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February 13, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Discovers Crude Oil In Northeast

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Slyva, said that about one billion Barrels of Crude oil have been discovered in Northeastern part of Nigeria. Sylva made the disclosure at a news Conference to end the 2020 Nigeria...

February 13, 2020 No Responses

Muhammad-Bande Canvasses Inclusive Agric Policies

President of the United Nations General Assembly, Amb. Tijani Muhammad-Bande, on Wednesday called for inclusive agricultural policies to boost the fight against poverty and hunger. He made the call during an interactive dialogue on “Targeting Hunger: South-S...

February 13, 2020 No Responses

Plateau United Suspends Training

The management of Plateau United FC of Jos said the team would not train on Thursday in honour of its Head Coach, Audu Pele, who died on Wednesday afternoon. Albert Dakup, the team’s Media Officer announced this in a statement...

February 12, 2020 No Responses

CBN Boosts Forex Market With $210m

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has injected the sum of 210 million dollars into the inter-bank Foreign Exchange Market to boost liquidity in the sector. The bank’s Director, Corporate Communications Department, Mr. Isaac Okorafor made this known in a...

February 12, 2020 No Responses

Owerri Airport Fire: FAAN Alerts Airlines, Others

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has alerted airline operators and other airport users about a bush fire incident at the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri. Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, FAAN General Manager, Corporate Affairs, explained th...

February 12, 2020 No Responses

SIFAX Group Photo News

L-R: Adekunle Oyinloye, Group Managing Director, SIFAX Group; John Jenkins, Managing Director, Ports & Cargo Handling Services Limited, a subsidiary of SIFAX Group; Capt. Ibraheem Olugbade, Executive Director, SIFAX Off Dock and Tunji Olusinde, Executive D...

February 11, 2020 No Responses

700 Athletes Participate In Edo Sport Festival

No fewer than 700 athletes drawn from the 18 local government areas of Edo are participating in the 3rd Edo Sport Festival declared open on Monday by Gov. Godwin Obaseki. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that about 300 officials...

February 10, 2020 No Responses

NNPC Records 16% Increase In Gas Supply To Gas-Powered Plants

The daily average natural gas supply to gas-powered plants in November 2019 increased by 16.53 per cent to 645 mmscfd, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said The Corporation disclosed this in its Monthly Financial and Operations Reports (M...

February 9, 2020 No Responses

CCECC Restates Commitment To Deliver Lagos-Ibadan Rail On Schedule

The China Civil Engineering and Construction Corporation (CCECC) handling the Lagos-Ibadan Standard Guage Rail line on Saturday said that it would deliver the project on schedule despite all challenges. Its Project Coordinator, Mr Xia Lijun, ...

February 8, 2020 No Responses

NPA Photo News

The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Hadiza Bala Usman in a group Photograph with the CEO TVC Communications Andrew Hanlon to her immediate left, followed by Mr. Emeka Chukwuma Commercial Manager TVC Communications and the General Manager Corp...

February 8, 2020 No Responses

Mixed Reactions Trail Deregistration of 74 Political Parties

Mixed reactions have trailed the deregistration of 74 political parties out of the 92 parties by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that while some residents of Awka, the Anambra capital, expressed deligh...

February 8, 2020 No Responses

NSE Emerges Second Largest ETF Market In Africa

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has emerged the second largest Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) market in Africa with current market capitalisation of N6.9 billion. Mr Oscar Onyema, NSE Chief Executive Officer, stated this on Friday at the Smart Investment Worksho...

February 8, 2020 No Responses

FIRS Targets N8.5tri Revenue In 2020

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) is to attain N8.5 trillion revenue in 2020. The Executive Chairman of FIRS, Mr Muhammad Nami, disclosed this at the 2020 Corporate Plan Retreat in Abuja on Friday. Nami said that the 2020 target...

February 6, 2020 No Responses

FG Approves N65.9b For Road Projects

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N65.9 billion for road projects across the country. Briefing State House Correspondents on Wednesday, Minister of State for Works and Housing, Abubakar Aliyu, explained that the ministry presented two memos to t...