By Lucy Ogalue Some African leaders have reiterated the importance of accelerating industrial development on the continent. They spoke at the ongoing Africa Investment Forum (AIF) Market Place in Marrakech, Morocco. The theme of the Forum is: “Unlocking Africa’s Value Chains”. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that theContinue Reading
By Lucy Ogalue The Group Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Group Plc., Oscar Onyema, has advised African governments to reposition their economies to attract financial investments. Onyema said this while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines of the ongoing 2023 African Investment Forum (AIF)Continue Reading
By Angela Atabo The Open Foundation West Africa (OFWA) has inaugurated a Kiwix4School app in Federal Government Boys College (FGBC), Wuye, Abuja, to address the students’ challenges in accessing internet-based curricular resources. Ms Obiageli Ezeilo, Assistant Director, Federal Ministry of Education, while inaugurating the app on Thursday, said that theContinue Reading
By Busayo Onijala The Association of Certified Protocol Practitioners in Nigeria (ACPPN) has sympathised with the Canadian government over the fire outbreak at the High Commission of Canada to Nigeria, in Abuja. ACPPN President, Mr Michael Ikinbor, in a statement issued by the spokesperson, Olatutu Oladunni, assured the Canadian MissionContinue Reading
By Jacinta Nwachukwu The National Commission for Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) has received 36 Nigerian migrants including children deported from Sweden. The Federal Commissioner, NCFRMI, Alhaji Tijani Ahmed, said during the returnees profiling that usually the deportees must have been contacted either on the account that theyContinue Reading
By Muhammad Nasir Bashir The Jigawa government has earmarked N360 million for the rehabilitation of 14 schools damaged by wind storm. A statement issued by Mr Sagir Musa, the Commissioner for Information, Youths, Sports and Culture, on Thursday in Dutse stated that the State Executive Council (SEC) approved the fundsContinue Reading
By Monday Ijeh The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered the posting and redeployment of 14 Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) and 26 Commissioners of Police (CPs). The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Adejobi said theContinue Reading
By Emmanuella Anokam Oilserv Group is targeting expansion in African market through the forthcoming Intra African Trade Fair (IATF 2023). The company said the event would serve as an avenue to take advantage of the African market, to provide commercial prospects and showcase competence from an indigenous African operators’ perspective.Continue Reading
By Constance Athekame The Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu, says the Federal Government would focus on alternative sources of generation to improve power supply in the country. Speaking in Abuja on Wednesday while interacting with Power Correspondents, Adelabu said that the plan was to de-emphasise the national grid andContinue Reading
By Emmanuella Anokam The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) is reviewing novel regulations aimed at ensuring regulatory clarity and compliance by licensees and permit holders, to maintain ethical standards in the upstream petroleum operations. The NUPRC said the regulations when reviewed would ensure strict commitment and provide clarity onContinue Reading
