, Dapo Abiodun disclosed this on Friday during a courtesy visit to the Chief of...